Follow Up Reading Activities Use this list for ideas of activities to work on with your child as part of their reading. These can be used at the beginning of, during or after reading. For children reading shorter texts, or those rereading a text they ve read before, an activity from this list could be their reading activity for an evening. The activities may need adapting depending on your child s age/ability. Please speak to your child s class teacher for any further support on using these tasks. TASK A: Write down 3 new words that you learnt from the book you are reading. Use a dictionary to find out what they mean. Now write a sentence with each word in, DON T copy them from the book! TASK B: Write about your favourite part of the book, what happened in it? Why did you like this bit? You could start this part by writing I liked this bit because TASK C: Make up 5 questions you could ask someone about this book to check if they read it carefully. TASK D: Write about your favourite character in the book. Who are they? What do they do in the story? Why do you like them best? TASK E: Use a whole page to draw a poster advertising this book. Write on the poster why people should read it. TASK F: Pretend you are one of the characters in the book. Who will you be?
Write your diary for one day of the story, what are your thoughts and feelings? TASK G: Draw a picture of one of the settings. Label everything in the picture Write at least 3 sentences describing it. TASK H: Which chapter in the book do you think was the most important? Explain what happens in this chapter and why you think it s important. TASK I: Draw a picture of your favourite character in the book. Who is this person? What do they do in the story? Why do you like them best? TASK J: Draw a picture of your favourite part in the book. What is happening in the picture? Why did you choose this bit? TASK K: Draw a picture of one of the characters in the book. Who is this person? Find and copy three things the writer says about this person. TASK L: Write a letter to your friend telling them a bit about the book. Tell them why you think they should (or shouldn t) read it. TASK M: Draw a picture of an important part of the story. Explain why you think it is important.
TASK N: Do you think the writer of this book uses language in an interesting way? Find three examples, copy them out and explain why you like them. TASK O:Make notes about the story under these headings- OPENING BUILD UP CLIMAX RESOLUTION TASK P: Make up a word search or crossword about the book. TASK Q: Write about the main character in the story. Choose 4 words to describe their behaviour. Give an example of when they are like each one. For example: Sally is naughty when she takes money from her Mum s purse without asking. TASK R: Make up 5 quiz questions about the book. Make sure you give the answers as well! TASK S: Write a description of the main character. Include their looks, the way they dress, the way they talk, their personality. You might want to give examples from the book. TASK T: Draw your favourite character.
Write 3 words to describe how they look. Write 3 words to describe how they dress. Write 3 words to describe their personality. TASK U: List the words and phrases the writer uses to create an atmosphere in the book. What is the atmosphere these words create? For example, if it is scary and spooky, they might use words or phrases like it suddenly got very cold or the trees were creaking in the misty air. TASK V: Write about what you think might happen in the rest of the book. TASK W: Write some advice to a character in trouble. What do you think they should do? TASK X: Write down three facts you have learnt from a non-fiction book. TASK Y: Write whether you would recommend this book or not. Why? TASK Z: For a chapter book you have recently read, write names for each of the chapters. If they already have names, can you think of new ones?
Challenge 1: Draw the story in the style of a comic book. You might want to include speech bubbles or a bit of writing about each scene you have drawn Can you do it in no more than 6 boxes? Challenge 2: Write down a summary of the story, in no more than 50 words! Challenge 3: Write down some questions you have for the author of this book. Were there any things that were left unanswered in the story? Do you want to know more about a character? Challenge 4: Write a blurb for the book. You need to explain what happens in the book but you can t write too much. Challenge 5: Rank the characters in the book from the kindest to the meanest. Why have you chosen to put them in this order? Challenge 6: Why do you think the villain in the story did what they did? Write what the bad thing was first and then why you think they did it.