LOTR:Fellowship

WIDE READING PROGRAM

Real Boys Read Books is simply about reading. Reading for pleasure, reading regularly, reading different authors, styles, genres, reading bigger and better books.

Real Boys Read Books is basically a motivational campaign requiring enthusiasm from teachers, students and parents, and incentives to read more and more.

The main aim of the wide reading programme is to enhance and enrich you reading by:

· acknowledging your own interests in reading;
· encouraging you to read widely in different genres;
· experiencing the works of a wider range of authors.

The programme requires you to:

1. read a minimum of two texts on a different genre each term (rather than sticking with the one genre and/or author);
2. complete one oral and/or written review during semester 1 and one sustained project during semester 2 that incorporates information research skills (see page 2).


WIDE READING IS USEFUL IN FOUR WAYS:

Reading is a spe...