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Reading Expectations for TERM 4 During TERM 3 it is expected that every Year 7 student will satisfy the following:
 * 1) Read at least __one regular sized novel__ OR 3__-4 small novels__ this term //and// record these in their reading log. Aim to read a novel outside the genre you have read so far this year.
 * 2) Read at least __one picture story book__ //and// record picture story books read into their __reading log.__
 * 3) Read one other text of __personal choice__, E.g. a graphic novel, a non-fiction text, an instruction manual, a set of newspaper articles or magazine articles //and// record into their __reading log__. Ensure that student focus on a different personal from last term. Choose some newspaper articles rather than magazines articles, if that is what was chosen last term.

Information report -rubric Journal Writing ** Home Journal Ideas ** Your homework is to write a weekly journal. Choose from one of the topics below if you are having difficulty in thinking of ideas for home journals. £ Retell an experience that you remember when you lost a tooth. £ My favorite place. £ All of us have been embarrassed at some stage. Write about such a time. £ Make up a menu of your favorite foods and drinks. £ How would friends and family describe your personality? £ Think back as far as you can and make up a list of 10-15 events in your life. £ Make a list of things that land you in trouble. £ Make a list of things you don’t like other people doing. £ Write a story about someone getting into trouble. £ Write about your future hopes. £ Choose three friends and write what it is you appreciate about them. £ Write about an endangered animal that you know about. £ Write a poem about the weather, the sky, the sea or a pet. £ Write a review about the last show you watched on TV or the last movie you watched. £ Australia

Topics for your reader’s notebook
 * - What the book is about
 * - How the book reminds you of another book
 * - How the book makes you feel
 * - How the author describes things
 * - Whether you like the book or not and why
 * - why do you think the author wrote the book?
 * - why you chose the book
 * - how you feel about the authors writing
 * - whether or not you would recommend the book to another reader
 * - why you abandoned the book
 * - what you predict will happen
 * - what you would change about the book
 * - examples of stereotypes on bias
 * - what you found interesting
 * - what you are wondering about
 * - whether the book is easy, just right or challenging and how you can tell
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px;">- about the genre
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px;">- what you think is the authors message
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px;">- what books you look forward to reading
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px;">- why you don’t understand or questions you have
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px;">- how you feel about a character
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px;">- what you notice the author’s style/language
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px;">- something about the author and what it has to do with the story
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px;">- what was funny to you
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px;">- what you like/dislike about the setting
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px;">- how the setting affects that characters
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px;">- about good word choices/language
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px;">- how the author captured your interest

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**__Reading__** > ===<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> http://www.taurangareading.org.nz/taurangareading.org.nz/Upper_Primary.html === > === ===
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande',helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">Inside a dog... @http://www.insideadog.com.au/
 * ======<span style="font-family: 'lucida grande',helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 36px;">Audio books ======

**__Writing__**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande',helvetica,sans-serif;"> Writing fun... @http://www.writingfun.com/
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande',helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">Inside a dog... <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; cursor: pointer; font-size: x-large; line-height: 36px; padding-right: 10px;">@http://www.insideadog.com.au/

__Links__ to //Literacy Group Pages//


 * Mr. Findlay
 * <span style="color: #2f0058; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 27px;">Miss. Lockie
 * <span style="color: #2f0058; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 27px;">Mr. Grinter
 * <span style="color: #2f0058; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 27px;">Miss. Parkinson
 * <span style="color: #2f0058; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 27px;">Mr. Cleaver