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Book Readers Activity Badge Programme Resources for Cub Packs and in Scotland Developed by Scottish Book Trust in partnership with The Scottish Council The Scout Association
Book Readers Activity BadgeProgramme Resources for Cub Packs and in ScotlandDeveloped by Scottish Book Trust in partnership with The Scottish Council The Scout Association
Contents2 Get reading! 3 Now find some more!4 Looking after your books 5 Looking things up6 Reasearching authors7 Getting to Grips with the Library
Leader’s notes
ABOUT THESE RESOURCES
These resources have been developed in a partnership between Scottish Book Trust andThe Scout Association. They are intended to be used as suggestions for activities for CubPacks in Scotland who are working towards the Book Readers Activity Badge.
Details on the Book Reader Activity Badge can be found at http://bit.ly/bookreaderbadge.
We hope that you will enjoy them and welcome any and all feedback to [email protected]
ABOUT SCOTTISH BOOK TRUST
Scottish Book Trust is the leading agency for the promotion of literature, reading and writingin Scotland. We work with and for a range of audiences including: infants and parents, teensand young people, teachers learning professionals, and writers and publishers.
ABOUT THE SCOTTISH CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS
The awards are run by Scottish Book Trust and voted for by children and young peopleacross Scotland in three categories: Bookbug Readers (0-7 years), Younger Readers (8-11years), and Older Readers (12-16 years). Over 17,000 children across Scotland voted in the2010 awards.
HOW TO REGISTER YOUR GROUP TO VOTE
Visit our website and register your Cub Scout Pack using the following link. The votingprocess couldn’t be simpler! All the information you need can be found at:www.scottishbooktrust.com/scottishchildrensbookawards
USEFUL LINKS
Visit out site to see a list of previous winners and shortlisted books. The shortlist for eachage category is announced each year early in September. Check the main page forupdates: www.scottishbooktrust.com/scottishchildrensbookawards
How to find answers
How to get the badge
There is a selection of writing activities over the next few pages. To get thebadge, complete all of the activities. That's it!
Use the internet
Ask a librarian, teacher or Pack Leader
Find the answer in a book/encyclopedia/atlas
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Get reading!
Get your Pack Leader to register your Cub Scout Pack to vote in theScottish Children’s Book Awards.
After this, you need to get hold of the three shortlisted books in your agegroup (Younger Readers category, 8-11 years). Your local library shouldhave copies of these books. If they don’t, you can ask your librarian toorder the books in for you.
Once you’ve read the books, it’s time to vote! Your Cub Scout Leader is incharge of sending the votes away, so you need to let them know which oneyou think should win, and they will take care of the rest.
WHY DON’T YOU...
...write a review of one of the books for our Review Competition? Youcould win book tokens and even an author visit for your District! Visit ourwebsite for details about how to enter and advice on how to write a greatreview: www.scottishbooktrust.com/scottishchildrensbookawards
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Now find some more...
Discovering books for yourself is one of the most exciting things you cando as a reader. So, we want you to find three more books to read for youractivity badge! The three books must include at least one fiction and atleast one non-fiction book.
How to discover new fiction books? Well, you could:
l Look for different books by an author you already know of;l Ask a librarian, or anyone else who reads, for books they would
recommend;l Find out some books which won the Scottish Children’s Book Awards
in previous years.
How to find non-fiction books? You could:
l Make a list of subjects you are interested in finding out more about –for example, sports, transport, the environment, history;
l Learn how to use your library catalogue to look up books about thesesubjects. (This will also help you with the final task for your activitybadge!)
As you read each book, fill in the sections on Worksheet 1.
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Looking after your books
On the lines below, write down three things you can do to keep your booksin good condition.
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Looking things up
Use a dictionary to find out the meaning of the words below. Next to eachword, write what it means.
Skellig by the author David Almond is one of the most cherished children’sbooks of recent times. The story is about a boy called Michael whosefamily moves into a dilapidated house. When they clear out the house,Michael discovers a strange, emaciated man living in the garage, and fromthis point on, Michael’s life takes a new, extraordinary turn.
Cherished ______________________________________________________
Dilapidated _____________________________________________________
Emaciated ______________________________________________________
WHY DON’T YOU...
Watch David Almond’s fabulous creative writing event on our website? Youcan see it at www.scottishbooktrust.com/podcasts/video/authors-live-creative-writing-with-david-almond-full-broadcast
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Researching authors
For this next task, you will need an atlas and an encyclopedia. Your librarymay have an encyclopedia on computer. Ask your librarian about what’savailable to you.
Look at the author names below. For each author, use an encyclopedia tofind out at least one book written by them, and which country they wereborn in. Then, use an atlas to find out the capital city of that country.
Tove Jansson Book written ___________________________________
Country of birth ________________________________
Capital city of this country _______________________
Francesca Simon Book written __________________________________
Country of birth ________________________________
Capital city of this country _______________________
Rudyard Kipling Book written __________________________________
Country of birth ________________________________
Capital city of this country _______________________
WHY DON’T YOU...
...watch Francesca Simon’s event for World Book Day 2012? You could getyour Leader to register your group to watch the free event online. Even ifyou miss it, you’ll still be able to watch Francesca Simon speak to anaudience about the Horrid Henry series on our website?
Also, can you change the link towww.scottishbooktrust.com/podcasts/video/authors-live-horrid-henry-with-francesca-simon-full-broadcast
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Getting to grips with the library
Each library uses the same system to give each book a number. Ask yourlibrarian what the name of this system is, and then write it below.
Use the library catalogue to find a non-fiction book about Scottish history.Then write the title and author of the book below.
Use the library catalogue to find a fiction book by the author MichaelMorpurgo. Then write the title and author of the book below.
WHY DON’T YOU...
Watch Michael Morpurgo getting a class of pupils excited about readingand writing? The video of his Authors Live event is here:www.scottishbooktrust.com/podcasts/video/authors-live-with-michael-morpurgo-full-session
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Worksheet: book review
Book title
Author
Your thoughts about the story and its characters
I would score this book _____ out of 10
Book title
Author
Your thoughts about the story and its characters
I would score this book _____ out of 10
Book title
Author
Your thoughts about the story and its characters
I would score this book _____ out of 10
