Daily Reading Challenge
It is a lovely sunny day so grab a book and head out into the garden. Make sure you are wearing a hat/sunglasses/suncream and settle down to read. To help keep cool why not read with your feet in a paddling pool/basin/or similar. Enjoy reading for fifteen minutes.
Daily reading challenge
Too hot to read outside? Find your book - print or e-book and find somewhere cool and unusual to relax and read. What about in the bath? Without the water though - books and 'phones etc. do not like water! Relax and read undisturbed for ten minutes. Or more!
Daily Reading Challenge
Today, practice reading out loud. Find your favourite book and your best loved soft toy and read to them for ten minutes! Remember to read with feeling and give each character a different/funny voice. Bring the pages to life for your toy.
Daily Reading Challenge
A simple challenge for today. Find a book to read. Then depending on the weather where you are either: a) read the book outside whilst wearing a hat or
b) read the book inside in a blanket fort.
Why not take a photo and send it to your English teacher? Let them know it is from the ICHS Library Blog Reading Challenge posts.
b) read the book inside in a blanket fort.
Why not take a photo and send it to your English teacher? Let them know it is from the ICHS Library Blog Reading Challenge posts.
Daily reading Challenge
How are you getting on with the Reading Challenges? I hope you are trying one or two and finding that it helps get you back into reading mode. Today, find a book you haven't read before that you have in your home. How many pages does it have? Work out what page number is roughly one third (1/3) of the way through the book. Go to that page and read it and maybe the next one. What do you think happened before this part of the story? What do you think will happen next?? Does this make you want to read the whole book?
My book is 'Only mostly devastated' by Sophie Gonzales. It has 278 pages. So page 92 is roughly 1/3 of the way through. It is about two teenage boys who seem to have fallen out at a party and one is trying to apologize to the other, who reluctantly accepts. However all is not well between them yet as the next scene takes place in school and Ollie is definitely unhappy when Will turns up in his music class! I am a sucker for a romance with a bit of angst, and it seems like an easy, fun read with lots of dialogue. Conclusion = I will read the book!! Starting today, out in the garden while the sun shines!
Daily Reading Challenge
Mental Heath Awareness Week
Young Minds includes help if you are struggling during lockdown
Calm Zone de-stress ideas from Child Line
Mental Health Foundation more ideas to help you through lockdown
Mood Gym online course to identify and overcome MH issues
Breathing Space Scotland support if you are feeling depressed, anxious or low
The Mix Mental Health information for all ages
See Me Scotland aim to end stigma about Mental Health Issues
Daily Reading Challenge
For today's challenge try and read something from a genre that you do not usually pick up. If you love fantasy why not try a realistic novel. Or if you normally read horror try a romance. Maybe someone in your family has the opposite taste from you and will let you borrow one of their books. Find a book study the cover, read the blurb and then try the first five pages. It may confirm that you absolutely do not like detective fiction or you might find discover you really would like to read an adventure story.
I am not a big fan of real life stories but the book below belongs to my son and from what I've read on the blurb it might be quite funny. I'll give it a go.
I am not a big fan of real life stories but the book below belongs to my son and from what I've read on the blurb it might be quite funny. I'll give it a go.
Daily Reading Challenge
If you still haven't found the impetus to read then try today's creative challenge instead. Design a new book cover for your favourite book. No ideas? Do an image search on the internet by the book title and see what you find. Often the book jackets are different for each country the book is published in or for each new edition. You might find some inspiration this way. Try and be unique, choose YOUR favourite scene or character. If, like me, art is not your greatest skill then use a favourite quote from the book and use a fancy font.
The example below is one of my favourite quotes it is from a book by Thomas Mann: "Death in Venice and other stories". Below that is a quote from a Harry Potter book!
The example below is one of my favourite quotes it is from a book by Thomas Mann: "Death in Venice and other stories". Below that is a quote from a Harry Potter book!
Daily Reading Challenge
Monday
Fan of Harry Potter? Then this is the challenge for you. Over the coming weeks Bloomsbury Books are having different celebrities read a chapter from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. The first chapter is read by Daniel Radcliffe. There are activities to complete after the reading of each chapter. Click on the link:Harry Potter at home
Fan of Harry Potter? Then this is the challenge for you. Over the coming weeks Bloomsbury Books are having different celebrities read a chapter from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. The first chapter is read by Daniel Radcliffe. There are activities to complete after the reading of each chapter. Click on the link:Harry Potter at home
Daily Reading Challenge
Friday
Today, look at the list of book review sites on the left-hand side of the blog under the heading Read ON then spend 15 minutes having a read through some of the sites. Make a list of any books that you might like to read. If you are unable to get a copy of the book in e-book format keep your list and once we are back at school I will get a copy for the Library.
Below are some possibilities
Today, look at the list of book review sites on the left-hand side of the blog under the heading Read ON then spend 15 minutes having a read through some of the sites. Make a list of any books that you might like to read. If you are unable to get a copy of the book in e-book format keep your list and once we are back at school I will get a copy for the Library.
Below are some possibilities
Daily Reading Challenge
Thursday
Think about your all time favourite book. Is there a particular moment in the book that you love? If you have the book can you find that moment to re-read? Read the scene or try to visualize it, then create that moment either as a drawing, or with Lego (or any other building bricks) or using any other materials you can find. Let your imagination run wild! Be really creative and watch a YouTube video explaining how to make a shoe box diorama or follow the instructions on wikihow.com. If you have Pinterest there are many ideas there. (Image from wikihow.com/Make-a-Diorama)
Think about your all time favourite book. Is there a particular moment in the book that you love? If you have the book can you find that moment to re-read? Read the scene or try to visualize it, then create that moment either as a drawing, or with Lego (or any other building bricks) or using any other materials you can find. Let your imagination run wild! Be really creative and watch a YouTube video explaining how to make a shoe box diorama or follow the instructions on wikihow.com. If you have Pinterest there are many ideas there. (Image from wikihow.com/Make-a-Diorama)
Daily Reading Challenge
Wednesday
Any reading is good reading! Find something lying around the house - a magazine, newspaper, instruction manual, recipe book, top trump cards. Now find somewhere comfortable and quiet to sit, either indoors or outside. Ready? Relax and read for ten minutes. Challenge accepted?
I am going to read an article from the latest issue of Rock Sound instead of skimming through the whole magazine and just looking at the photographs! So I will read the article about Boston Manor and find out about the inspiration behind their latest album 'Glue' before I listen to it!!
Any reading is good reading! Find something lying around the house - a magazine, newspaper, instruction manual, recipe book, top trump cards. Now find somewhere comfortable and quiet to sit, either indoors or outside. Ready? Relax and read for ten minutes. Challenge accepted?
I am going to read an article from the latest issue of Rock Sound instead of skimming through the whole magazine and just looking at the photographs! So I will read the article about Boston Manor and find out about the inspiration behind their latest album 'Glue' before I listen to it!!
Daily Reading Challenge
Tuesday.
If you are still looking for something to read today's challenge might be the one that sparks your reading flame! Read a comic or the beginning of a graphic novel. If you do not have either available at home there are websites and apps that provide free access. I use the Tapas-comics and novels app and I am currently reading 'Heartstopper' by Alice Oseman. This is a sweet story about Charlie and Nick two teenagers navigating their way through school and teenage angst to find the importance of love, friendship and loyalty. As with Oseman's novels: 'Radio silence', 'I was born for this' and 'Solitaire' the graphic novel touches on many themes relevant to teenagers especially mental health and well-being issues.
If you are still looking for something to read today's challenge might be the one that sparks your reading flame! Read a comic or the beginning of a graphic novel. If you do not have either available at home there are websites and apps that provide free access. I use the Tapas-comics and novels app and I am currently reading 'Heartstopper' by Alice Oseman. This is a sweet story about Charlie and Nick two teenagers navigating their way through school and teenage angst to find the importance of love, friendship and loyalty. As with Oseman's novels: 'Radio silence', 'I was born for this' and 'Solitaire' the graphic novel touches on many themes relevant to teenagers especially mental health and well-being issues.
Daily Reading Challenge
Friday
Still finding it difficult to settle down with a book? Need a different way to choose what to read next? If like me you have a To Be Read pile(s), then select the book fourth from the bottom of your pile (hopefully without the whole tower collapsing like a game of Jenga!). Now read the blurb, the first page and then page 66. This should be enough to give you an idea of the plot, the main character and the writing style of the author. From this you might decide to carry on and read the whole book or wait for the next reading challenge.
My TBR piles are divided into junior/teen fiction and senior fiction/non-fiction So the books that were fourth from the bottom of those piles are pictured below. Reviews will follow later.
Still finding it difficult to settle down with a book? Need a different way to choose what to read next? If like me you have a To Be Read pile(s), then select the book fourth from the bottom of your pile (hopefully without the whole tower collapsing like a game of Jenga!). Now read the blurb, the first page and then page 66. This should be enough to give you an idea of the plot, the main character and the writing style of the author. From this you might decide to carry on and read the whole book or wait for the next reading challenge.
My TBR piles are divided into junior/teen fiction and senior fiction/non-fiction So the books that were fourth from the bottom of those piles are pictured below. Reviews will follow later.
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