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What can we read? Name things: ©Lenka Lexová, Markéta Čeřovská an Internet page newspapers magazines books
Where can we get books? Where can we ©Lenka Lexová, Markéta Čeřovská a) borrow b) buy books?
Why do people read? for pleasure for educational purposes (students, teachers) to find information about something (for homework, diploma thesis, travelling, weather. . . ) to know what´s happening in the world today (news) they´re interested in some subject and want to know more What are you reasons for reading? ©Lenka Lexová, Markéta Čeřovská
Talk about yourself Why do people read? ¨ for fun, for school and education Do you like reading? How often do you read? What do you read? ¨ newspaper, What was the last book you read? What was it about? ¨ author, magazines, the internet, books title, main characters, story, plot Who is your favourite writer? ©Lenka Lexová, Markéta Čeřovská
Basic division of literature ORAL = spoken only, typical for pre-medieval times when paper was precious WRITTEN = captured on pieces of paper, clay, stone etc. , first in forms of scrolls, little plates; later on paper in books ¨ since … Guttenberg printing machine books have become more available for a wide number of readers • NON-FICTIONAL = describing facts, true stories, or educational books • FICTIONAL = express imagination of the author in the form of a prosaic text, poem or drama play ©Lenka Lexová, Markéta Čeřovská
Name the types of books: autobiography cookbook textbook travelogue dictionary atlas catalogue ©Lenka Lexová, Markéta Čeřovská
Name the types of books: best-seller biography encyclopaedia manual/reference book diary guidebook comic book Which of the books are ©Lenka Lexová, Markéta Čeřovská a) educational? b) entertaining? c) fictional d) non-fictional?
Basic types of written texts: Put the words to the right cloud: DRAMA PROSE POETRY a novel a fairy tale a lyric poem a play a short story a comedy a folk tale song lyrics an epic poem a tragedy a fable a ballad A POET ©Lenka Lexová, Markéta Čeřovská A DRAMATIST, PLAYWRIGHT A NOVELIST, WRITER
Types of novels: SCI-FI (science fiction) adventurous comic fantasy detective / crime historical romantic classic horror spy ©Lenka Lexová, Markéta Čeřovská
Parts of a book: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. author publishers back cover chapter paperback / hardback table of contents foreword summary a photo or a drawing spine front cover title a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) k) l) one part of a book with its own name a short text after the story, usually explaining details to the origin of the story and meaning the hard place between the front and back cover real pictures or illustrations to make the story richer soft or hard type of a book cover a list of what the book contains the front side of a book the person who wrote the book a short text before the story, usually saying something about the author and the book the back side of a book the company which paid to print the book the name of the book 1 h, 2 k, 3 j, 4 a, 5 e, 6 f, 7 i, 8 b, 9 d, 10 c, 11 g, 12 l ©Lenka Lexová, Markéta Čeřovská
Poetry – parts of a poem Complete the text with these words: RHYTHM, IMAGES, LINES, STANZAS, VERSES, RHYME, LYRICS In poetry, the main parts of the text are called (1)…………. , then they break into smaller parts – the (2)…………………. . . Usually at the end of the verse, there´s a sound "trick" – (3)……. . which makes the poem interesting for listeners. Rhymes together make the (4) …………. of the poem, it can express feelings of happiness, sadness, urgency or others. Each poem includes (5)………………… opinions, feelings, experiences or questions never answered. In a song, the verses are called (6)………… and the song text is called (7) the ………. . …. ©Lenka Lexová, Markéta Čeřovská
Inside the story: In the plot of this story a) John's writing homework b) John's writing Christmas cards The characters are a) Odie, Garfield b) John, Odie c) John, Garfield The narrator in this story is a) Garfield b) the painter c) John ©Lenka Lexová, Markéta Čeřovská
Complete the text with words from the list: author, autobiography, best-seller, biography, bookshop, cover, chapters, library, novel, reviews, textbook, title If you want something to read, you can either buy a book from a (1). . . or borrow one from a (2). . . You can read a (3). . . (a book which tells an invented story) or a (4). . . (which tells a story of another person´s life) or an (5). . . (the writer´s own life story). If you´re a student, you may want to buy a (6). . . (a book used at school). A book which sells a lot of copies is called a (7). . . If you want recommendations for which book to choose, you can read the (8). . . in the paper where people who have read the book give their opinion. A book has the (9). . . (the name of the book) and the name of the (10). . . (the writer) on the (11). . . (the front of the book). The book is divided into different parts called (12). . . ©Lenka Lexová, Markéta Čeřovská
Describing a book: In these sentences 3 words are correct and 2 wrong: I enjoy her books because her style is so boring readable easy to read true-to-life stupid I think that the characters in the story were interesting believable informative strange readable I didn´t finish reading the book because it was entertaining boring uninteresting complicated realistic I prefer reading Agatha Christie´s detective stories. They´re thrilling educational well-written intelligent humorous Bad books make me bored sleepy boring ©Lenka Lexová, Markéta Čeřovská annoyed thrilled
Talk about it: What is your favourite magazine and why? I like reading … because it gives me information about… ¨ I find … interesting because… ¨ I don't have a favourite magazine, but I occasionally read … ¨ What newspaper do you read and why? I prefer reading … because (it's easy to read/ informative/ …) ¨ I don't read any newspaper because (it's boring/ I'm not interested in politics/ I prefer reading…) ¨ Do you prefer reading fiction or non-fiction? Why? I like reading fiction such as (mystery/ sci-fi/ adventure/…) ¨ I prefer reading… because… (it develops my imagination / it's inspiring for me / I'm interested in / …) ¨ I don't read books because … (they're boring for me/ my parents didn't read with me / I don't know how to enjoy reading/ …) ¨ ©Lenka Lexová, Markéta Čeřovská
Books chapter graphics picture page author cover ©Lenka Lexová, Markéta Čeřovská
What is your favourite genre? Prose ¨ fiction, non-fiction, detective story, love story, ghost story, autobiography, historic novel, mystery, adventure, travel book, romance, short stories, novels, fairy tales, children stories Poetry Drama ¨ tragedy, ©Lenka Lexová, Markéta Čeřovská comedy
Have you ever read a book and seen the film that was made from it? Which did you like more, and why? What is better reading or watching TV? How has reading changed in the past few years? Do you think that electronic books or audio books will replace paper books in the future? Do more people buy books or borrow them from a library? ©Lenka Lexová, Markéta Čeřovská
In the library ©Lenka Lexová, Markéta Čeřovská
British literature ©Lenka Lexová, Markéta Čeřovská
William Shakespeare Globe theater in London ©Lenka Lexová, Markéta Čeřovská Shakespeare‘s birth house in Stratford upon Avon
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