Roding Reads - Issue 9

Welcome to Roding Reads, YOUR weekly newsletter on all things reading. This week we are celebrating BAME literature. We hope you find something that interests you! Please continue to send all your pictures and writing to: ajones@rodingvalley.net.

Roding Caught Reading Roding, we need YOU! Get caught reading, and send us a picture, along with a few words about the book, to feature next week.

This week, the English department joined in for a group snap, showing off what they’re reading . Who can do better?

Ms Taylor’s Book of June Lorna Doone by R.D. Blackmore is set in 17th

century Devon and Somerset. It follows the Doones, Read it here: once a rich aristocratic family, now a gang of poor https:// criminals, and John Ridd, who despises the Doone www.gutenberg.o family as his father was murdered by them.

John meets Lorna, not knowing she is the rg/ebooks/17460 granddaughter of Sir Ensor Doone, and the novel centers on their relationship. Blackmore explores ideas about law and order, class, wealth and status in the novel.

It has all the ingredients of a good read: adventure; romance and humour.

Games Corner Can you find the first and last names of these great BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) authors?

Chinua Achebe Zadie Smith Kazuo Ishiguro Benjamin Zephaniah Khaled Hosseini Onjali Q Rauf

Can you get a photo like this with your family and/ or friends?

Please remember to quiz books on Accelerated Reader when you have finished reading them! This is still an expectation!

General Knowledge Quiz: Answers next week!

1. What part of the body do butterflies taste with?

2. What is the capital of Argentina?

3. What flightless bird is the symbol of New Zealand?

4. What currency is used in Turkey?

5. What colour is the Jubilee line?

6. How many number 1s did the Spice Girls have?

7. Who wrote Alice in Wonderland?

8. How many sides does a dodecagon have?

9. In which forest did Robin Hood live?

10. What is the study of birds called?

Quiz Answers 03.04.20 1. The Rembrandts 2. 4 stomachs 3. Nicola Sturgeon 4. 8!

5. Jacqueline Jossa

6. West Yorkshire 7. St. Paul’s Cathedral 8. Five 9. 1960 10. Mercury

There are so many great books by BAME authors, so why not check these out and click the link above to find the full PDF of recommended reads.

Check out this video of amazing YA reads by BAME authors!

There’s sure to be something you love. Click the YouTube logo!

Our identity is a key part of who we are. It is something to be proud of. We should strive, as a society to have positive representations in the media of all different types of people. That is why this week, we have showcased some great pieces of writing by brilliant BAME authors. We hope you enjoy.

#CallingAllArtists How do you see yourself? What represents you? Can you find a way to capture you with art? We would love it if you could draw or create something that represents you, echoes your identity or celebrates diversity. Insert some colour onto our pages and spread some joy. Anything you create please send to: ajones@rodingvalley.net or to your English teacher so it can be celebrated.

Year 7 House Competition Reminder Recently read a book that you can’t put down? Share what you loved about the book so that others can read it! Win more points for your house by completing a Book Recommendation by Friday 19th June to the Google Classroom for your class. What are you waiting for? Get writing! Click the Google Classroom logo to be taken to the templates!