Book Week Scotland for Schools resource - PDF - Scottish Book Trust

Change namesYou can change the school’s naming system for Book Week Scotland!Use the names of literary characters as your names for houses, teams androoms. For instance, your pupils could transform the school into Hogwartsfor a week, making posters with the rules of Quidditch for the sports hall,painting pictures of pupils’ favourite selection from the moving paintingsfound in Hogwarts, and much more! Check this link for inspiration:oakton.patch.com/articles/viewfinder-senior-prank-turns-school-intohogwarts#photo-5810368You can also ask pupils for their ideas!CfE(outcomeswill vary butmay include:Exa 3-06aExa 3-03a)Set up a teachers’ reading groupA reading group can help readers of all levels of engagement to developtheir reading. Again, the free Teachers as Readers ebook on the ScottishBook Trust website can help to provide ideas to get the most out of areading group:www.scottishbooktrust.com/learning/CPD/toolkits/teachers-as-readersCreate booktrailers and display them around the schoolBooktrailers are a great tool for engaging pupils with reading anddeveloping digital literacy. Scottish Book Trust has created a series ofBooktrailer Masterclass videos which tell you all need to know to getstarted: www.scottishbooktrust.com/cpd/toolkits/booktrailer-masterclassYou can see a video of how booktrailers work in the classroom, and how theycan develop critical thinking, in this video on the Scottish Book Trust website:www.scottishbooktrust.com/learning/readit/booktrailers-in-action-videoLit 3-11aTch 3-03aTch 3-04aEng 3-19aEng 3-27aLit 3-24aIf you have large screens around the school, you can run pupils’ trailers tohelp build excitement about books.Drop Everything and ReadAs a shorter version of the Reading Hour, you can institute a DropEverything and Read scheme at a set point in the school week.Lit 3-11aHold a whole school book swapYou can ask pupils to bring in books they are finished with and hold a bookswap. This event could be extended to parents and the local community.Lit 3-11aHold a whole-school reading quizYou could make up quizzes for pupils of various age groups, askingquestions about the content of different books which they can borrow fromthe library. If there are a lot of questions from a lot of different books, pupilscould do the quiz in teams, each team member reading different books.You could involve your local library in this task by asking them to bring inadditional copies of books.Lit 3-11aLit 3-14a10