Accelerated Reader

Activity Booklet

Reader’s Name:

Form Class:

Form Tutor:

English Teacher: ______________________

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My Accelerated Reader username is:
______________________________

My Accelerated Reader password is:

______________________________

My Reading Level is:

______________________________

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 Table of Contents
Reading Log 5

Book Quiz Results 10

Thinking Readers 12

Elements of Fiction 13

Letter To Your Librarian 14-15

Interview A Character 16-17

Persuasive Paragraph 18

Setting Postcard 19-20

Noteworthy News Article 21

My Character’s Journal 22

Compare Yourself To The Main Character 23

Character Dialogue 24

Onomatopoeia 25

Sensory Chart 27-28

It Happened in a (Flashback)! 29-30

Grade A Character 31-32

All About A Character 33-34

What Does The Title Symbolise? 35

Most Important Scene 36-37

Got Conflict 38

And The Winner Is….. 42-43

Fact Or Opinion 44-45

Quotable Quotations 46-47

Most Exciting Part 48-49

The Power Of Point Of View 50

Which Point Of View? 51

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Read Like A Detective 52-53

Analysing Story Elements: Plot 54-55

Favourite Words 56-60

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 Reading Log
Page-
Date Book Title and Author Signature
Page

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 Book Quiz Results
DATE WHAT I READ % SCORE WORD COUNT

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 THINKING READERS

At GCS we want you to be thinking and talking about what you are reading. The
following bullet points will help you focus your thinking and discussions. You should
regularly use these to discuss your reading with your teachers, Form Tutor, and
parents.

Think about:

· what you find interesting or surprising

· how the author makes you feel
· what you like/dislike about the writing
· what the author is trying to say and how you feel about it
· what the book makes you think
· your reaction to the characters
· how the book reminds you of your life
· how the book is similar to or different from other books by this author or other
books in this genre

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· what you don’t understand, find confusing, or have questions about
· what you notice about the illustrations
· what you want to remember about the book
· places where the author gives good descriptions
· why you think the author wrote the book
· what the author is really trying to say
· what you notice about the author’s craft
· how the author used time
· examples of stereotypes or other biases
· what you notice about the author’s language, word choice, or style
· what you learned

Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

Letter To Your Librarian

Write a letter to your school or local librarian. Explain why they
should or shouldn’t recommend the book you are reading. Include
specific details about the book and why students your age would or
would not like to read it.

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Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

Letter To Your Librarian

Write a letter to your school or local librarian. Explain why they
should or shouldn’t recommend the book you are reading. Include
specific details about the book and why students your age would or
would not like to read it.

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Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

Letter To Your Librarian

Write a letter to your school or local librarian. Explain why they
should or shouldn’t recommend the book you are reading. Include
specific details about the book and why students your age would or
would not like to read it.

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Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

Interview a Character
Choose a character from the book you are reading to interview. In the
speech balloons on the left, write questions for that character. In the
speech balloons on the right, write what you think the character might
answer. You might ask why the character acted in a certain why or
how the character felt at different times in the story.

Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

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 Interview a Character
Choose a character from the book you are reading to interview. In the
speech balloons on the left, write questions for that character. In the
speech balloons on the right, write what you think the character might
answer. You might ask why the character acted in a certain why or
how the character felt at different times in the story.

Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

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 Persuasive Paragraph
Think of a point in the story at which a character would like to
persuade someone to do something. Write a persuasive
paragraph from that character’s point of view, including
convincing arguments the character might give.

Character
________________________________________________

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Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

Setting Postcard
Imagine that you are visiting an important setting in your
book. Create the front and back of a postcard to a friend,
describing the place. Describe what it looks like and what
there is to do there.

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Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

Setting Postcard
Imagine that you are visiting an important setting in your
book. Create the front and back of a postcard to a friend,
describing the place. Describe what it looks like and what
there is to do there.

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Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

Noteworthy News Article

The climax is the most exciting part of a story! It tells how the conflict or
problem is resolved. You are a newspaper columnist, write an article
describing the climax of your book. Find or draw a picture to include with
your article!

Who? Where?

What? Why was this event so important?

When?

Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

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 MY CHARACTER’S JOURNAL
Choose three important days in the main character from your
book’s life. Write a journal entry for each day. Remember to
write from the character’s perspective and to explain why these
particular days are important to the character.

Character ___________________________________________

Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 -

Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

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 Compare Yourself to the
Main Character
Choose a character from your book. Think about how you are alike and how you are different. Fill
in the chart below.

YOU BOTH

Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

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 Character Dialogue
A dialogue is a written conversation between two or more
characters. Imagine a dialogue that might have taken
place at an interesting point in the story and write it on the
lines below. Look at examples in your book before you
begin writing. Think about how the characters speak. How
is each character’s personality revealed in the dialogue?
Remember to use QUOTATION MARKS!

Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

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 ONOMATOPOEIA
Onomatopoeia is the use of words that sound like what they mean! Take a scene from your book
and make it into a short comic strip. Use onomatopoeia in the comic strip!

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Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

ONOMATOPOEIA
Onomatopoeia is the use of words that sound like what they mean! Take a scene from your book
and make it into a short comic strip. Use onomatopoeia in the comic strip!

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Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

Sensory Chart
Look through the book that you are reading and write an example of each of the five senses.

SENSE EXAMPLE FROM YOUR BOOK PAGE #

Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

Sensory Chart
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Look through the book that you are reading and write an example of each of the five senses.

SENSE EXAMPLE FROM YOUR BOOK PAGE #

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Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

It Happened In A Flash (Back)!

Authors use a technique called a “flashback” to give readers information that
happened before the story’s opening scene. Often the author will have the
main character recall an episode or even experience a dream to give the
reader the necessary information. As the story continues, the past and
present events are woven together and brought to a satisfactory conclusion.

Complete the chart below.

EXAMPLES OF Why do you think the author

FLASHBACK included the flashback?
FROM MY BOOK

Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

It Happened In A Flash (Back)!

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Authors use a technique called a “flashback” to give readers information that happened before the
story’s opening scene. Often the author will have the main character recall an episode or even
experience a dream to give the reader the necessary information. As the story continues, the past
and present events are woven together and brought to a satisfactory conclusion.

Complete the chart below.

EXAMPLES OF Why do you think the author

FLASHBACK included the flashback?
FROM MY BOOK

Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

GRADE A CHARACTER
Characters often have strengths and weaknesses. Choose a character from the
book you are reading. Give the character a grade for each category. Beside the
grade, explain why you gave that grade and provide an example to support your
explanation.

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Character’s Name __________________________________

CATEGORY GRADE EXPLANATION

& EXAMPLE

Responsibility

Thoughtfulness

Friendship

Generosity

Sense of
Humour

Problem
Solving

Compassion

Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

GRADE A CHARACTER
Characters often have strengths and weaknesses. Choose a character from the
book you are reading. Give the character a grade for each category. Beside the
grade, explain why you gave that grade and provide an example to support your
explanation.

Character’s Name __________________________________

CATEGORY GRADE EXPLANATION

& EXAMPLE

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 Responsibility

Thoughtfulness

Friendship

Generosity

Sense of
Humour

Problem
Solving

Compassion

Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

All About A Character
Choose an interesting character from your book. Imagine that you are the character and fill in the
poster below. Use the information you know about the character to guess how he or she would fill
in the blanks. Place pictures in the boxes!

READ ALL ABOUT _______________________________________!

Character’s Name

This is what my character looks like:

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Age:

Home:

Grade level or occupation:

Ambition in life:

Someone I admire:

Something I would change about myself:

An accomplishment I am proud of:

Special talent(s)

FAVOURITES

Favourite food:

Favourite movie:

Favourite song:

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Book Title: ________________________Date:______________
All About A Character
Choose an interesting character from your book. Imagine that you are the character and fill in the
poster below. Use the information you know about the character to guess how he or she would fill
in the blanks. Place pictures in the boxes!

READ ALL ABOUT _______________________________________!

Character’s Name

This is what my character looks like:

Age:

Home:

Grade level or occupation:

Ambition in life:

Someone I admire:

Something I would change about myself:

An accomplishment I am proud of:

Special talent(s)

FAVOURITES

Favourite food:

Favourite movie:
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Favourite song:

Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

What does the title symbolise?

Think about what the title of the book could suggest. Fill out the graphic organiser.

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Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

Most Important Scene

From what you read today, what scene would you consider to have been the
most important? Draw or find a picture of that scene and place it below.

Describe what is happening in the scene:

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Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

Most Important Scene

From what you read today, what scene would you consider to have been the
most important? Draw or find a picture of that scene and place it below.

Describe what is happening in the scene:

Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

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 Got Conflict
Type of Conflict Definition Example
Human vs. Human A struggle between two A girl dares another girl to
characters. steal something.

Human vs. Self A character’s struggle A teen struggles over

against his or her own whether to report a
emotions, conscience, or classmate he saw cheating.
physical abilities.

Human vs. Nature A character’s struggle A man’s house is blown

against weather, away in a hurricane.
environment, time,
geography, etc.

Human vs. Machine A character’s struggle A computer deletes your

against a machine or tool. entire report.

Human vs. Society A character’s struggle A convicted man appeals a

against some societal or jury’s verdict when he feels
institutional injustice, unfair.
oppression, unfairness, etc.

A character’s struggle He was scared by the

against an unknown force. strange noises he heard in
Human vs. Unknown the attic.

A character’s struggle A prince goes to fight an evil

Human vs. Beast against a real or imaginary dragon to win the heart of the
creature. princess.

Got Conflict
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Identify as many examples as possible from your novel for each type of conflict.

Type of Example Example

Conflict

Human
vs.
Human

Human
vs.
Self

Human
vs.
Nature

Human
vs.
Machine

Human
vs.
Society

Human
vs.
Unknown

Human
vs.
Beast

Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

Got Conflict
Type of Conflict Definition Example
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 Human vs. Human A struggle between two A girl dares another girl to
characters. steal something.

Human vs. Self A character’s struggle A teen struggles over

against his or her own whether to report a
emotions, conscience, or classmate he saw cheating.
physical abilities.

Human vs. Nature A character’s struggle A man’s house is blown

against weather, away in a hurricane.
environment, time,
geography, etc.

Human vs. Machine A character’s struggle A computer deletes your

against a machine or tool. entire report.

Human vs. Society A character’s struggle A convicted man appeals a

against some societal or jury’s verdict when he feels
institutional injustice, unfair.
oppression, unfairness, etc.

A character’s struggle He was scared by the

against an unknown force. strange noises he heard in
Human vs. Unknown the attic.

A character’s struggle A prince goes to fight an evil

Human vs. Beast against a real or imaginary dragon to win the heart of the
creature. princess.

Identify as many examples as possible from your novel for each type of conflict.

Type of Conflict Example Example

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Human
vs.
Human

Human
vs.
Self

Human
vs.
Nature

Human
vs.
Machine

Human
vs.
Society

Human
vs.
Unknown

Human
vs.
Beast

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Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

And The Winner Is…

Choose the part of the book that wins the contest!

SADDEST PART

FUNNIEST PART

MOST
UNBELIEVABLE
PART

MOST
EMBARRASSING
PART

HAPPIEST PART

MOST
EXCITING
PART

BORINGEST PART

Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

And The Winner Is…

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Choose the part of the book that wins the contest!

SADDEST PART

FUNNIEST PART

MOST
UNBELIEVABLE
PART

MOST
EMBARRASSING
PART

HAPPIEST PART

MOST
EXCITING
PART

BORINGEST PART

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 Fact or Opinion
List ten statements made by the main character in your book.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Sort the statements you listed above into facts and opinions. List the number of each statement
under the column where it fits.

FACT OPINION

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Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

Fact or Opinion
List ten statements made by the main character in your book.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Sort the statements you listed above into facts and opinions. List the number of each statement
under the column where it fits.

FACT OPINION

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Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

Quotable Quotations
Look in your book for quotations that give the reader important information about the characters,
plot, or theme. Write a quotation in each speech balloon. Then write the name of the character
who made the statement. Finally, write why you think this is an important quotation. What
information does it provide?

Character:

This is important because….

Character:

This is important because….

Character:

This is important because….

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Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

Quotable Quotations
Look in your book for quotations that give the reader important information about the characters,
plot, or theme. Write a quotation in each speech balloon. Then write the name of the character
who made the statement. Finally, write why you think this is an important quotation. What
information does it provide?

Character:

This is important because….

Character:

This is important because….

Character:

This is important because….

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Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

Most Exciting Part

What was the most exciting part of the book?

Where and when does it take place?

Who is involved?

What happens?

How do the characters feel?

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Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

Most Exciting Part

What was the most exciting part of the book?

Where and when does it take place?

Who is involved?

What happens?

How do the characters feel?

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Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

The Power of Point of View

Author’s/narrator’s point of view:

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Summarise an important passage from the text. Explain how the information would
be different if it were written from another point of view. Then write it.

Write a summary of what the author/narrator is saying:

What might you know about the events or other characters if the author were
writing from a different point of view?

Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

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 Which Point of View?
From what point of view is the book you’re reading written
from?

How did you know which point of view was used?

Give clues from the text that helped you decide.

Clue: Page #:

Clue: Page #:

Clue: Page #:

Select a quotation from the book that clearly shows this point of view. Explain what information is
given to you about the characters and events.

Quotation What did you learn about the

character from this event?

Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

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READ LIKE A DETECTIVE
TEXT:

INFERENCE: From the text, I can infer that the author wants me to believe that….

DETECTIVE’S QUESTIONS

COLUMN A COLUMN B
What sentences in the text relate to your Do the sentences provide evidence to
inference? support your inference? Explain.

PROMPT: Remember that an inference is a type of conclusion based on explicit evidence

from the text and the reader’s own reasoning and background knowledge. Using your
detective skills, write a constructed response to explain whether there is enough explicit
evidence to support the inference. Provide textual evidence to support your response.

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 CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE:

Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

Analysing Story Elements: Plot

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Use the organiser to analyse how plot incidents affect other elements of a story or drama that you
have read. In the left column, list plot events that affect the action of a story or drama. Then, in
the right column, explain what effect the plot events have on character or action.

PLOT EVENT HOW THE EVENT

AFFECTS THE ACTION

PLOT EVENT WHAT THE EVENT REVEALS

ABOUT THE CHARACTER

PLOT EVENT HOW THE EVENT

PROVOKES A DECISION

Book Title: ________________________Date:______________

CONFLICT DISSECTION
Fill out the graphic organiser using information from the story.

CHARACTER SETTING
Who is involved in the conflict? Where does the conflict take place?
Is the conflict external or internal?

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 PROBLEM SOLUTION
What is the nature of the conflict? What can the character do to overcome the
What is the problem? conflict?
How did they do it?

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 Favourite Words

Word What It Means What It Makes Me

Think Of

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 Favourite Words

Word What It Means What It Makes Me

Think Of

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 Favourite Words

Word What It Means What It Makes Me

Think Of

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 Favourite Words

Word What It Means What It Makes Me

Think Of

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 Favourite Words

Word What It Means What It Makes Me

Think Of

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