Year 7 – Wide
Reading Project
You will learn to:
 Read regularly and with concentration.
 Feel confident about choosing books yourself.
 Try out and enjoy different types of books.
How to read a wide range of books
 Read at least TWO books per term.
 Read a variety of fiction genres - at least THREE different fiction genres
during the year.
 Read a variety of books, both fiction and non-fiction.
 Your choice of books may include both in-school and out-of-school
reading, but not texts we study in class or texts you have read in the past.
What types of genres are there?
FICTION genres - adventure, thriller, mystery, detective, science fiction, fantasy,
animal, poetry, short stories, romance, war, real-life problems, anthology of
short stories etc.
NON-FICTION genres - biography, autobiography, travel, history, science, sports
etc.
How will the wide reading programme be assessed?

Terms 1-3: Each term you will write TWO Reading Log entries. On
completion of each log entry, place it in the class Lever Arch file under
your name. Ask the teacher to add a star to your name on the chart.

Term 3: At the end of Term 3 you will hand in your completed Reading Log
with SIX entries.
Due Dates:
Reading log 1
Reading log 2
Reading log 3
Reading log 4
Due Monday 28 February 2022
Due Monday 11 April 2022
Due Monday 30 May 2022
Due Monday 27 June 2022
Reading log 5
Reading log 6
Due Monday 22 August 2022
Due Monday 19 September 2022
How to write a Reading Log
Each time you read a book you are asked to write a page in a reading log in the following
way:
1. Create a NEW MICROSOFT WORD DOCUMENT.
2. Head up EACH NEW Reading Log entry with this information about your book in a
SMALL TEXT BOX:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
Author
Title
Genre (kind of book)
Number of pages
When started
When finished
3. Write THREE paragraphs for each Reading Log entry. Start each paragraph with one of
the paragraph starters below. Paragraphs should be at least 3 sentences long with
examples and explanations.
4. Choose THREE of the following paragraph starters and write 3-4 full sentences on
each, giving information from the book to explain. Each log should use a range of
different paragraph starters.
5. UPLOAD YOUR WORD DOCUMENT TO BLACKBOARD
6. DO NOT CLICK “TEXT SUBMISSION – WRITE SUMBISSION” – This means you’ll have to
write your document all over again!
Paragraph Starters
i.
The story took place in ... This was important to the story because ...
ii.
I liked/disliked/felt sympathy for … (Explain what made you feel this way).
iii.
The character of ... changed by the end of the story ... (Explain what he or she
changed from to what e.g. At the start of the book, Jon was very selfish and made no
effort to help Simon in his wheelchair, but by the end of the book he arrived at
Simon’s house every morning to wheel him to school.)
iv.
An important decision made by the main character was ...
v.
A problem the main character had was ...
vi.
This book made me think about ...
vii.
From reading the book I learnt ...
viii.
An exciting/sad/tense/interesting/important part of the book was ...
(Explain in detail.)