I designed this for a whole school assembly. It is a quiz for Children versus the adults and is differentiated accordingly. It contains fun picture rounds, such as which character enjoys this food? Guess the book, what’s the film ( based on a book), multiple choice rounds and a tie breaker about the seven dwarfs. The assembly also begins with interesting facts about well known books and facts about how reading can be good for you! It ends with a beautiful poem about reading by Julia Donaldson. We had a panel of children and a panel of adults at the front and asked for help from the audience. We even invited parents and governors and it was very successful. This was used for World Book Day but could used for a range of contexts and is suitable for KS2 and 3. Answers are included.

An assembly for KS3 and KS4 on promoting reading for pleasure. It includes facts on the benefits of reading for pleasure, quotes from famous people who credit their success to reading, a range of books recommendations and even a short video from Stormzy on why reading is so important!

A booklet filled with first chapters on amazing teen books. Aimed at KS3 to promote reading for pleasure, could be used in tutor time, English classes or for home learning.

A comprehensive booklet containing six different extracts from both fiction and non fiction texts. All have questions for students to answer alongside them. Can be used as a reading comprehension activity, homework booklet or as a reading strategy within lessons. Extracts included are below: Pole to Pole by Michael Palin The Pet The Storm Chocolate The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

A booklet full of short stories for your students to enjoy. The table at the front of the booklet allows students to review and rate the stories that they have read.

This is a reading for pleasure assembly best used to promote reading in your school.

This booklet it designed to encourage students to engage with Reading for Pleasure in their own way, while fostering creativity, expansive vocabulary and inference skills. Ideal for KS3, either pick which tasks you wish to complete or allow students to dictate their own learning by selecting the tasks most suited to their books.

To promote reading for pleasure. Each child has a tube map with their library bar code, name and class on. They also have a tube map with “lines” to follow. Each line has a range of books to read. They also have a theme and these are different for each year group. Once the child has completed a line, you may want to reward them. Posters are included of the author and title of the book for each year group.

This KS4 tutor time reading booklet is great to use during tutor time or as a starter activity during English lessons. This is aimed at reading for pleasure and contains extracts to get students talking and hooked on reading.

A bundle of original resources to ensure whole-school reading is a priority across the school.

A rolling powerpoint of 6 weekly reading lessons that introduce students to new vocabulary each week. Each lesson contains one piece of useful analytical vocabulary, e.g. juxtaposition and one piece of vocabulary they may come across in their GCSE texts; alongside silent reading activities.

A comprehensive collection of posters to immerse students in thematic and topical extracts across non-fiction and fiction. Each month has a collection of extracts linked to the day/event. Designed to be spread across the school, especially in canteens and common areas in menu holders, hence the name of ‘Snack Bite Reading’.

Replicating the home screen of ‘Netflix’, the Bookflix display board encourages students to engage with reading for pleasure. Topics include: Teen fiction/Because you liked/Trending now and Read again. Use black paper for the background to make your display pop and look similar to the Netflix colours.

A selection of books are recommended for Year7 pupils through to Year 13 to encourage their love of History and reading. For display purposes. Pupils are encouraged to add their favourite historic-based books to the list. A simple addition to your efforts of improving literacy in History.

A full lesson that prepares students for how to write a speech about the benefits of reading for pleasure. Includes an example and invites students to follow the same 4 part structure.

My Reading Journey Students stick this worksheet in the front of their exercise books or homework diaries. It can be used to keep a record of their reading and encourage them to reflect on the texts they have read. Please leave a review if you found this worksheet helpful or browse my online shop for more resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/NovelTeachingUK

A bumper pack of recommended reading for KS3, containing HUNDREDS of hand picked books. Well laid out for display with brief blurbs, organised by genre. INCLUDES: Recommended Reads for Year 7 - FIVE book suggestions with brief blurbs for EACH of the following genres; Adventure, Realistic Fictions, Historical, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Funny, Mystery, Horror, Biographies, Graphic Novels, Animal Stories, Sports, Romance, Popular Series, Classics, Non-Fiction. 3 book suggestions for Poetry, Short Story collections, and Gifted Readers. Recommended Reads for Year 8 - same format as above. *** Recommeded Reads for Year 9** - same format as above. Boy Reluctant Readers - 9 short books for reluctant readers, particularly aimed at boys. Short, gripping, and fast paced reads. Realistic Fiction for Girls - a guide to realistic fiction books aimed at girls. 18 books recommeded for EACH year group; Year 7, Year 8, Year 9. Realistic Fiction for Boys - a guide to realistic fiction books aimed at boys. 18 books recommeded for EACH year group; Year 7, Year 8, Year 9. 10 pages of ‘If you liked … try …’ with additional recommendations to ‘age up’ their reading. i.e If you liked How to Train your Dragon try A Darkness of Dragons. Age Up by trying Eragon. 7 pages of reccomended reads after finishing the following popular series; One of Us Is Lying, Alex Rider, Noughts and Crosses, Gone, Twilight, Divergent, The Hunger Games.

A guide to LGBT+ books for parents, teachers, and pupils. It can be difficult to get the balance right between representation and appropriate content so I’ve done all the hardwork for you! INCLUDES: A guide to LGBT+ books for Year 7 A guide to LGBT+ books for Year 8 A guide to LGBT+ books for Year 9 Non-fiction options for Year 7, 8, and 9 Books on gender identity and expression for Year 7, 8, and 9 An ‘Author Spotlight’ for Year 7, 8, and 9

I am setting up a Reading Teacher´s network in the South West and am looking for KS3 English teachers who want to improve their practice of encouraging Reading for Pleasure. Full info in the attached documents. Come and refine your book talk!

Overview: Students stick the Bingo sheet in the front of their exercise books. They can then choose any of the reading challenges that they would like to complete in their spare time (or set one for homework!) Students fill out a worksheet for each of the tasks, stick it in their exercise book and cross off the Bingo square. If they complete 5 tasks in a row they get a certificate and win a prize! I have included the ppt so that tasks and worksheets can be amended. I have also included PDF versions of the worksheets so that they can be printed easily. Please leave a review if you found this helpful or browse my online store for more resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/NovelTeachingUK