A balanced diet

Credit: Jungho Le
www.leejungho.com

• What can you see? What do you think? What do you wonder? (Download printable sheet here.)
• Why is the book shaped like this?
• What message do you think Jungho Le wanted this picture to have?
• Write a sentence about this picture using a simile or metaphor.
• Can you consume books?
• Do you have a balanced reading diet?
• Which genre is your favourite?
• Is it important to read a variety of texts? Does reading ‘broaden the mind’?
• How can you encourage yourself – and others – to read a range of fiction and non-fiction?
• Try following this up with Mrs P’s ‘Book Bingo’ cards, which can be adapted to suit your year group if needed.

[Use this image as an introduction to work covering these NC objectives:

Year 1
… listening to and discussing a wide range of poems, stories and non-fiction at a level beyond that at which they can read independently.
Year 2
… listening to, discussing and expressing views about a wide range of contemporary and classic poetry, stories and non-fiction at a level beyond that at which they can read independently.
Year 3 & 4
… listening to and discussing a wide range of fiction, poetry, plays, non-fiction and reference books or textbooks;
… reading books that are structured in different ways and reading for a range of purposes;
… increasing their familiarity with a wide range of books, including fairy stories, myths and legends, and retelling some of these orally;
… identifying themes and conventions in a wide range of books.
Year 5 & 6
… continuing to read and discuss an increasingly wide range of fiction, poetry, plays, non-fiction and reference books or textbooks;
… reading books that are structured in different ways and reading for a range of purposes;
… increasing their familiarity with a wide range of books, including myths, legends and traditional stories, modern fiction, fiction from our literary heritage, and books from other cultures and traditions;
… identifying and discussing themes and conventions in and across a wide range of writing;
… making comparisons within and across books.]