English: Promoting reading for pleasure

Resources to help you to get secondary students talking about books and making thoughtful reading recommendations to one another

Tes Resources Team

KS3 & KS4 students reading for pleasure

Reignite secondary students’ passion for books and reading with these hand-picked resources

There are many things that change during the transition from primary to secondary school and the number of students reading for pleasure is one of them. Here, we’ve brought together a selection of popular activities and resources to start exalting the joys of reading once again, as well as ideas to support learners as they go about choosing the right books for them.

Classroom Display Quotes
Daisy1334

Classroom Display Quotes

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Five inspirational quotes related to reading/poetry: Audre Lorde, Malcolm X, Frederick Douglass, Ray Bradbury and Percy Shelley For English Classroom Display
Reading Challenge
Holly Fowles

Reading Challenge

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A reading challenge developed in order to encourage children to read widely for pleasure. Includes prompts meaning those taking part should read a variety of genres, avoiding the temptation to go for safe choices or old favourites, alongside a variety of creative tasks to assess understanding and re...
February Half-Term Reading Bingo
Teach Trends

February Half-Term Reading Bingo

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Encourage your pupils to read from a wide variety of sources with the professionally produced reading bingo sheet. Can be used for a wide variety of year groups and abilities, why not set your pupils a challenge of completing 4, 8 or all 14? Available to download in pdf format. Any feedback would ...