Purpose:Extensive reading is a great way to improve your all-around ability in English. You should try to read books that are easy for you, using your dictionary as little as possible. Try to find books on subjects that interest you. Extensive reading should can be fun, not just work!
The quizzes: The quizzes in MReader are not made to test how well you understood the details of the book. The purpose it only to prove to yourself and your teacher that you did a good job of reading it. The questions are purposely made so that they are not difficult. You should even be able to answer the "Who said...?" questions if you just think about which character in the story would want to say that thing.
The Website: Here is an explanation of the main functions of the website.
V1:You can put just one or two words of the book you want to find here and click "Search" V2:If you want to see how many words are in some books, change this to "Words". V3:Click this button to find your books. V4:A green border means that you can take the quiz. It is at a suitable level for you. Just double-click to start the quiz. A red border means you cannot take the quiz now. The reading level of each book is shown under the picture. 1:This button has extra information about the site in English. 2:If you don't want to show other people your name, you can choose a nickname. Enter it here and hit the "Enter" key. 3:If you are using a smartphone, or your connection is slow, click "Don't show book covers". 4:If your school is using this function, this button will let you report a problem to your teacher. 5:If your school is using this function, you can change your own password here. enter the password and hit the "Enter" key. If you have forgotten your password, ask your teacher. 6:This shows how many words you have read in this class. 7:This shows your current total words on the progress bar. 8:This shows your reading goal that your teacher has set for you. 9:This shows how many words you have read in all classes, all terms. 10:This shows your current reading level. You can read books at this level and also any books at lower levels. If you can see grey boxes in #13 "L+1" then you can also read some books at one level higher than your current level. 11:Many schools have set a time delay between quizzes, so that students cannot take quizzes too often. This will tell you how long you must wait before you can take another quiz. 12:This is the same as the "View Available Books" function. Don't type the entire title. Just type a major word and click "Search". Then find the cover of your book. If you can't find the cover, it means that you have an old copy of the book and it has a new cover. Look at the publisher and level to find the correct book. Also, please tell your teacher. We will add the cover of your book to the system. 13:Each time you pass a quiz at your level, one box turns green. When all boxes become green you will be moved up one level. If your teacher changes your level, all of the boxes will become grey again. 14:If you see a link here, then you can view information for your own school's extensive reading program. 15:If you see this sentence, then you can post your progress to your Facebook account when you hit certain total word counts, like 10,000, 50,000 and 100,000. The are 10 levels. 16:If you see this box, then you can change your own password. Hit "Enter" to save your change. If this box does not appear, ask your teacher to change it.IMPORTANT! -- When you are taking a quiz, you must not try to go back to an earlier question. This will cause you to fail the quiz. Don't worry about getting some questions wrong. You only need a passing mark on the quiz, not a perfect score!
