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    • 9 HISTORY
      • Where, When , How - IR
      • Getting steamy ...
      • No time for selfies!
      • Prisoners, prisoners, everywhere !
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      • The Making of an Aussie legend.
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      • Health
      • The Third Child
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      • Year 10 2016 Foreign Aid
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      • Foreign Aid 2015
      • where would you live ?
      • 10 Geography World Study
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  • iWORK
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        • Year 8 - Boy Overboard
        • SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
        • TASK ONE-TYPES OF SPORT
        • TASK THREE - NEWS ARTICLES
        • TASK FOUR - THREE BOYS DREAMING
      • TASK FIVE - BIOGRAPHY OF PLAYER
      • PART FIVE : RELATIONSHIP CIRCLE pt 1
      • PART FIVE : RELATIONSHIP CIRCLE pt 2
      • PART SIX - CAPITAL LETTERS
      • PART SEVEN : RECIPES
      • PART EIGHT - DINNER PARTY
      • BOOK WEBSITE - TERM 4
      • YOUTUBERS V2 2016
      • T1 : SOCIAL INFLUENCERS
      • T2: MODERN LANGUAGE
      • SPELLING LISTS
      • TOMORROW WHEN THE WAR BEGAN
    • 9 ENGLISH
      • Games and Simulations
      • LORD OF THE FLIES ACTIVITIES
      • 9 ENGLISH
      • Gaming
      • T1 : GAMIING
      • Gaming powerpoints
      • HUNGER GAMES
      • BASICS OF POETRY
      • The Hobbit - mulitmedia resources
    • 10 ENGLISH
      • Pathways English
      • Deadly Unna 2018
      • Deadly Unna novel
      • Romeo and Juliet
      • 10 ESS ENG
      • Modern Poetry
      • Yr 10 Banned Books
      • Dunkirk
      • SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION FILM STUDY
      • THREE BOYS DREAMING
      • Narrative Writing
      • Deadly Unna base veriosn
      • 10 EXAM
      • Creating a Youtube Channel
      • Year 10 - Romeo and Juliet
  • 9 HASS/English
    • Zombie Survival
    • Introduction
    • Topographic mapping
    • Biome Research
    • Intro to Biomes
    • History of Zombies
    • Zombie geography - 9 english/geography
    • Back to the Future - 9 english/geography
  • HISTORY
    • 8 HISTORY
      • Where, When, How and Why
      • Getting your hands dirty
      • Off to the Crusades !
      • The Black Death
      • 2016 Medievel England : Black Plague
      • Where, When, How - Japan
      • Samurai vs Knights ?
      • Where'd they all go ?
    • 9 HISTORY
      • Where, When , How - IR
      • Getting steamy ...
      • No time for selfies!
      • Prisoners, prisoners, everywhere !
      • Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi
      • The Making of an Aussie legend.
      • Black Hand Videos
      • Internal migration
    • 10 HISTORY
      • PRESENTATION IDEAS
      • RESEARCH WORLD CONFLICTS
      • VIETNAM WAR
      • WORLD WAR ONE RESEARCH
      • RESEARCH LINKS
      • Immigration
      • world war two intro
      • Rise of Hitler
      • Companion Videos for booklet
      • Heroes of World War two
    • 11 HISTORY
      • Vietnam - Term 4
      • TASK ONE : INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH
      • how to write a historical study
  • GEOGRAPHY
    • 8 GEOGRAPHY
      • Landscapes and landforms
      • Landscapes and landforms
      • Year 8 - Markets and Economies
      • Introduction
    • 9 GEOGRAPHY
      • AGRICULTURAL HISTORY OF AUS.
      • BIOMES AND ECOSYSTEMS
      • Interconnections
    • 10 GEOGRAPHY
      • Health
      • The Third Child
      • Urban Environments
      • Year 10 2016 Foreign Aid
      • Human Well Being - What makes people happy ?
      • Foreign Aid 2015
      • where would you live ?
      • 10 Geography World Study
    • 11 GEOGRAPHY
      • LAND USE IN A REGIONAL CENTRE
      • MEGACITIES : DHARAVI
      • LIVEABILITY
      • URBAN TRANSECT : CBD
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    • Using iMacs
    • Using iMovie
    • Using Flash
    • Using Dreamweaver
  • YR 10 PLP Resources
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      • Sexual Diversity
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      • GENDER EQUALITY
      • Sexualisation in Media
      • STD's
      • Contraception
      • Pregnancy Options
      • Who to talk to for help
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BOOK RACE

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. :) 
Photo used under Creative Commons from leola642
  • HOME
    • VIDCON 2018
    • RESOURCES
    • PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
    • ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES
    • Alternate websites
  • 2019 COURSES
    • Blog
  • ENGLISH
    • 8 ENGLISH
      • YOUTUBERS
      • NOVELS
        • Year 8 - Boy Overboard
        • SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
        • TASK ONE-TYPES OF SPORT
        • TASK THREE - NEWS ARTICLES
        • TASK FOUR - THREE BOYS DREAMING
      • TASK FIVE - BIOGRAPHY OF PLAYER
      • PART FIVE : RELATIONSHIP CIRCLE pt 1
      • PART FIVE : RELATIONSHIP CIRCLE pt 2
      • PART SIX - CAPITAL LETTERS
      • PART SEVEN : RECIPES
      • PART EIGHT - DINNER PARTY
      • BOOK WEBSITE - TERM 4
      • YOUTUBERS V2 2016
      • T1 : SOCIAL INFLUENCERS
      • T2: MODERN LANGUAGE
      • SPELLING LISTS
      • TOMORROW WHEN THE WAR BEGAN
    • 9 ENGLISH
      • Games and Simulations
      • LORD OF THE FLIES ACTIVITIES
      • 9 ENGLISH
      • Gaming
      • T1 : GAMIING
      • Gaming powerpoints
      • HUNGER GAMES
      • BASICS OF POETRY
      • The Hobbit - mulitmedia resources
    • 10 ENGLISH
      • Pathways English
      • Deadly Unna 2018
      • Deadly Unna novel
      • Romeo and Juliet
      • 10 ESS ENG
      • Modern Poetry
      • Yr 10 Banned Books
      • Dunkirk
      • SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION FILM STUDY
      • THREE BOYS DREAMING
      • Narrative Writing
      • Deadly Unna base veriosn
      • 10 EXAM
      • Creating a Youtube Channel
      • Year 10 - Romeo and Juliet
  • 9 HASS/English
    • Zombie Survival
    • Introduction
    • Topographic mapping
    • Biome Research
    • Intro to Biomes
    • History of Zombies
    • Zombie geography - 9 english/geography
    • Back to the Future - 9 english/geography
  • HISTORY
    • 8 HISTORY
      • Where, When, How and Why
      • Getting your hands dirty
      • Off to the Crusades !
      • The Black Death
      • 2016 Medievel England : Black Plague
      • Where, When, How - Japan
      • Samurai vs Knights ?
      • Where'd they all go ?
    • 9 HISTORY
      • Where, When , How - IR
      • Getting steamy ...
      • No time for selfies!
      • Prisoners, prisoners, everywhere !
      • Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi
      • The Making of an Aussie legend.
      • Black Hand Videos
      • Internal migration
    • 10 HISTORY
      • PRESENTATION IDEAS
      • RESEARCH WORLD CONFLICTS
      • VIETNAM WAR
      • WORLD WAR ONE RESEARCH
      • RESEARCH LINKS
      • Immigration
      • world war two intro
      • Rise of Hitler
      • Companion Videos for booklet
      • Heroes of World War two
    • 11 HISTORY
      • Vietnam - Term 4
      • TASK ONE : INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH
      • how to write a historical study
  • GEOGRAPHY
    • 8 GEOGRAPHY
      • Landscapes and landforms
      • Landscapes and landforms
      • Year 8 - Markets and Economies
      • Introduction
    • 9 GEOGRAPHY
      • AGRICULTURAL HISTORY OF AUS.
      • BIOMES AND ECOSYSTEMS
      • Interconnections
    • 10 GEOGRAPHY
      • Health
      • The Third Child
      • Urban Environments
      • Year 10 2016 Foreign Aid
      • Human Well Being - What makes people happy ?
      • Foreign Aid 2015
      • where would you live ?
      • 10 Geography World Study
    • 11 GEOGRAPHY
      • LAND USE IN A REGIONAL CENTRE
      • MEGACITIES : DHARAVI
      • LIVEABILITY
      • URBAN TRANSECT : CBD
  • iWORK
    • Using iMacs
    • Using iMovie
    • Using Flash
    • Using Dreamweaver
  • YR 10 PLP Resources
    • SHINE - YR 10
      • Sexual Diversity
      • Gender Roles
      • GENDER EQUALITY
      • Sexualisation in Media
      • STD's
      • Contraception
      • Pregnancy Options
      • Who to talk to for help
  • NOVELS