A booklet designed for secondary school students (broadly speaking Year 7) that provides a range of questions to help track reading and comprehension of any book or text. Includes a wide-range of questions and activities as well as a section to list unknown words, a reminder of word class and a section to print out and turn into bookmarks.

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Reading
Journal
Year 7
(Fiction)

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What was your favourite part of the reading today?
How do you think the author wanted you to feel with
what you read today?
List at least 5 nouns from what you read today.
Write them down in alphabetical order.
Describe what happened in what you read today:
What were some of the adjectives (descriptive
words) that the author used in what you read today?
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What were some of your favourite words or phrases
from your reading today?
List 3 or more adjectives or adverbs that stood out
today. Why did like these ones?
What do you expect to happen in the next chapter of
the book?
Write down one thing the main character did in your
reading today. Why do you think that they acted in
that way?
Choose an adjective from your book. Can you think of
3 other ways to describe the same thing?
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What was your favourite part of the reading today?
Which was your least favourite part of the reading
today. Why?
How do you think the author wanted you to feel with
what you read today?
Describe, in your opinion, what you think the main
character looked like at the end of the chapter.
List at least 5 nouns from what you read today.
Write them down in alphabetical order.
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List 5 verbs that were used in the reading you did
today.
What was the purpose of this chapter? What did it
change/develop or do to the story?
In no more than 10 words, sum up what happened in
the reading you did today.
Describe your emotions reading today.
Include reasons why.
What is your prediction for what will happen in the
next chapter?
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What was your favourite part of the reading today?
Describe what happened in what you read today:
Using exactly 12 words, and including at least 2
adjectives, describe how you felt reading today.
What were some of the adjectives (descriptive
words) that the author used in what you read today?
Write down one thing the main character did in your
reading today. Why do you think that they acted in
that way?
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What were some of your favourite words or phrases
from your reading today?
What do you expect to happen in the next chapter of
the book?
In exactly 15 words, describe what you think will
happen in the next chapter.
In exactly 15 words, describe what happened in the
reading today.
List 5 verbs that were used in the reading you did
today.

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Write down and list in alphabetical order your 7
favourite words from the reading today.
How do you think the author wanted you to feel with
what you read today? Write down at least 2 words that
helped to create this reaction.
What was your favourite sentence from what you
read today? Copy it down exactly as it appears in the
book.
Describe your emotions reading today. Includes
reasons why.
Describe what do you think the main character
looked like at the end of the last chapter you read.

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What was your favourite part of the reading today?
In no more than 10 words, sum up what happened in
the reading you did today.
Looking back through what you read, write down at
least one 3 syllable word, one 4 syllable word and any
5 syllable words.
Describe the sequence of events in the book you
read today.
What were some of the adjectives (descriptive
words) that the author used in what you read today?
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List your 6 favourite words from your reading today.
For each, try to write down a word that rhymes with
it.
List 5 or more adjectives or adverbs that stood out
today. Why did you enjoy their use?
What do you expect to happen in the next chapter of
the book?
Using exactly 17 words, describe what happened in
what you read today.
Write down the names of all of the characters that
featured in what you read today. Alphabetise them
backwards, from Z-A.

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What was your favourite part of the reading today?
Which was your least favourite part of the reading
today. Why?
If you could change one thing that happened in what
you read today, what would you change and why?
Describe, in your opinion, what you think the main
character looked like at the end of the chapter.
Write down as many of the words that started
sentences as you can, but list them in alphabetical
order.

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List 5 verbs that were used in the reading you did
today.
What did you learn about the main character today?
In no more than 10 words, sum up what happened in
the reading you did today.
Describe your emotions reading today. Include
reasons why.
Without looking, write down what you think the last
sentence of the book will be.

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What were some of your favourite words or phrases
from your reading today?
List 5 nouns that were used in the reading today.
What do you expect to happen in the next chapter of
the book?
Write down 5 words only to describe what happened
in what you read today.
If you could be any of the characters from what you
read today, who would you be and why?

14. Part of speech Function Example words Example sentence
noun A thing or person.
dog, pen, England,
man, carrot, Tom
Affan lives with his
dog and cat in
London.
verb
An action, a state or
an occurrence.
have, happen, be,
bring, read, walk,
dance
Jane must study hard
and learn well.
adjective
This describes a
noun.
beautiful, big, red,
fruity, interesting
The little girl loves her
old, ragged doll.
pronoun
This replaces a
noun.
I, you, he, she, we,
they, it, some
She went to the shops
with him. They had
fun.
adverb
Describes a verb, an
adjective or another
adverb.
slowly, happily,
incredibly, truly,
kindly
Alice and Jim
sometimes run
quickly together.
preposition
These usually come before
nouns to explain the
relationship between two
nouns. They typically
express a relationship
relating to time and space.
down, from, into,
like, near, on, under,
up
My dog is lying down
next to me on the
floor.
conjunction
This joins words,
phrases or clauses.
for, and, but, or, yet,
so, nor
I like bears and lions,
but I don’t like cats or
dogs.
interjection
A word or short
phrase that conveys
emotion.
oh, ouch, hey, well
um, huh, ugh, help!
Ouch! That hurt. Oh
no, I tore my jeans too.
Oops!
determiner Introduces a noun.
that, my, these, his,
a couple, the
The boy supported his
local team.
Parts of speechAlso known as:
word class

15.
Word: Word class: Definition:
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16. Word: Word class: Definition:
Use the next few pages to record any words you weren’t sure of the
meaning of. Use a dictionary and look up the word class (for example noun,
adjective etc) and then copy the definition into the box on the right.
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17. Name
STUCK?
LOOK
Lookatany
picturesfor
clues
LIPS
Saythefirst
andlast
sound
STRETCH
Stretchthe
wordout
slowlyandput
thesounds
together.
CHUNK
Lookfor
‘chunks’or
partsofwords
youknow.
SKIP
Skiptheword,
readthe
sentence,then
hopback&try
again.
TRY
Trytoreread
thesentence,
tryawordthat
makessense.
ASK
Askforhelp
afteryou’ve
triedallof
these.