{"id":1380,"date":"2013-03-26T09:31:31","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T09:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salibblog.wordpress.com\/?page_id=1380"},"modified":"2023-10-10T13:05:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T12:05:47","slug":"reading-zone","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/stromnessacademylibrary\/reading-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">According to OECD research, reading for<br \/>\npleasure may provide the most effective way<br \/>\nto level social change, and is in fact a more<br \/>\nimportant indicator of academic success than a<br \/>\nchild\u2019s socio-economic background. 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href=\"http:\/\/www.educationscotland.gov.uk\/Images\/literacy_across_learning_principles_practice_tcm4-540108.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Literacy Across Learning: Principles and Practice<\/a>, p4)<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Reading is traditionally associated with the printed word on paper, which is the main focus of the reading record but note that you can \u2018read\u2019 other types of \u2018text\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>These include:<\/p>\n<p><b>novels, short stories, plays, poems, <\/b><b>comics, newspapers and magazines, reference texts, <\/b><b>web pages, <\/b><b>films, games and TV programmes, <\/b><b>text messages, blogs and social networking sites, <\/b><b>catalogues and directories, <\/b><b>the spoken word, advertisements, <\/b><b>promotional leaflets, charts, maps, graphs and timetables, <\/b><b>labels, signs and posters, CVs, letters and emails, <\/b><b>recipes, manuals and instructions, reports and reviews<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Creating a 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