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5 books, 5 different genres

Your focus is to read 5 books from different genres(categories). Being a confident reader comes fromexperiencing a range of books rather than a similar kindof plot, character, etc. each time.

You have a task to complete for each book which needsto be completed neatly and to a high standard ofpresentation in your book or through your online

The Challenge

classroom. When all the tasks are completed, hand themin to your teacher to receive your certificate.

You must complete:

1. An extended diary entry for one of your characters

2. An advice leaflet for one of your characters

3. A book review/ vlog review

4. A synopsis (summary) for a sequel to one of yourbooks or fan fiction based on your favourite character

5. A film pitch or film trailer for your book

Scroll down for some good advice andclick on the web links for some book

recommendations

Love Reading 4 Kids Website

Penguin Books Genre Page

Imagine that you are a character from one of your books and writea diary entry for the days straight after a major event in the story.

Remember to include your thoughts, feelings and actions.

Places to go for inspiration

Writing a Good Diary Entry

BBC Teach Guide to Writing a Diary

The Guardian Newspaper Recommended Fictional Diaries

For this task, you need to produce an advice sheet for one of yourcharacters who is in a difficult situation. You can use Word orPublisher to produce your sheet – the layout of it is up to you.

Layout:

□ Use subtitles to break up your work

□ Use pictures to illustrate the situation – problem and solution

Content:

□ Include an anecdote or story about someone else in a similarsituation; this will help your character to feel like they are notalone.

□ You could include statistics that help your character choose whatto do about their situation.

□ Use a range of modal verbs – could, would, should, might, may,will, etc.

□ Use paragraphs and link them with connectives, referencesbackwards and forwards in the text, synonym changes.

Creating an Advice Leaflet

□ Use conditionals such as ‘if’ or ‘perhaps’ to create a tentativevoice so that the reader does not feel patronised.

□ Use direct address pronouns such as ‘you’ to involve your readerand make it seem more personal.

□ Imperatives are useful for instructing your character. For example,‘Go to the hospital’, ‘Drink lots of fluids to stay hydrated’.

Places to go for inspiration

The Guardian Article on Books that Saved My Life

The purpose of a review is to help readers to decidewhether or not they would enjoy reading a book. Youneed to give enough information about the plot to hookthe reader but not so much that they feel there is nopoint in reading it because they know most of whathappens. Comparisons to other books by that author orwhich have similar plots is always helpful.

Creating a SuccessfulBook Review or Book

Video Blog

Read some of the example book reviews on the internet;pay attention to the topics of the paragraphs, thewriter’s tone and the way that the paragraphs are linked.Next, write your own review of your chosen book.

The Guardian Article on How to Write a GoodReview

The Guardian Recommended Book Vloggers

Synopsis is another word for a summary. For this task,you need to write a summary of the plotline for a sequel(follow up) book for one of the books that you have read.Alternatively you can create a piece of creative writingbased around one of the characters.

You should write about 150 words only, so you don’tneed to go into lots of detail.

Creating a Synopsis orFan Fiction

Teen Writer Websites

For this task, imagine that you are a film director or script writer inHollywood. You must convince your producers to give you moneyto make your chosen book into a film.

Creating a Film Pitch or FilmTrailer

Consider:

Why would it make a good film?

Who would play the various parts?

What other films have been made which are similar in plot,atmosphere or character?

How much money do you think it would cost to make?

Wikihow Advice on Making a Movie Trailer

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