Book Reading Year 8

We are going to work with reading and use the content of the book to practice speaking. You will be reading and answering questions in class, but you will record your speaking with Screencastify as homework.

There are three books to choose from: 

 

Easy: Matilda, tasks

Harder: The witches , tasks

Difficult: The Absolutely-True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

 

The goal is to read at least one chapter per lesson. It's great if you can read more. The more you read, the more you practice. 

If you miss a lesson or couldn't read the whole chapter in one lesson - keep reading at home or use Gröntid. 

Every week you will make a video where you summarize what you have read and one extra task (e.g. describe the main character, connect the story to your own life, describe the place in the book etc.)

You can make a video with another classmate, but make sure that you both talk. 

If you are not sure what book to choose, ask me for advice. 

Make sure you have shared your Screencastify folder with me. 

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Video 1. Talking about the book.

This is where you link your first video (3-5 minutes) where you summarize the chapters that you read during week 45 and 46 (at least 2 chapters!) and connect what you read to your own experience.

Remember to talk and not to read. Record with Screencastify and make sure that your Screencastify folder is shared with me.

Example of how to connect what you read to your own experience (book "Matilda": Matilda learnt to read at the age of four. That is very early. Most children don't learn to read until they are 6 or 7. I learnt to read when I was in the 1st grade. I started reading comic books, because there are always lots of pictures in books like that and you don't have to read so much to understand the story. Now I don't like reading books so much, but if it is something that I am interested in, like sports or cars, then I do.

Video 2

This is where you link your second video (3-5 minutes) where you summarize the chapters that you read during week 47 (at least 2 chapters!), talk about the main character and the place where the events take place.

Remember to talk and not to read. Record with Screencastify and make sure that your Screencastify folder is shared with me.

Example of how to connect what you read to your own experience (book "Matilda": Matilda learnt to read at the age of four. That is very early. Most children don't learn to read until they are 6 or 7. I learnt to read when I was in the 1st grade. I started reading comic books, because there are always lots of pictures in books like that and you don't have to read so much to understand the story. Now I don't like reading books so much, but if it is something that I am interested in, like sports or cars, then I do.

Video 2. Book reading

This is where you link your second video (3-5 minutes) where you summarize the chapters that you read during week 47 (at least 2 chapters!), talk about the main character and the place where the events take place.

Remember to talk and not to read. Record with Screencastify and make sure that your Screencastify folder is shared with me.

If you haven't connected the story to your life in the first video, do it in this one. If you have some thought and feelings about the book, please include them as well.