Independent Reading Self-Assessment:
Term Three
What books did you read during term 3? How many total pages
did you read during Term 3?
How much were you expected to read during term 3? Did you
meet expectations? Did you fail to meet expectations? Did you exceed
expectations?
Describe the book(s) that you have read. Tell me if you’ve
read fiction or non fiction. Tell me the genre. Here are some examples of
genres: sports biography, nonfiction narrative, memoir (which a true story
about some part of someone’s life), fantasy novel, romance novel, science
fiction novel, narrative poem, etc.
Describe the difficulty of the book(s) that you have read.
Think about difficulty in terms of the language (vocabulary and sentence
structure) and the content: Are there lots of characters to keep track of? Are
the characters complex with no clear good guys and bad guys? Are there
different story lines to follow? Do story lines intersect or follow
non-chronological patterns? Are the themes explored mature and sophisticated? You
might want to compare the book to Lord of
the Flies, Brave New World, or
other books you’ve read this year. Is what your independent reading more or
less challenging than the other books?
Convince me you have been engaged in your reading. 10+ sentences
about what you have gotten out of reading the book. Think of some of the purposes of reading: to be informed, to be persuaded,
to be entertained.
