Book Speed Dating Lesson Plan

This six page complete lesson plan is intended to focus on the value of books and reading. Book ‘speed dating’ is a fun and innovative way to expose students to new kinds of books and generate discussion, interest and more positive attitudes to reading. Whether you have lots of reluctant readers or more able students, everyone will want to take part in this exciting, immersive lesson!

Lesson Objectives;

• Introduces students to a variety of different authors, genres,
  or book titles that may be completely unfamiliar to them
• Encourages students to broaden and extend their reading
  habits and preferences
• Builds students’ confidence with reading
• Encourages reading for pleasure

Comes with a step-by-step guide for running the lesson, a book suggestions sheet of some fantastic new books (all published in 2023) that you could acquire, as well as student recording sheets for making notes from discussions.