Bookworms

Слайд 1. Bookworms

Literature, reading and famous writers

Слайд 2. Warm-up: let’s talk about today

What date is it today?

What day of the week is it today?

What season is it now?

What is your favorite season? Why?

What’s the weather like today?

Слайд 3. Lesson goals

talk about literature and reading;

name literary genres;

learn and practise new vocabulary;

listen to a short text;

read and understand a text.

I can speak about my favourite books;

I can ask about past events;

I can use Past Simple;

I can write about a famous writer.

Слайд 4. What does “bookworm” mean?

A bookworm is a person who loves reading and spends a lot of time with books. In today’s lesson we will speak about literature, reading and authors.

Слайд 5. Literary genres

A story about a crime and an investigation.

A story with magic, imaginary worlds and unusual creatures.

An exciting story about journeys, danger and discoveries.

A story about future technology, space or other worlds.

Слайд 6. More literary genres

Comedy — a funny story or play designed to make people laugh.

Suspense — an exciting feeling of uncertainty about what will happen next.

Mystery — a story about a strange event or crime that must be solved.

Legend — an old story about a person or event, often mixing fact and imagination.

Fairy tale — a traditional story with magic, fantastic characters and a happy ending.

Слайд 7. More literary genres (continued)

Drama — a serious story about people, their feelings and problems.

Novel — a long fictional story, usually written in prose.

Myth — an ancient story about gods, heroes or the origins of the world.

History — a story or account of real events from the past.

Biography — a story about the life of a real person.

Слайд 8. Books and authors

What is your favourite genre of books?

Who is your favourite author? What books by this author have you read?

Which book did you like most?

Useful words: author, novel, character, plot, poem, reader.

Слайд 9. Let's read

Слайд 10. Grammar focus: Past Simple

We use Past Simple for actions and events that happened and finished in the past.

Time markers: yesterday, last week, ago, in the past.

Example: I read a book yesterday. She visited a library last week.

Слайд 11. Past Simple: sentence structure

Subject + V2 / -ed

I visited the library.

She read a novel.

Did + subject + V1 ...?

Did you read the book?

Did he visit the museum?

Subject + did not (didn't) + V1

I didn't read the poem.

She didn't visit the library.

Слайд 12. Homework

Page 17, Exercise 7

Learn all the irregular verbs beginning with B:

be, bear, beat, become, begin, bite, blow, break, bring, build, burn, burst, buy.

Слайд 13. What can you do now?

I can name and describe literary genres.

I can speak about my favourite books and authors.

I can understand the main idea of a listening text.

I can read and discuss a literary text.

I can use Past Simple to talk about past events.

Reflection: What did you learn today? Can you speak about literary genres and famous writers?