Pre Reading Activities

Here are some pre-reading ideas you may enjoy:

• Pupils brainstorm new vocabulary related to the topic you'll be reading about (check out www.answergarden.com which is useful if your pupils have access to laptops / phones / tablets)
• Teacher provides key words from the (still unseen) text and asks pupils to read them and predict what the text will be about
• Show relevant pictures or bring in realia
• Read the back cover of the book
• Bring in samples of book reviews that you've found online
• Invite personalities from the community or teaching staff to talk about the topic of the book
• Pupils fold a paper into 4 squares, writing one word in each box. After reading the story, pupils then draw a picture to help them remember the new word