Name:

 _______________________________________________________________________________  Period:  ________  

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Instructions:  Please  answer  these  questions  with  integrity.  No  one  else  will  see  this  survey  
but  the  teacher  unless  you  choose  to  share.  There  are  questions  on  both  sides  of  the  paper.  
1. Reading  is  a    
a. Boring  way  to  spend  time  
b. An  okay  way  to  spend  time  if  there’s  nothing  else  to  do  
c. A  good  way  to  spend  time  
d. A  great  way  to  spend  time  
 
2. List  3  things  that  good  readers  do.  
 
a. _____________________________________________________________________________________________  
 
b. _____________________________________________________________________________________________  
 
c. _____________________________________________________________________________________________  
 
3. Why  is  knowing  how  to  read  important  or  not  important?  
 
 
4. Reading  is    
a. Very  easy  for  me  
b. Sort  of  easy  for  me  
c. Pretty  hard  for  me  
d. Very  hard  for  me  
 
5. When  you  read  something  (to  yourself)  and  you  don’t  understand  it,  what  is  the  first  
thing  you  do?  
 
a. If  that  doesn’t  work,  what  else  do  you  do  to  understand?  

 
6. Estimate  how  many  books  you  have  in  your  house?  ________________  
 
7. Do  you  ever  get  books  from  the  school  library?  Circle:  YES  or  NO  
 
8. What  was  the  last  book  or  story  you  read  that  you  liked?  Why  did  you  like  it?  

 
 
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Name:  _______________________________________________________________________________  Period:  ________  

9. Circle  the  genre/types  of  reading  material  you  like  best.  (You  may  circle  more  than  
one.)  
 
History   Travel   Adventure   Plays  /  Drama   Sports  
Science  fiction   Romance   Mystery   War   Art  
Poetry   Vampire   Horror/Scary   Death   Biography  
Short  story   Family   Funny   Tales  or  Fables   How-­‐to  books  
Friendship   Non-­‐fiction   Gaming   Westerns   Magazines  
Identity   LGBT   Realistic  Fiction   Survival   Utopia/Dystopia  
Mythology   Drugs   Gangs      
 
10. Do  you  like  to  read  the  newspaper?  Circle:  YES  or  NO.    
 
11. If  YES,  then  circle  the  parts  of  the  newspaper  you  like  to  read.  
 
Headlines   Advertisements   Entertainment   Columnists  
Opinions   Comic  Strips   Current  Events   Politics  
Sports   Editorials   Other?    _________________________________________  
 
12. What  are  your  favorite  TV  shows?    
 
13. How  much  time  do  you  spend  watching  TV  or  playing  video  games  in  a  day?  _____________  
 
14. What  are  your  hobbies?  What  kinds  of  things  do  you  do  for  fun?  
 
 
 
15. What  are  your  top  two  (2)  favorite  movies?  
 
a. _____________________________________________________________________________________________  
 
b. _____________________________________________________________________________________________  
 
16. Do  you  enjoy  having  someone  read  aloud  to  you?  YES  or  NO.  Why?  
 

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