1、UNIT 8 LITERATURETOPIC TALKLiteratureWhat types of literature do you enjoy reading?Why?Example:I enjoy reading novels and my favourite author is Mark Twain.novels/fictionspoetryshort storiesdramafables/fairy talesActivity 1:Pair workListen and underline the words or expressions you hear.Genre scienc
2、e fiction,drama,novels,adventure/romance/detective stories,fantasy novels,childrens literature,poetry,short stories,folk talesI like reading literary works the most,such as _.Text BuilderLiteratureActivity 2Reasons for Readingfascinating,exciting,interesting,challenging,stimulating,absorbing,dramati
3、c,subjective read aloud and enjoy the description,enjoy the logic of the writing,love the mysteries in them recite my favourite parts of the story,try to figure out contradictory messages/solve the riddles myselfI find detective stories _ and _.I _.I always _.Text BuilderLiteratureActivity 2Elements
4、 of Literary Workscharacter,setting,plot,rhyme,argument,detail,structure,toneIt has a good _,and the _ is interesting.Text BuilderLiteratureActivity 2Use the Text Builder to talk about your humour and laughter.GenreReasonsElementsLiteratureActivity 3Listen to the dialogue.Answer the questions.1.Why
5、does Bob go to the library?2.What kind of books is Bob looking for?3.What does Bob need to do when he wants to take a book out of the library?4.Whats the librarians opinion of real books?Activity 4Listen to the dialogue.Answer the questions.1.Why does Bob go to the library?2.What kind of books is Bo
6、b looking for?Activity 4Hewantstofindbooks.HeislookingforbooksofChinesepoetryinEnglish.Listen to the dialogue.Answer the questions.3.What does Bob need to do when he wants to take a book out of the library?Activity 4Heneedstofillinandsubmitaregistrationformforalibrarycard.Then,scanhislibrarycardanda
7、lsoscanthenumberonthebook.Listen to the dialogue.Answer the questions.4.Whats the librarians opinion of real books?Activity 4Sheprefersrealbooksthatshecanholdinherhands.Choose one book that you enjoy reading and writing a short paragraph about it explaining why you like reading it.Activity 5:Homewor
8、kUNIT 8 LITERATUREWRITING WORKSHOPA CONTINUATION OF A STORY目录页contentsGet ready for writingIRead for writingIIIIIStructure and languageCompose your writingIVGet ready for writingIPair work You are going to write a continuation of the story“The Last Leaf”.Discuss the questions with your partner.1.Wha
9、t happened in the story?2.What might happen next?3.What is important in continuing story?Read for writingRead for writingRead a continuation of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.Answer the questions.1.Where did this part of the story happen?2.What did the narrator meet?3.What did Ned think would happen t
10、o them?4.How is the continuation connected with the original story?Read for writing 1.Where did this part of the story happen?It happened inside the submarine.2.What did the narrator meet?The narrator met two seamen of the submarine.Read for writing 3.What did Ned think would happen to them?They wou
11、ld die.4.How is the continuation connected with the original story?It uses the same characters as the original story,and it tells what happens next.Structure and languageStructure and the languageRead again.Identify the characters,the setting and the plot of the story.StructureDetailsSettingCharacte
12、rsPlotStructure and the languageSentences BuilderDescriptive Language I could hear Ned and Conseil breathing quickly.They were nervous,too.Our prison was suddenly lit,and we closed our eyes painfully at the light.They examined us with great attention,without saying a word.I did not completely believ
13、e the words I said.We ate in silence.said one of the men in a deep voice.Structure and the languageWrite 2-3 sentences as the continuation of“The Last Leaf”.Use similar expressions in the sentence builder that make the description vivid and lively._ComposeyourwritingCompose your writingWriting a Con
14、tinuation of a StoryIts important to:understand the setting,the characters and the plot of the original story;start your continuation with a new plot based on what has happened;include different types of details like sensory details,actions and thoughts;create dialogues that sound real and natural;w
15、rite the continuation in the same tone and tense as the original story.Writing HelpCompose your writingComplete the story map for your continuation.My Story MapTitle:_ Setting:_ Characters:_ New plot:_ The development of the story _ _ _ Ending:_Compose your writing Use your story map and the Writing Help to write your first draft.Edit your story in pairs.Then share what you have written in class.
