Project: I love reading

6b

October 1st, 2008

A)    Getting started.

Form groups of four. Grab the photographs and discuss the situations of reading shown. Discuss your reading habits with the other group members. Use the questions on page 60 of your coursebook as the basis. Work through the handouts so as to find out about various reading techniques. Complete the questionnaire. Discuss section 4 ( page 62)  in your group. Try to fill in the missing words on world records related to books.

Short stories:     !Read the introduction to the short story!

!B) “The Landlady“

by Roald Dahl

Do the tasks as given

!Context

!Characterisation

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Poems:

1x!C) “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”

by Robert Frost

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“What has happened to Lulu” by Charles Causley

Answer the questions

!Interpretation

Do the tasks!

Read the text, “Running away”. Discuss the advice she gives critically with a partner!

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Novels:

!D) The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Do the tasks/answer the questions.

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E)

Burning Books

Look at page 63/64.

Grab the handout. Read the first page of the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. Do task 4.

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F)

The future of books.

Work in pairs. Read the text. Collect arguments for and against printed books in the future.

Do the listening comprehension exercise on the future of books on page 65.

Do the fill-in exercise.

Grab the handout on how to write an essay.

Write an essay on the topic:  Books – an outdated medium for the learned man/ woman of the 21st century?

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Have fun and find out about the pleasures of a good read

if you haven`t done so far!!