Unit 3. YOUR SCHOOLTIME

Lesson 33. DO YOU NEED A BOOK?

Цілі: формувати навички вживання нових лексичних одиниць; удосконалювати навички усного мовлення й читання; розвивати мовну здогадку й мовленнєву реакцію учнів; розвивати пам'ять; виховувати зацікавленість у розширенні своїх знань.

Procedure

1. Warm-up

Answer the questions.

1. Do you like reading?

2. Have you got many books at home?

3. Do you read much?

4. Do you prefer to read English books?

5. What famous British and American writers do you know?

6. What is your favourite book?

2. Speaking

Practise the new vocabulary.

— Do you like thrillers?

— Yes, I do.

— And what about detective stories? Are you fond of them?

— Yes, I enjoy them.

	I				My partner
	like	love	enjoy	hate	likes	loves	enjoys	hates
True-to-life stories
Novels
Detective stories			√
Thrillers	√				√
Mysteries
Poems
Fairy tales
Fantasy
Love stories				√			√
Short stories
Comics
Stories about nature
Fables
Adventure stories
Biographies of famous people

Example:

I like thrillers and my partner likes them too.

I hate love stories but my partner enjoys them.

3. Reading and writing

Do ex. 1, p. 114.

Practise the new vocabulary. Find the following words and expressions in the text and give their English equivalents:

• прислів’я,

• окрім,

• серце,

• століття,

• взагалі,

• ділити,

• художня література,

• нехудожня література,

• в давні часи,

• винахід,

• друк,

• розвиток культури

• заголовок,

• каталог,

• консультувати,

• виставка,

• заздалегідь,

• можливість.

4. Vocabulary practice

Find the words from the box (p. 115) in the text and complete the sentences below with them.

1. I’ve read one of her books, but I can’t remember the ... .

2. I want to ... my lawyer before I say anything.

3. His first novel won a prize for modern ... .

4. There is a new ... of all the books in the library.

5. The books in the library are divided into fiction and ... .

6. ... , more than two hundred students study in this library every day.

7. It’s a ... story. It isn’t true. I don’t believe a word of it.

8. It is important to eat meat or eggs, as they ... protein and vitamins.

Key: 1 title, 2 consult, 3 fiction, 4 catalogue, 5 non-fiction, 6 in general, 7 made-up, 8 contain.

5. Writing

Do ex. 2 (a), p. 116.

6. Vocabulary practice

Do ex. 3, p. 116.

7. Speaking

Speak about the book you have read recently. Act the dialogue out.

Sample dialogue

— Last week I finished such an interesting book.

— Was it really so exciting? What is it about?

— It’s a thriller with lots of mysterious things exactly what I prefer.

— Oh, no. I’m not interested in mysteries. As for me, I prefer true-to-life stories with truthful characters.

— You’re so boring. Try something different. Not often you can find a good book which will hold your interest right to the end.

— Well, I’ll try.

— Then let’s drop in on my place on our way home right after school and I’ll give you this book.

— OK.

8. Summary

Answer the questions.

1. What books and characters are popular with the children nowadays?

2. What books would you like to read and why?

9. Homework

Ex. 2(b), p. 116.