I actually do quite a bit of reading out of class. I have picked quite a few really good books in the past, one of them is called Where the Red Fern Grows. The book is amazing , I think I told you about it in the test blog's that we did! The detail in the writing, and the plot of the story was just wonderful; i really enjoyed reading this book. Other reading I do outside of school would be reading the newspaper a lot at work, I like reading newspaper for the fact that they fill you in with quite a bit of interesting information. These newspaper and articles in the paper are very effective in the way that the information is really good to know, and gives us an idea of whats going on in our city/world. The crosswords on the last few pages of the paper are actually my favourite to do!  My strategies for reading effectivly would be a nice place where I can wind down and read a good novel. I find peace and quiet works well and I can really concentrate and get into the story! :)