- •Introduction
- •Thematic vocabulary focus
- •1.1. Study the thematic vocabulary, be ready to answer the questions about books and reading.
- •1.2. Study the idioms. Get ready to give their Ukrainian equivalents. Make up your own examples with the vocabulary.
- •1.3. Paraphrase the sentences using the idioms.
- •1.4. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences.
- •Reading and speaking section 1. Reading in your life
- •1.1. Read the poem “Unfolding Bud”. How does the author show that a poem “at a first glance” is like a tiny bud?
- •1.2. Express in your own words the idea of the poem.
- •1.3. Read the article below and be ready to give concise answers to the highlighted questions. EnJoying literature
- •2.2. Read the article quickly to find out what the following numbers refer to.
- •The Joy of Reading Leaves Men on the Shelf
- •2.3. Now read again more carefully and answer these questions.
- •2.4. Read the extract about oral reading and summarize each paragraph in one sentence.
- •2.5. Read the extract and answer the questions. How fast can you read?
- •3.2. The text on Literacy has six paragraphs, labelled a-f. Read the text and choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below.
- •Literacy
- •Section 2. Books and children
- •1.1. You will read an article written by a mother whose child started reading later than others. Before you read, in groups discuss the following.
- •1.2. The following words and phrases appear in the passage. Look at the title, then in pairs discuss how they might be connected with the subject of children learning to read.
- •1.3. Read the first and the last sentence of each paragraph. Can you guess what each paragraph is about? Now, read quickly and check. You can make me do it, but you can’t make me like it
- •1.4. Read the article. Six paragraphs have been removed. Insert them from the paragraphs (a – g). There is one paragraph you don’t need to use.
- •1.5. Match the words from the article with the definitions below, then use them in your own sentences. You may change the form of the verbs if you wish.
- •1.6. Explain the meaning of the following phrases taken from the article.
- •2.2. In groups, discuss the following problems.
- •2.3. Read the following tips for parents. Tick those ones which you think are the most important / helpful. What tips for parents would you add to encourage a child to read? Reading Tips 4 Parents
- •Section 3. Literature
- •1.1. Read the article, learn the literary terms. Forms ot literature
- •1.2. Fill in the appropriate word in the passages below.
- •Types of Books
- •Literary Elements
- •2.1. Read the text. Then circle the best answer: a, b, or c.
- •2.2. What do the underlined words from the text refer to? Circle a or b.
- •Section 4. Great writers
- •If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking
- •A love story
- •Sonnet 43
- •2.1. Read the article about the great English writer Charles Dickens and highlight the most important facts in his biography. Charles Dickens
- •2.2. Answer the questions based on the information from the article.
- •2.3. Recall one of Charles Dickens’ books that you have read and write a blurb for a publishing company (a short description by the publisher of the contents of the book).
- •3.1. Read the article about Washington Irving and highlight the most important facts in his biography. The first american classic
- •3.2. Look through the article about w. Irving again and find equivalents for the following.
- •3.3. Answer the questions about the first American classic.
- •Borrowing Books
- •1.2. Choose the right word or words.
- •1.3. Read the following library rules and give a foreign student some advice concerning borrowing books from a University library in Ukraine. How to borrow books
- •2.1. Look at this list of topics.
- •2.2. Answer the following questions.
- •Section 6. What makes a best-seller?
- •1.1. Read the article. Put the tips about writing a bestseller in the correct places 1-9 in the text.
- •So you want to write a best-seller?
- •1.2. Read the article again. Are these statements true (t) or false (f), according to the article?
- •1.3. The three boxes below contain useful vocabulary for writing about a book. Match each title to a box.
- •Harry Potter’s magician
- •2.2. Without looking back at the text, match the two halves of the phrases. Then read again and check.
- •3.1. Read the article. Which of these superheroes are being described?
- •Greatest superheroes of all time
- •3.2. Read the article again and answer the questions.
- •3.3. Read the text and the following statements on its content. Mark whether they are true (t) or false (f). My first book
- •Writing
- •Coherence and Cohesion
- •1.1. Which of these paragraphs has a problem with coherence? Which has a problem with cohesion?
- •1.2. Find three linking devices from the following list to match each of the headings below.
- •1.3. Rewrite Text a using reference words and linking devices to link the sentences more successfully and avoid unnecessary repetition.
- •Book reviews
- •2.1. You are going to read five reviews of popular science books. Answer the questions by choosing from the reviews (a-e). The reviews may be chosen more than once.
- •2.3. Which words and phrases in the reviews are used to describe plot, writing style and characters? Explain the following expressions in your own words:
- •2.5. Write a review (200-250 words) of your book. Before you start writing:
- •Supplementary materials
- •Pronounce the following words correctly.
- •Prove that:
- •3. Give your arguments for and against eBooks.
- •Charlotte Bronte
- •Oscar wilde
- •Oscar Wilde’s maxims
- •Library Collections
- •The British Library
- •1.1. Listen to three people talking about a book they have read recently. Take notes about it under the following headings.
- •2.1. Listen to Jerry talking about a book he enjoyed reading, the novel ‘How to be good’ by Nick Hornby. Which sentence best summarizes the story in the book?
- •2.3. Choose the correct answer. Fill in the blanks and write the exact words that Jerry uses.
- •Task 3. ‘After the lunch…’ (08 – 8.Mp3)
- •3.1. Four lines of the following poem are left out. Write the missing lines. After the lunch ...
- •4.4. Listen again to the excerpt from the radio play and write down the modern equivalents of the phrases and sentences in Task 3. Task 5. Smithereens (Recording 3.2.Mp3)
- •5.1. Read the poem “Smithereens” by Roger McGough, a popular modern poet.
- •Self – Study Assignment № 2 Suggested Topics for Project Work
- •Original passage from ‘Pride and Prejudice’
- •In a library
- •Bibliography
- •Contents
2.2. Answer the questions based on the information from the article.
1. What was the impact of John Dickens on his son’s writings?
2. How did Charles Dickens’ marital life influence his novels?
3. Should a professional writer avoid being influenced by his family life or everyday problems?
4. What were Dickens’ early novels?
5. What was novice about his novel ‘Oliver Twist’?
6. What is his work ‘American Notes’ noted for?
7. What does ‘Dombey and Son’ stress?
8. What proves Dickens’ recognition in Britain and in the world?
9. What do you think makes a writer prolific – literary craft, life experience, patience or ….. ?
2.3. Recall one of Charles Dickens’ books that you have read and write a blurb for a publishing company (a short description by the publisher of the contents of the book).
Task 3
3.1. Read the article about Washington Irving and highlight the most important facts in his biography. The first american classic
Washington Irving is best remembered as America’s first internationally successful author. During his lifetime, he traveled extensively in this country and abroad, served in diplomatic positions in Europe and wrote numerous works of fiction, history and biography.
Born in New York City on April 3, 1783, Washington Irving was the youngest of eleven children. He was named by his British-born parents for General George Washington. As a youth, he developed a lasting fondness for the theatre, music, art, travel and social occasions. After completing his secondary schooling, Irving studied law in the office of former Attorney General Josiah O. Hoffman. There, he developed a strong attachment for Hoffman’s daughter, Matilda, who unfortunately died of tuberculosis at an early age. It has been said that this loss was the reason Irving remained a bachelor.
During the period 1802-1803, Irving used the pseudonym “Jonathan Oldstyle” and contributed nine essays about the New York theatre to ‘The Morning Chronicle’, a newspaper published by his brother, Peter. In 1806, shortly after returning from a two-year trip through Europe, Irving took and passed New York State bar examinations. He also continued his literary efforts by contributing pseudonymously to ‘Salmagundi’, a humorous periodical published between 1807 and 1808. The following year he established his literary credentials by publishing his satirical ‘History of New York’ under the now famous pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker.
In 1815 Washington Irving and his brother Peter went to England in the hope of reviving the family’s failing export business. The Napoleonic Wars had contributed to the firm’s financial difficulties, and it ultimately went bankrupt in 1818.
Irving was then obliged to turn his full attention to professional authorship and, in 1819-1820, published serially ‘The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.’, the volume that contained his two most famous stories, “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”.
From 1822 to 1829, Irving traveled in Europe, serving from 1826 to 1829 as a diplomatic attache at the United States Legation in Madrid and, from 1829 to 1832, as secretary of the United States Embassy in London. His ‘Bracebridge Hall’, ‘Tales of a Traveler’, ‘The Life of Columbus’, ‘The Conquest of Granada’ and ‘The Alhambra’ all grew out of those European experiences.
Returning to the United States in 1832 after seventeen years abroad, Irving traveled in the midwest and included an account of his travels, “A Tour of the Prairies”, in ‘The Crayon Miscellany’.
In 1835, Irving purchased the small cottage in Tarrytown that was to become Sunnyside. With the help of his friend, artist George Harvey, Irving set about directing the remodelling of the house into a charming and unique expression of his tastes. In 1838, Irving was offered the nomination for Mayor of New York City and the position of Secretary of the Navy in the cabinet of Martin Van Buren. He declined both offers, choosing to remain at Sunnyside, which became widely known as a symbol of graciousness and hospitality, departing only from 1842 to 1846 to serve as United States Minister in Spain.
While living at Sunnyside, Irving composed portions of ‘Astoria’ and ‘The Adventures of Captain Bonneville’ and supervised the preparation of the Author’s Revised Edition of his works, which was published by G. P. Putnam in fifteen volumes from 1848 to 1851. His final work, the five-volume ‘Life of George Washington’, was also written at Sunnyside and subsequently published in 1855-1859. Washington Irving died at Sunnyside in November 1859. He was buried at the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Tarrytown, in the heart of the “sequestered glen” which he made famous.