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Pleasure of reading
1. Pleasure of reading
2. Types of books
3. A novel
A historical novelA war novel
a romance
An adventure novel:
has exciting risk and
physical danger
4. A fairy tale
is a short story thattypically features
folkloric fantasy
characters, such as
fairies, goblins,
elves, trolls,
dwarves, giants,
mermaids or
gnomes, and usually
magic
5. A folktale
a tale told byword of mouth
among the
common folk,
especially one
forming part of
the tradition of
a culture.
6. A science fiction book
Contains future settings,futuristic science and
technology, space travel,
aliens, and paranormal
abilities
The aim: to explore the
consequences of
scientific innovations
7. Fantasy
a genre of fiction thatcommonly uses
magic and other
supernatural
phenomena as a
primary element of
plot, theme, or
setting.
8.
A biography - a detailed description or account ofsomeone's life.
An autobiography - a book about the life of a person,
written by himself/herself.
9. A story
A detective storyA love story
An adventure
story
A humorous
story
A horror story
A travel story
10. Practice
11. 1. Name a type of a book
12.
13. 2. Match the titles of the books with their types
1.2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Oliver Twist
Life of Leo Tolstoy
Frankenstein
Gulliver’s Travel
Little Mermaid
Three men in a boat
Kashtanka
a) a biography
b) a fairy tale
c) a historical novel
d) a humorous story (a
comedy novel)
e) a story
f) a scientific fiction
g) an adventure novel
14. People who write books…
15.
An authorA short story writer
A writer
A dramatist
A novelist
A poet/a poetess
A humorist
A children’s writer
A book by sb
(Pushkin)
A book after sb
(Pushkin)
16. Complete a sentence
1)2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
A person who writes novels is…..
A person who writes books for children is..
A person who writes dramas is….
A person who writes short stories is…..
A person who writes books is ....
A book which is written by Chekhov is….
17. You can characterize an author as…
18. Group the words
GoodAncient = lived many
years ago
Great
Well-known
Eighteenth –century
Medieval = who lived
in Medieval Age
Interesting
Famous
Modern
Classical
Talented
Group the words
19.
Prepare a presentation!20. 1. Choose a book
Harry PotterGulliver’s Travels
Ivanhoe
Romeo and Juliet
The Children of
Captain Grant
Frankenstein
Alice's Adventures
in Wonderland
The Hobbit
Twilight
Robinson Crusoe
OR Your own book
21.
2. Start making a presentationPut the information and pictures on he slides:
1st slide – a name of a book, the author, your
names
2nd slide – information about the author
3rd slide – information about the book (a type of a
book and how it was written)
Use the Internet and put the links to your
presentation!
The information on the slides must be short!