Course Description

Love to Read helps children discover the enjoyment of reading in English and develop a lasting reading habit. Lessons introduce a wide range of texts, from Dr Seuss books to classics such as the Narnia stories, while building confidence in understanding and responding to books.

As texts become more challenging, students develop higher-order skills such as summarising, inference and critical analysis. Exploring characters, perspectives and main ideas prepares them to engage with more demanding fiction and non-fiction independently.

Learning Objectives

L1: Understanding emotions and feelings; reading about nature and cities

L2: Foundational reading and dictionary skills

L3: Story elements and writing responses

L4: Reading fiction and non-fiction and locating specific information

L5: Character analysis and reading comprehension skills

L6: Responding to texts and understanding points of view

L7: Advanced text analysis to understand plot development, themes and messages in different texts