Boys Survey

Reading Interest Survey
Name_Boys___________________________


Put a check mark next to each kind of reading you enjoy.
___5__history __2___travel ____1_plays
_4____sports ___6__science fiction __10___adventure
__3___romance _3____detective stories ___7__war stories
_____poetry __1___car stories __3___novels
__1___biography __7___supernatural stories _0____astrology
__8___humor __0___folktales _2____how-to-do-it books
__7___mysteries __2___art __2___westerns
Other (please be specific)______mysticals, fantasy___________

Do you ever read the newspaper? Yes 9 no 4
If ‘yes’, place a check next to the part of the newspaper listed below
you like to read.
__2___Advertisements __3___Entertainment __1___Columnists
__1___Headlines __2___Comic Strips __2___Political Stories
__5___Current Events _4____Sports __0___Editorials
_1____Others: (please list)

Put a check mark next to each kind of movies or television you enjoy.

_13____Action__11___Adventure __12___Comedy
__3___Classics __8___Crime __3___Documentary
__2___Drama__3___Family 9_____Fantasy
_11____Horror ___0__Musical __7___Mystery
_2____Romance _7____Science Fiction __5___Sports
__9___Suspense __11___Thriller __9___War
__2___Westerns

Other (please be specific)slasher_________________


How do you decide what to read? Be specific.

• Back/cover/beginning of book: 8
• Genre I like: 2




When and where do you like to read? List as many places as you can think of.

Where

• Quiet places
• Room: 8
• House: 5
• School: 2
• Outside: 2
• Somewhere comfortable


When

• Whenever I get a chance


Where do you get the books you read? List all of the places.

• Library: 10
• Bookstore: 4
• Family/house: 3
• School: 2
• Other people



What do you enjoy about reading?
• Exciting parts, suspense: 4
• Learning new things: 2
• Fun/passes time: 2
• Seeing pictures in mind
• No limit to imagination
• Expression/language
• Relaxing
• Plot
• Setting
• Characters



What stops you from reading? List as many things as you can think of.


• Socializing: 3
• Other activities (sports): 3
• Loud environment: 2
• Homework: 2
• Being uncomfortable
• No pictures
• Boring book: 3
• Peer pressure
• Not being able to find a book I enjoy
• Too long
• Fatigue
• Working
• Chores
• Not having book
• Too hard






What other activities do you enjoy? Circle all.

The outdoors 15
Watching TV 13
Watching movies 12
Spending time with your family 12
Hanging out with friends 12
Video or computer games 12
Exercising 11
Music 10
Sports 10
Drawing/art 7
Board games 6
Church or community groups 3
Dancing 3
Theater 3
Writing 2
Other (please be specific):_______swordplay, snowboarding, cell phones, rock climbing, skating, basketball, working on cars, fixing things, ____________