Personal Reading Programme Junior School - Yr 9 & 10
We are learning to:
Read independently for enjoyment to improve our reading skills.
As part of your Personal Reading Programme this year you will work towards the:
Bronze 1, 2, 3, 4 Reading Certificate, Silver Reading Certificate and Gold Reading Certificate.
To gain a Bronze Reading Certificate, you need to:
1. Read independently the following:
- A school journal article
- An extended magazine article
- An extended newspaper article
- A short story
2. Write a response for each of approximately 50-100 words which explains:
- What you liked/disliked in the text, with one example from the text.
- What you learnt from the text, with one example from the text.
The Bronze Reading Certificate has 4 levels to it. To gain level one you need to read one of the texts and respond to it. Level 2 requires 2 texts, level 3 needs 3 texts and level 4 requires all of them.
To gain a Silver Reading Certificate, you need to:
1. Read independently each of the following:- An autobiography/biography
- A book by a New Zealand author
- A novel by an Australian or American or Canadian or British author
- A short story or two poems
1. Write a response for each of approximately 100-150 words which explains:
- What you particularly liked or disliked about the book and why
- What you learned from the book
Once you have attained the Silver Reading Certificate you can work towards the Gold Reading Certificate.
To gain a Gold Reading certificate, you need to:
1. Read independently each of the following:
- A book or three short stories by a Maori author
- Two novels
- A book or poem written in the nineteenth century
- Two poems written by a New Zealand poet
- A novel about another culture
- An autobiography or a biography
2. Write a response for each of more than 200 words which explains:
- What you particularly liked or disliked about the book and why
- What you learned from the book with explanations of how and when you learned these things
Note: You cannot use the same texts for each level of the Bronze Reading Certificate – you need to read new articles/stories for each one. Also, books used to gain the Silver Reading Certificate cannot be used to gain the Gold Reading Certificate. Challenge yourself to read a range this year.
We are learning to:
Read independently for enjoyment to improve our reading skills.
As part of your Personal Reading Programme this year you will work towards the:
Bronze 1, 2, 3, 4 Reading Certificate, Silver Reading Certificate and Gold Reading Certificate.
To gain a Bronze Reading Certificate, you need to:
1. Read independently the following:
- A school journal article
- An extended magazine article
- An extended newspaper article
- A short story
2. Write a response for each of approximately 50-100 words which explains:
- What you liked/disliked in the text, with one example from the text.
- What you learnt from the text, with one example from the text.
The Bronze Reading Certificate has 4 levels to it. To gain level one you need to read one of the texts and respond to it. Level 2 requires 2 texts, level 3 needs 3 texts and level 4 requires all of them.
To gain a Silver Reading Certificate, you need to:
1. Read independently each of the following:- An autobiography/biography
- A book by a New Zealand author
- A novel by an Australian or American or Canadian or British author
- A short story or two poems
1. Write a response for each of approximately 100-150 words which explains:
- What you particularly liked or disliked about the book and why
- What you learned from the book
Once you have attained the Silver Reading Certificate you can work towards the Gold Reading Certificate.
To gain a Gold Reading certificate, you need to:
1. Read independently each of the following:
- A book or three short stories by a Maori author
- Two novels
- A book or poem written in the nineteenth century
- Two poems written by a New Zealand poet
- A novel about another culture
- An autobiography or a biography
2. Write a response for each of more than 200 words which explains:
- What you particularly liked or disliked about the book and why
- What you learned from the book with explanations of how and when you learned these things
Note: You cannot use the same texts for each level of the Bronze Reading Certificate – you need to read new articles/stories for each one. Also, books used to gain the Silver Reading Certificate cannot be used to gain the Gold Reading Certificate. Challenge yourself to read a range this year.