Inquiry Focus Question
How can I enhance the enjoyment levels of reading for my students and what effect will this have?
Towards the end of Term 2 I gave my literacy class a reading challenge. The purpose of the reading challenge was two fold.
1 - To increase my students reading "muscle"
2 - To encourage my students to read for enjoyment
The reading challenge involves students selecting a text of their choice based on 15 genres (historical fiction, humour, poetry etc). As students finish reading each text they complete a quick create task, again of their choosing. As students read a range of genres and texts of their choosing I hope this will develop their reading muscle (ability to read texts more consistently) and their enjoyment of reading. Time will tell.
