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20 Questions About Me
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11. What kind of music do I like?
12. What is my favourite activity to do on the computer?
13. What kind of technology do I like to use?
14. Who are my best friends?
15. What do I like to do with my friends?
16. What makes me smile?
17. What makes me laugh?
18. What part of the world interests me the most?
19. What do I plan to do after high school?
20. What kind of career do I want when I’m an adult?

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Tool 2: Interest Inventory
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Student Name
Date
1. My most interesting subject is
2. My most challenging subject is
3. What I enjoy most about school is
4. What 
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5. Books I read recently
6. Activities I do outside of school
7. Three words to describe me
8. Careers that interest me
9. An ideal job for one day would be
10. My favourite television programs are
11. My favourite Web sites are
12. My questions about next year are
13. School situations that are stressful for me are
14. I deal with stress or frustration by
15. Some interesting places I’ve been to are
16. If I could travel anywhere, I would like to go to
17. If I can’t watch television, I like to
18. I would like to learn more about
3. Reproduced from Alberta Education, 
Building on Success: Helping Students make Transitions from Year 
to Year
(Edmonton, AB: Alberta Education, 2006), p. 28.

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Tool 3: A Reading Interview
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Name
1. Do you like to read? Why or Why not?
2. Do you think you are a good reader? Why?
3. What was the last book you read?
4. What kinds of books do you like to read?
5. Do you think it is important to be a good reader? Why?
6. What do you do when you come to a word you can’t read?
7. Do you read at home?
8. What do you usually do after school when you get home?
4. Adapted with permission from Patricia Pavelka, 
Create Independent Learners: Teacher-tested Strategies 
for all Ability Levels
(Peterborough, NH: Crystal Springs Books, 1999), Reading Inventory.

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