The Yr 8 Book Race is designed to get students reading a variety of texts for enjoyment. 
These texts can include:

Novels - online, paper, audiobook
Short stories - paper, online, wattpad etc
Poetry - paper, online, tumblr, instagram, etc
Newspapers / Magazines- traditional, online
Blog / Forums - Reddit, website forums, blogs
Other - song lyrics, podcasts, instruction manuals, recipes, fanmail...

And should included a variety of these over the year ( with the exception of novels ) 

Not permitted - vlogs, movies, music etc  You must be actively reading ( with the exception of audiobook or podcasts)

HOW and WHO

Students will be expected to bring their reading material to class ( I have a wide range available in my classroom as well ) You will be able to read quietly in the classroom or with permission, areas outside around the classroom. You may wear headphones as long as it doesnt interfere with others.  This is designed to be an individual activity and not involve discussion in groups. 

WHEN and WHERE

Our reading lessons will be held on fridays, last lesson. The homework for the week will be to answer some guided questions about your reading in the Seqta forum or blog. You will have until the following Thursday to complete your homework. You will NOT have classtime to complete this homework but as it is a digitial response you will have a week to complete it.  If you cannot complete it at home due to internet/access you will need to negotiate a seperate way of handing work up. If you do not see me to discuss this I will assume it is not an issue.

If the forum does not work  ( we are the test case) there will be the option of completing the forum post on either this site as a comment on my blog, or on the facebook post as a comment but I will investigate both these and let you know asap.

GUIDED QUESTIONS FOR POSTS

TERM ONE :  Each numbered question refers to the week it is due
  1. What are you reading and why?
  2. Who would you recommend read this and why ?
  3. What is the worst thing about what you are reading?
  4. Write a list of 10 words from your reading you think others might not understand
  5. What is the purpose of what you are reading? Why did they write it ?
  6. Write a short biography of the author of what you are reading.
  7. Write down the names of three other people in yr 8 who would enjoy reading what you are reading and why ?
  8. Write down one sentence or line from your reading that you think summarises the text. Why?
  9. What has been your favourite text you have read this term and why?
  10. How have you selcted what you read this term ?
  11. Write any response you like to the text you have read.


Marking

As this work is set as homework, failure to complete it on a weekly basis will result in a detention as set out in the school rules.  The posts you make will be marked as a whole - an overall grade on your ability to respond to individual reading and form part of the report at the end of the term. I will not be marking specifically on spelling but as this will be a public document I would expect you to avoid 'text speak'.  A good idea is to write it in a word document, spellcheck, then copy and post. :)