Unit 11 books speaking 2

Sunday, January 16th 2011 Teacher: Hoang Thi Ha WARM-UP: Look at the pictures and give the kind of book by ordering the letters on the tables If you give the answer correctly and the most quickly, you will get 10 marks The time for each picture is 10 seconds Comic books Before you speak TASK 1,2 : Work in pairs Complete the following conversation and ask and answer other’s reading habits A:- What ? sort (kind) of books you like to read B:- Well, I like reading all sorts of books Short stories, science fiction, romance, everything A:- How _? you often read books? B:- Well, I often read through the book quickly first Then I start reading it again, and this time very slowly to enjoy every detail of it A:- When _? you often read books? B:- I read books whenever I have a little free time I also read while waiting for the bus or during the break at school TASK 3: ACTIVITY 1: Work in pairs Complete the following conversation by using one of the suggested questions and practise reading it 1- What you often in your free time? 2- What are you doing now? 3- What are you reading at the moment ? 4- Do you like reading books? 5- What soft( kind) of books you like reading ? 6- How you often read? 7- When you often read? – Who is the main character? 9- Who wrote this book? ( Who is the author) 10- What is he/ she like? 11- What is the title of the book? 12- What does the story talk about? Conservation A:- What ? are you reading at the moment B:- At the moment? Well, I‘m reading “The Chamber of secrets”, one of Harry Potter books A:- _? What is the main character B:- The main character? A young boy, Harry Potter, whose parents are dead and who is trained to be a wizard in a wizard school A:- What _? is she/he like? B:- He is brave, witty and very kind to other people While Speaking Activity 2: Practise the conversation using the cues below 1- Name of the book “The legend of Robinhood” Main character: Robinhood Other features: a legendary hero who lived in Sherwood forest, he lived outside the law, stealing from the rich to help the poor 2- Name of the book “ The old man and the Sea The author: Ernest Hemingway Main character: An old man Santiago The plot of the story: talk about an old man tried to against with a big fish (Cá kiếm Xiphias ) for days, but finally he lost his fish by the sharks TASK 4: Work in pairs Ask and answer about the book you are reading at the moment or you have already read recently Note down the answers Post speaking TASK 5: Work individually Report the result to the class Suggested answer: At the moment, Nam is reading “Die Another Day” – a detective story The main character is James Bond – 007 He is very brave, talented, handsome, intelligent and humorous He struggled against terrorism and saved the world from the war Homework Answer the question: Why you read book?  ... seconds Comic books Before you speak TASK 1 ,2 : Work in pairs Complete the following conversation and ask and answer other’s reading habits A:- What ? sort (kind) of books you like... 1- What you often in your free time? 2- What are you doing now? 3- What are you reading at the moment ? 4- Do you like reading books? 5- What soft( kind) of books you like reading ? 6- How you... this time very slowly to enjoy every detail of it A:- When _? you often read books? B:- I read books whenever I have a little free time I also read while waiting for the bus or during