Y1-8 READING

CHALLENGES
Are you up for it?
 YEAR 1
1. Draw a picture of your favourite part of the book.
2. Draw your favourite character in the middle of a
piece of paper and write adjectives around your
drawing to describe this character.
3. Champion’s challenge! Can you retell the story to
your parents in your own words?
 YEAR 2
Before you read the book, look at the front cover
and then write a prediction of what you think
the book might be about.
Create a glossary of new vocabulary words and
add appropriate images to match each one.
Champion’s challenge! Design a bookmark
linked to the book.
 YEAR 3 Wingardium Leviosa!!

Dress up as a character from the book and

take a picture of yourself. Copy it into
PicCollage and add a speech bubble
containing a key line that that character says
in the book.
Write a summary of the plot.
Champion’s challenge! Draw a map which
connects all of the events in the story.
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 YEAR 4
Using speech and thought bubbles, recreate a
piece of conversation between two characters in
the novel.
Plot the main character’s thoughts and feelings
on a timeline.
Champion’s challenge! Draw a storyboard of the
six main events in the story.
 YEAR 5
Design a new front cover for the book.
Imagine that you are the main character at the
end of the book and write a letter to yourself
giving ‘yourself’ advice about what to do later
on in the story.
Champion’s challenge! Imagine that you are
the main character at the end of the book and
write a letter to yourself giving ‘yourself’ advice
about what to do later on in the story.
 YEAR 6

Write a diary entry as Produce a newspaper Champion’s challenge!

one of the main front page for a key Create a Facebook
characters from the moment in the book. page for the main
book. character from the
book.
 YEAR 7
Write a review of your book.
Write an unpredictable, alternative
ending for the novel.
Champion’s challenge! Produce a two-
column table comparing this book with
the previous book that you read.
 YEAR 8
Design a list of ten quiz questions based upon the
book.
Create a mindmap showing the themes of the
book and giving textual evidence to support them.
Champion’s challenge! Write an essay (using PQE
paragraphs) explaining how the author uses
language to present the main character of the
novel.
READY, SET, GO!
After reading your book, try a challenge or two!