Berdyansk Municipal Lyceum /Husieva Svitlana Oleksandrivna/ English Teacher of the Highest Degree/FORM 8/ LEVEL B1 (Course book Prime Time 2/ Level B1)
Good afternoon, dear students! The lesson today is going to be about Books and Authors. Now open your copybooks and write down the day, date and the topic.
BOOKS and AUTHORS
The Motto is There is no frigate like a book.
Let's look through the Learning Objectives.
Learning Objectives:
At the lesson we should practise
- To practise speaking skills while discussing Books and Authors;
- to practise listening skills;
- to learn new words: Styles of Fiction; Books and Authors;
- to revise Past Simple Passive.
Your hometasks for the next lesson will be to:
1. Make up the chart: Book - Author – Style of Fiction – Main Fiction.
2. Listen and Read 10 Episodes of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Click On 3 + Sound Tracks).
You can copy everything on your flash drives after the lesson is over.
This is the Plan of the Lesson.
Lesson Plan
1. Speech Drill: Proverbs about Books.
2. Speech Drill: A Song:. 42(02:06)
3. Phonetic Drill: Track 21(00:58)
4. Vocabulary: Styles of Fiction.
5. Grammar Revision: Past Simple Passive.
6. Discussion: My Favourite Book.
7. *Interaction: Pair Work: My Favourite Book.
8. Role Play: Dialogue: At a bookshop. An Interview with a young author.
9. Listening and Comprehension: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
10. * Listening and Comprehension: Frankenstein.
11. Summarising.
I. These are some more Proverbs about Books. Let`s practise saying the proverbs:
II. Now let`s sing the song:
Paperback writer
by The Beatles
Paperback writer (writer, writer)
Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book?
It took me years to write – will you take a look?
It’s based on a novel by a man named Lear,
And I need a job, so I want to be a paperback writer,
Paperback writer.
It’s a dirty story of a dirty man
And his clinging wife doesn’t understand,
His son is working for the Daily Mail,
It’s a steady job but he wants to be a paperback writer ,
Paperback writer.
Paperback writer (writer, writer)
It’s a thousand pages, give or take a few,
I’ll be writing more in a week or two,
I can make it longer if you like the style,
I can change it round and I want to be a paperback writer,
Paperback writer
If you really like it you can have the rights,
It could make a million for you overnight,
If you must return it, you can send it here,
But I need a break and I want to be a paperback writer,
Paperback writer
Paperback writer (writer, writer)
III. Let`s practise saying the following sentences. Mind the sentence stress. Show the contrast.
Paul has seen Lord of the Rings, but Sally hasn’t seen it yet.
Paul has read three Harry Potter books, but Sally gas read five.
Amy likes horror films, but Mike likes science fiction.
Amy has been to the cinema once this month, but Mike has been there
six times.
Phonetic Drill: Track 63, WB-09-07 (00.12)
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IV. Let`s learn some new words: Vocabulary: Styles of Fiction. Let`s practise saying the new words.
Classic novels comic novels crime fantasy historical novels horror
science fiction short stories
Now complete the sentences with the new words, for example:
1. ______ books are scary and often violent.
2. ______ books are often set in the future.
3. ______ are always set in the past.
4. ______ books are set in an imaginary world and often include magic.
5. ______ are funny.
6. ______ are written by great authors from the past.
7. ______ are not as long as novels.
8. ______ stories are often about detectives.
V. Let`s practise saying the names of popular books in English and their authors.
Book fair: Match the title with the author
1. Robinson Crusoe
2. The Jungle Book
3. The Hound of the Baskervilles
4. Harry Potter
5. Eragon
6. The Picture of Dorian Gray
7. Treasure Island
8. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
9. Alice in Wonderland
a) Joanne Rowlinп
b) Oscar Wilde
c) Mark Twain
d) Daniel Defoe
e) Robert L.Stevenson
f) Christopher Paolini
g) Lewis Carroll
h) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
i) Rudyard Kipling
VI. Discussion: Books and Authors. + Grammar Revision: Past Simple Passive.
Look at the screen. This is the illustration for the famous English book. Can you guess what it is?
What`s the title of the book?
Who was the book written by? Look at the blackboard.
Alice`s Adventures in Wonderland was written by Lewis Carrol.
Discussion: talking about your favourite books:
1. What`s your favourite book? It`s called Alice`s Adventures in Wonderland
2. Who`s the author of the book? Lewis Carroll is the author.
3. What sort of story is it? It is a classic fantasy story.
4. Who are the main characters? Alice, Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter, the King and Queen of Hearts.
5. What`s it about? It`s about strange things that happen when Alice falls down the rabbit- hole into Wonderland.
6. What happens in the end? Alice is the winner and she`s back into the real world.
Your hometask for the next lesson will be to:
1. Listen and Read Episode 1 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Click On 3 + Sound Tracks).