Unit 3. YOUR SCHOOLTIME

Lesson 34. A VARIETY OF GENRES

Цілі: вдосконалювати навички усного мовлення й читання; формувати навички вживання нових лексичних одиниць; прищеплювати любов до читання; розвивати культуру спілкування й мовленнєву реакцію учнів; виховувати зацікавленість у розширенні своїх знань.

Procedure

1. Warm-up

Put the following words in the correct columns:

• a reference book,

• a booklet,

• a novel,

• a drama,

• a guide book,

• a dictionary,

• a poem,

• a tale,

• an encyclopedia,

• a textbook,

• a rhyme,

• an essay,

• a fable,

• a story,

• an instruction,

• memoirs,

• a technical description.

Fiction literature	Non-fiction literature

2. Speaking

Do ex. 4, p. 117.

A bit more sample questions and answers.

What is the title of the book?	The title of the book is... As far as I remember it’s... I’m afraid I don’t remember
What do you think of the book?	I liked it. On the whole I liked it. I enjoyed it. It’s rather interesting. It’s a very good book. I didn’t like it. It’s not interesting at all
What is it you liked about the book?	It’s rather amusing. It’s realistic. The language is good. The plot is interesting. I liked the way the author describes...
What is it you don’t like about the book?	To begin with,... I didn’t like the language. I didn’t like the way the author describes... The main idea is not clear to me. The plot is not interesting at all
What are the main characters of the book?	The main characters are...
What is the book about?	The book is devoted to... The book describes... It’s about... It’s a historical novel, (a detective story, ...)

3. Writing

Write a few sentences.

4. Reading

Do ex. 5, p. 117.

Answer the questions.

1. What genre is Julia fond of?

2. Why does she like Ukrainian poetry?

3. Does mention only poets of the past?

4. What is she eager to do?

5. Who’s her favourite poet?

6. What do you think Julia is good at?

5. Vocabulary practice

Introduce the words (p. 117).

Match the words with their definitions.

1) an author	a) a thing, idea, or person that is an example to copy
2) a genre	b) someone who writes plays
3) a pattern	c) someone who writes novels
4) a poet	d) a play for the theatre, television, radio etc.
5) a novel	e) a particular type of art, writing, music etc.
6) a novelist	f) someone who has written a book
7) drama	g) a long written story in which the characters and events are usually imaginary
8) a dramatist	h) someone who writes poems

Key: 1 f, 2 e, 3 a, 4 h, 5 g, 6 c, 7 d, 8 b.

Complete the sentences below with the words from the box (p. 117).

1. It was ... game for all of us.

2. He read me some of his ... .

3. I don’t find his jokes at all ....

4. Her voice was full of ... .

5. This movie is much better than others of the horror ... .

6. The ... has signed the book on the title page.

Key: 1 an emotional, 2 poetry, 3 amusing, 4 emotion, 5 genre, 6 author.

6. Speaking and writing

Practise the new vocabulary.

I’m fond of

poetry reading novels watching dramas science fiction

as

it they

gives me give me

positive emotions. a mixture of emotions.

He is She is

an outstanding a great a famous

poet novelist dramatist author

and

his her

interesting truthful emotional amusing

poems novels dramas detective stories love stories plays thrillers mysteries short stories adventure stories

are nice patterns of the genre.

7. Summary

Answer the questions.

1. Have you read any English books?

2. Who is your favourite English or American writer?

3. What kind of books do you prefer to read?

8. Homework

Write about the authors you know using the tables above.