Unit 3. BOOKS AND WRITERS

Lesson 42. MY FAVOURITE AUTHORS AND BOOKS

Цілі: вдосконалювати лексичні й граматичні навички; вдосконалювати навички аудіювання, письма й усного мовлення; розвивати логічне мислення; виховувати позитивне ставлення до читання, а також загальну культуру учнів.

Procedure

1. Warm-up

Where do they come from?

Key:

Britain:	Honore de Balzac Ernest hemin gway Homer Victor Hugo Lewis Carroll Miguel de Cervantes Agatha Christie-George Bernard Shaw Robert Louis Stevenson Rudyard Kipling Jonathon Swift Oscar Wilde Rabindranath Tagore John Ronald Tolkien Mark Twain Dante Hans Christian Andersen Charles Dickens
Ireland:
Scotland:
France:
Italy:
Spain:
Greece:
India:
America:
Denmark:

Key:

• Honore de Balzac — France

• Ernest Hemingway — America

• Homer — Greece

• Victor Hugo — France

• Lewis Carroll — Britain

• Miguel de Cervantes — Spain

• Agatha Christie- Britain

• George Bernard Shaw — Britain

• Robert Louis Stevenson — Scotland

• Rudyard Kipling — Britain

• Jonathan Swift — Ireland

• Oscar Wilde — Ireland

• Rabindranath Tagore — India

• John Ronald Reuel Tolkien — English

• Mark Twain — America

• Dante — Italy

• Charles Dickens — England

• Hans Christian Andersen — Denmark

2. Grammar practice

Do ex. 1, p. 87.

3. Writing

DO ex. 2, p. 87.

4. Grammar practice

DO ex. 3, p. 87.

5. Listening

Listen to the story about an English writer and answer the questions.

1. Who is this story about?

2. Was it his real name?

3. Why do people all over the world like his stories?

4. Who inspired him to write his stories?

5. What was his main occupation?

6. What else is he famous for except writing stories?

Lewis carroll’s famous story of the little girl who falls down a rabbit hole has been entertaining the young (and not so young) readers for almost 150 years.

It was probably the first book written not to educate children or give them moral instructions — but to entertain them.

Lewis Carroll was the name used by Charles Dodgson, a mathematics teacher at Oxford University, when he was writing children’s books and poems.

When he became a teacher at Oxford< Carroll used to take the daughters of his friend, Dean Liddell, for boat-riders on the river. On one of this river trips he told the story of Alice in Wonderland to young Alice Liddell. Later, he wrote the story down, and it was published in 1865.

As well as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll wrote poems and another children’s book, Sylvie and Bruno. He was also a great letter writer and he invented games and puzzles. As an Oxford don (a teacher at Oxford and Cambridge), he also published mathematical works.

6. Speaking

Do ex. 4, p. 88.

7. Summary

Answer the questions.

1. Do you read many books?

2. How often do you read books?

3. Did your parents read to you when you were a child?

4. What was the last book you read about?

5. Do you prefer fiction or non-fiction books?

6. Do you think people don’t read enough books these days?

7. If you could only read one more book for your entire life, what would it be?

8. Can a book change the world?

8. Homework

Do ex. 5, p. 88.

Appendix

MY WARS ARE LAID AWAY IN BOOKS

My Wars are laid away in Books —

I have one Battle more —

A Foe whom I have never seen

But oft has scanned me o’er —

And hesitated me between

And others at my side,

But chose the best — Neglecting me — till

All the rest, have died —

How sweet if I am not forgot

By Chums that passed away —

Since Playmates at threescore and ten

Are such a scarcity

by Emily Dickinson