Hi Everyone,

This term the Year 5/6′s are doing a reading assignment and we have until the end of term to do it.  It started in week 1 and it will finish in week 10.  For the task we are required to read 9 books in total, which consists of: 4 novels (fiction), 3 picture story books (fiction) and 2 information books (non-fiction).  After reading each book we have to complete an activity set for that type of book.

But before we even start reading the very first book we are required to create a database, in the database we must include the following information: the name of the author, illustrator  and publisher, publishing date, type of book, how long it took you to read it and a short evaluation afterwards.

The  activities for a novel are:

•  to create a character web and a short paragraph describing the qualities the character has,
•  to create a mini diorama which includes a foreground and background,
• to make a dust cover for your book and
• to find some dialogue that is in the novel that records a conversation that explains something that has happened.

We can only do one for each novel and can’t repeat the same activity for a different novel.

We get to choose what books we want to read  but they can’t be too easy for us to read, we have to try to challenge ourselves.

Tell me what you think about the assignment, do you like it or not?

What are you opinions or wonderings?