Developing reading preferences in Year 6 worksheet

“Who am I as a reader?” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 6 English unit “Developing reading preferences in Year 6”, for children aged 10 to 11, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 17 to 18 of the year, 4 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Who am I as a reader?

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 6 · English · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can explain which kind of connection a text gives me, and why.

A Look back3 min

1.
Which feeling is the sunniest on this scale? Circle one.
delightedanxiousgloomy
2.
Which stage of writing is missing from this chain?
DraftBlurbIndex
3.
Which part of a story comes between the beginning and the end? Circle one.
MiddleIndexBlurb

B Watch me, then you4 min

Ali reads a book about a boy who must be brave on a long sea voyage. Ali's heart races at the storm. Which connection is this?

Watch me

Ali's heart races, so the book makes Ali feel something.

A strong feeling while reading is an emotional connection.

So this is an emotional connection.

Now you

1.
Maya reads a book about a town where children are not allowed to vote. She starts wondering why. Emotional or intellectual? Circle one.
emotionalintellectual

C Your turn8 min

Read about each reader. A feeling is an emotional connection, a thought is intellectual and a memory is nostalgic. Circle the connection, or write when the task asks you to.

A cosy reading corner with a stack of books, a lamp and a soft blanket

1.
Dev's heart pounds as the ship sinks in the story. Which connection is this? Circle one.
emotionalintellectual
2.
A story about a girl who builds a bridge from old bottles makes Ruby ask why her town has no safe crossing. Which connection is this? Circle one.
emotionalintellectualnostalgic
3.
Priya reads a book from her gran's shelf and remembers the smell of Gran's kitchen. Which connection is this? Circle one.
emotionalintellectualnostalgic
4.
Write two sentences about one book you love. Name one feeling it gave you and one thought it made you have.

Say it out loud: What clue word told you which connection it was? Feelings, thinking or remembering?

D Spot the mistake3 min

An open book lying face up on sand near the sea

Sam says: “A book can make you feel something or think something, but never both at once.”

1.
Write the correction in one sentence, using an example.

E Think deeper4 min

A small sandy island with one wooden crate on the beach

1.
Name one text you would take to a desert island. Say whether it gives you an emotional, intellectual or nostalgic connection, or more than one, and why.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Who am I as a reader? · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. delighted If your child picks gloomy, ask which end of the scale means happy. Sunny is happy, stormy is upset.

2. Draft If your child picks Blurb or Index, ask what a writer does straight after planning. They write a first version, which is the draft.

3. Middle If your child picks Index or Blurb, ask where those parts sit in a book. They are not parts of the story itself.

B

1. intellectual If your child says emotional, ask what Maya is doing. She is thinking about rules and fairness, not just feeling something strongly.

C

1. emotional

2. intellectual

3. nostalgic If your child picks emotional, ask whether Priya is feeling a strong feeling now, or remembering a time from the past.

4. Look for: Two sentences naming a book, one feeling (emotional connection) and one thought or idea (intellectual connection).

D

1. Look for: Says one text can give emotional and intellectual connections together, with a reason or example. If your child only says the claim is wrong, ask for an example: a book that makes you cry and also makes you question something.

E

1. Look for: A named text, at least one connection type (emotional, intellectual or nostalgic), and a reason linked to the reader.

Words to use

Say“Which part of you did that book touch: your feelings, your thinking, or a memory? How do you know?”

Instead of“Just tell them the right answer, or say the book is good or bad.”

After the sheet

Pick a book from the shelf at home. Ask: did it make you feel, think, or remember? Say the reason aloud, then swap.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

3 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Hidden meanings in stories(with a plan)
Words, meaning and recommendations(with a plan)
Reading across forms(with a plan)

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