”If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.”
J.K. Rowling
As you know, once a week we read books in English. We decide the book we want to read from the English library where we can find books of all kinds of genres: picture books, comics, short adapted novels, magazines, cook books and other non-fiction books like biographies, encyclopedias and other scientific books.
Choosing a book to read is a very important decision… You have to read the title, look at the pictures and read the blurb to see if it is interesting for you. In the case of reading for pleasure in English there is another aspect you have to consider: the complexity of language.
In order to have fun when reading, we need to get a book that is just a bit above our level of competence so we can put into practice the reading strategies we are learning in class and understand the general meaning of the texts. We sometimes need to use the dictionary to understand words but, normally, looking at the images and the key words is enough.
As we are the oldest in the school, we are in charge of making recommendations to our school mates to help them to do with the books in English.
When we finish reading a book, we complete a short card with the basic information about the book. We use templates to write the book summary and we give our opinion about the book and the level of language. By doing so, we not only think about what we have just read, we share our opinions about reading and share enthusiasm while practising our writing skills in a meaningful context.
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