Pleasure of reading Part 2 A plot =

Pleasure of reading Part 2

A plot = sth that happens in the book Characters : Main and Secondary Good characters = heroes A novel has:

Books might be…. Entertaining Original Fast-moving Well-written Deep Amusing/funny Easy to read Heavy-going Depressing Shallow Slow-moving Unoriginal Badly-written Boring Match the opposites

Some more adjectives… Interesting Enjoyable Witty = humorous Exciting Fascinating Powerful True-to-life Moving/touching

Give your opinion about a book using an adjective

I find this book +adj because…

What books do you prefer? Why? E.g. I prefer reading true-to-life books because I get some experience after reading them.

To speak about a book as an edition….

A hardback (hardcover) A paperback edition

A pocket edition A rare edition <-> widespread

A book with an interesting design A book with coloured illustrations A colourful book

A book in the original A book in translation

A collection of poems, plays, stories An abridged edition (adapted) An unabridged (not adapted) edition A cheap <-> expensive edition A book in (five) volumes

Describe a book as an edition

Prepare a presentation!

Part 2 The plot of the book in short Mention the characters of the book Give your impression of the book (don’t forget to use the adjectives!!!) Use the Internet and put the links on the last slide

Plan Information about the author Information about the book (how it was written, some useful information) The characters of the book The plot (the main idea of a book) Giving your opinion Links

Criteria The whole group presents – 3 points Only short phrases in the PPP – 3 points Presenters speak but don’t read – 2 points Structure of a presentation – 3 points The new vocabulary is used – 4 points Total :15 points