The hub lessons booklet year 8

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Specialist College in Business and

Enterprise, and Science

Tutor Group:

Name:

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Page 3. The Hub Information

Page 4. The Hub Quiz

Page 6. Fact or Fiction?

Page 7. Knowing Your Alphabet Order

Page 8. It’s a Fact!

Page 9. Non Fiction Shelf List Plan

Page 10 The Dewey Decimal Challenge

Page 11. Research Challenge

Page 12. What Makes an Interesting Book?

Page 13. Design a Book Cover Task - Vivos for the Best!

Page 15. Reporter Challenge!

Page 16. Beginning Your Reading Journal

Page 21. Keep Going With Your Reading Journal

Page 22. Book Word Search

Page 23. Enjoy Books - Check Out These Cool Websites

Page 24. New Arrivals

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Check out these cool websites

www.cool-reads.co.uk

www.booktrusted.co.uk

www.wordpool.co.uk

www.readingmatters.co.uk

www.booksforkeeps.co.uk

www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk

www.readathon.org

www.literacytrust.org.uk

www.ukchildrensbooks.co.uk

All of these fun websites will give you information on books and authors.

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E N N Y S A T N A F G L E Q Y

B R K O B R X W Y U Z E C C D

F H N Q I V O H A U T H O R E

C R Q E S T P R B L U R B E M

G H M K G A C L R T N E T A O

Y H P A R G O I B O T U A E C

J D O G S V Y Z F F H L R R H

V U O S X W R P I N R A E U A

W I C Q T K O C O Y O C I T P

B A D V E N T U R E N N L A T

S Y A L P I S A C A T Z Z R E

P F P J O G I G M C B R T E R

O N K N A D H O L U U T Y T S

R D Q Z F U R E A D I N G I T

T M J P Y R E T S Y M M V L V

ADVENTURE AUTHOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY

BIOGRAPHY BLURB CHAPTERS

COMEDY DIARY FANTASY

FICTION GENRE GHOST

HISTORY HORROR LITERATURE

MYSTERY NONFICTION PLAYS

POETRY READING ROMANCE

SPORT STORY

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The Hub Opening Hours: 8.30am - 4.30pm - Monday to Thursday 8.30am - 4.00pm - Friday The Hub is open during break & lunch time.

Look out for details of the year 8 lunch time activities.

You can borrow three books for up to three weeks.

You can renew your book if you need to keep it for longer.

After school The Hub is a quiet area to read or study – it is

NOT an area to eat or chat to friends.

We sell most items of stationery.

Please be considerate to other Hub users.

We offer plenty of competitions and Hub Events.

The Hub Manager is ALWAYS available to help you. Please ask if you can’t find a book or you need some help locating resources

for your homework.

Ask a member of staff in The Hub If you need help choosing books or help in finding information please ask

a member of The Hub.

The Hub Manager is Mrs Sparks.

We are here to help you . . .

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It is not always easy to find out things that you need you know in The Hub. If you are unsure of where to start looking what would you do? Q1

1 Struggle on your own until you find what you are looking for.

2 Give up and leave The Hub.

3 Ask one of The Hub staff to help you.

What is the name of the member of staff on The Hub issue and enquiries desk? Q2

In the Hub you will find different types of resources, for example there are about ???? Books.

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Name three types of resources you will find.

In The Hub you will find many different types of resources. Q3

Fiction is

Non-Fiction is

In The Hub there are Fiction Books and Non-Fiction Books. What is the difference between them? Q4

Clue: look on the display board near The Hub desk to find the answer

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You should now have some notes in your reading journal about the book you are currently reading. Remember, your reading journal is for you to record your ideas and opinions. So . . . As you keep reading, especially as you find out more about the plot and the characters, jot down your ideas on the following in your reading journal:

Which parts of the story have made you really want to read on?

Have any of your characters changed much as the story has developed? How?

Which characters do you really like / not like? Why?

What different emotions does the book make you feel? e.g. happy, sad, frightened? Give an example.

Are there any questions you'd really like answered? e.g. Finding out what a character means when they drop clues.

How do you think the story will end? Jot down your predictions in your reading journal.

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Name:

Author:

Rating Out of Ten: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Comments:

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A periodical is the name we use for a magazine. Name three magazines that The Hub has. Q5

Name three types of Reference book that you will find in The Hub. (Clue: an atlas is one).

Reference books cannot be taken out of The Hub, but you can use them in The Hub to find out information. Q6

Name three of the non-fiction sections in The Hub. (Clue: History is one). Q7

The fiction books are shelved in alphabetical order by the author’s surname. Find the Fiction shelves and complete the following surnames. Q8

1 Atlas

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1 History

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1 PU _ _ _ _ _

2 C _ _ F _ _

3 AP _ _ _ _ _ _ _

4 R _ _ _ _ _ G

5 T _ _ _ I _ _

6 W _ _ _ _ N

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Q9 Below is a list of things that people might do in The Hub. Tick the ones that you think shouldn’t be done.

1 Put your feet on the tables.

2 Read a magazine.

3 Play computer games.

4 Put books that you have been using back on the shelves.

5 Eat sweets.

6 Do your homework.

7 Shout to a friend at another table.

8 Ask The Hub staff questions.

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Harry Potter, Tracy Beaker, Frodo – These are all characters in popular books. Do you think these books are fact or fiction? Fiction books are story books. Try books by these authors: Terry Deary Eleanor Updale Peter Abrahams Adam Blade Jean Ure Jodi Picoult How our books are shelved? In The Hub we shelve fiction books in strict alphabetical order. We use a white label on the spine of the book. We use the first three letters of the author’s surname. For example: If Anne Fine is the author the label would look like this. FIN If Gillian Cross is the author the label would look like this. CRO

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Name:

Author:

Rating Out of Ten: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Comments:

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Name:

Author:

Rating Out of Ten: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Comments:

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Fiction books are shelved in alphabetical order of the authors' surname. Arrange the following authors in the order you would expect to find them on The Hub’s fiction shelves (The first one has been done for you).

Task 1 Learning Objective: To be able to use the alphabet to locate fiction books in The Hub.

1 Roald Dahl 7 Douglas Adams

2 Morris Gleitzman 8 Annie Dalton

3 Brian Jacques 9 Jacqueline Wilson

4 Ros Asquith 10 Malorie Blackman

5 Terry Pratchett 11 Paula Danziger

6 J.K. Rowling 12 Steve Barlow

1 Douglas Adams 7

2 8

3 9

4 10

5 11

6 12

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Now see if you can find a book by six of the authors and note down the title.

Knowing Your Alphabet Order

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NON FICTION is the name we give to our information/factual books. These books are shelved using a system called DEWEY DECIMAL. This is a numbering system; every subject has a number.

MAIN SUBJECT AREAS OF DEWEY DECIMAL 000 - 300 General Knowledge, Philosophy, Religion. 300 Social Sciences. 400 - 500 Language and Pure Sciences 600 - 710 Applied Science & The Arts 710 - 760 The Arts 760 - 790 The Arts 796 - 800 The Arts & Literature 900 - 999 Geography, History

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Name:

Author:

Rating Out of Ten: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Comments:

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Your reading journal is there for you to note down your thoughts and ideas about the books you read. You don’t have to write lots, just a few key points on the book you are reading. Once you’ve chosen your book, jot down your ideas on the following in your reading journal: Before you start reading:

What made you choose this particular book? - e.g. cover, blurb, friend, film etc.

As you start to read:

Does the book live up to your expectations from the cover?

Which characters have you met and which do you like?

What do you think is going to happen?

Find a good piece of setting description. Which words and phrases do you think create a good picture/atmosphere?

Having read the beginning of the book, would you change the cover?

If yes, sketch out your design.

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Get into a group of five. Your mission is to find these books. Use your Dewey Decimal Chart to locate the books. Good Luck!

Find a book on –

Volcanoes. Football Art History Cars Weather Solar system Any religion

Record your findings here

Title of book

Author Dewey Numbers

Task 2 Learning Objective: To be able to understand the Dewey Decimal System and use it to locate Non-Fiction Books.

The Dewey Decimal Challenge

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Learning Objective: To be able to select and retrieve information. To use our speaking and listening skills to present a persuasive speech.

1. Get into groups of 4. 2. Choose a fiction book (you must all agree). 3. Research your book and author on the internet. Your task will be to persuade the class so look for fun and interesting facts. Your teacher will give you a time limit. 4. Your group will give a 2 minute presentation to the class. 5. At the end of the lesson every student needs to write their choice of book on a post – it. You can’t choose your own book!

VIVOs for the winning group!

Learning Objective: Persuade the teacher and the rest of the class to borrow a book.

Group Task

Reporter Challenge!

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Task 5 Learning Objective: To be able to select and retrieve information. To use our speaking and listening skills to present a persuasive speech.

(Part two) Design your own book cover. You can choose a book title already published or you can make up your own title. Be imaginative.

VIVOs for the best design.

Book Title

Design a Book Cover Task

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Use your Dewey Decimal skills to find a book that interests you. 1. Add ten interesting facts mentioned in your book. 2. Remember to use presentational features (examples

in the grid.) Look at the example below

Colour Heading

Images/diagram Sub heading

Captions Bullet points

Interesting layout Font

Task 3 Learning Objective: Create an information sheet on the computer about your book.

Research Challenge

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Authors need to make their stories gripping from the start! If they don’t you would put the book down..yawn! SO boring! They need to ‘Hook’ your attention but how? Choose three books from the fiction shelf. Read the first page of all three.

Task 4 Learning Objective: To understand what makes an effective story opening.

What Makes an Interesting Hook?

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Task 5 Learning Objective: To be able to identify and comment on presentational features.

Describe the image on the front.

How many colours have been used?

Comment on the font used. How does it engage the reader?

Does the title link to the image? Why was this image chosen?

Which is your favourite and why?

(Part one) Look around The Hub and choose two different books.

Design a Book Cover Task