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LI: to make connections, summarise, evaluate, and synthesise facts when reading texts over several days.
Choose a critical reading buddy. You will be reading the same book and having conversations about the book as you read through.
Choose a critical reading buddy. You will be reading the same book and having conversations about the book as you read through.
Kung Fu Panda books
Kung Fu Panda books
Darth Vader books
Darth Vader books
Second book
Second book
Choose a book that both you and your buddy agree to read. Talk about why you think you and your buddy would explore the book.
Read for at least 20 minutes in each Reading Block. Use the It's Novel Time Google slide template to record your work.
Read for at least 20 minutes in each Reading Block. Use the It's Novel Time Google slide template to record your work.
After You Read
After You Read
Use the Synthesise slide continually as you read the book to keep track of your thinking.
After each time you read, choose one of the tasks to complete with your buddy: Vocabulary, Main Ideas, Summarise, Evaluate.
After each time you read, choose one of the tasks to complete with your buddy: Vocabulary, Main Ideas, Summarise, Evaluate.
Identify new and/or interesting words in each chapter.
Define each word so that you both understand their meanings.
Look at the synonyms that could have been used in place of these words.
Have a learning conversation with your 'Book Buddy' to explore how these words have been used within the sentence.
What is the impact these words have in the story?
What image or picture do these build in your head?
What did the author want you to think about when reading this text?
Why do you think this was?
Use your negotiating skills to collaboratively decide what the answer to this question.
Read the texts independently
Each person to write 20 important words from the text
Collaboratively decide which are the 6 most important words
Use those 6 words to sum up the information in a few sentences
An evaluation is your opinion.
What did you like/not like about what you read today?
Why/Why not?
Remember to use evidence from the text to explain your thinking.
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