If schools do not have an extensive reading scheme, will they need to implement it to complete the SBA component?
If schools have not already established an extensive reading program, they have two jobs to do rather than one. Schools that have already got an extensive reading programme only have to do a little bit of fine-tuning and build in the school-based assessment component. If students have to be introduced to an extensive reading programme for the first time, teachers can use a class reader to model the whole process, teach students how to keep a log book, and show them the kind of questions that they could ask each other about their reading. Teachers can then move from the common experience of a class reader to setting up something like a reading circle where there might be a number of texts available to the class, with a group of students encouraged to read the same text so they can support each other. Teachers can then ask the students to report on how they are going with reading their texts at regular intervals. Every now and then teachers can mix the groups up, putting students in smal
