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For example, working class readers respond generously to charity appeals precisely because editors appeal to them at an emotional level.
With Ofsted placing more emphasis on reading, some schools may find themselves having to shift the focus of their schemes of learning to include more class readers – where the whole class covers and reads a book together.
The above profiles, as well as the data from Scott's random sample survey, compare easily with the charts below, taken from an Observer advertising brochure from 1958, which suggests to potential employment advertisers that more students and "middle class readers under 45 years of age" read the Observer (and will therefore see their jobs advertised).
The guide, which seemed to target middle to upper class readers, was organized into three parts: cooking, housekeeping and pharmaceutical concerns.
Middle-market tabloid newspapers (n = 4) are also in the tabloid format, but are more serious and attract predominantly right wing, middle class readers.
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When I was 12, in my second year at the co-ed state grammar school I attended, our class reader was David Copperfield.
The first thing I look at when choosing a class reader is how accessible it is in terms of the language used.
Over the years – teaching English to lower-attaining key stage 3 students in mainstream schools, special schools and pupil referral units – I have found the class reader to be a great tool.
Finally, with every class reader I use I am keen to make sure that they have enough meat on the bones to trigger some discussions around real-life issues.
A well-chosen class reader helps structure my schemes of learning, provide an 'in' for students who typically say they don't like reading and writing and for students who have often emotional and social issues, serve up opportunities for discussions they might find threatening through more typical mentoring one-to-one sessions.
Although with Y7 the danger always lies in rocking up with a new class reader, with weeks of planning in place, to hear the much-feared line: "Sir, we did this in year 6 with Mrs Smith…" Usually followed with: "She was such a cool teacher, she was really nice… and she let us play games".
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