Reading
History –
The purpose of
this assignment is for me to get to know you a little better, and for me to
know your reading history. You can either answer the questions or create a PowerPoint
or Prezi, or do anything else creative.
- In general, do you like reading? Why or
why not?
- Do you feel like reading is “too hard?” If
so, what’s hard about it?
- What do you do when you don’t understand
something you read?
- Has anyone ever tried to teach you a
“reading strategy?” If so, what strategies do you know?
- How did you do in your English/Language
Arts class last year? Did you do well? Why or why not?
- What is the last book you read from front
to back?
- In the last year, how often have you gone
inside a library or bookstore, for whatever reason?
- What are 3 reasons people read?
- Have you ever read to learn how to do
something?
- What’s the difference between fiction and
non-fiction?
- Do you read magazines or newspapers? Which
ones?
- Do you read stuff on the Internet, like soccer
sites, or ESPN.com? What?
- Do you read anything for fun? Comic
books/anime/that kind of thing?
- Are there people in your family who read a
lot? Who? What do they read?
- Did you read a lot when you were younger,
and then you stopped? What happened?
- What kinds of things do you remember
reading when you were a kid?
- Did someone read to you when you were
little? What do you remember about that?
- What is a good memory you have of reading?
(for example, your mom reading to you when you were younger before you
went to bed)
- What is a bad memory you have of reading?
(for example, being put on the spot to read in front of a class and you
failed)
