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Integrated skills
Recommending books to the school library
Unit 4 Exploring literature
What major genres of literature have we mentioned before?
Lead-in
drama,poetry, fiction,non-fiction ...
What specific literary forms does each genre include?
DRAMA
Comedies
Tragedies
Tragicomedies
POETRY
Poems
Sonnets
Lyrics
Songs
FICTION
Legends
Tales
Myths
Short Stories
Novels
NON FICTION
Essays
Biographies
Diaries
Autobiographies
Speeches
A The president of the school Book Club, Gary, is introducing some popular types of literature. Read the PPT slides and try to understand the features of each type.
A
Reading
poetry
drama
fiction
non-fiction
What literary genre does it belong to?
Novel
Short story
Poetry
Play
Autobiography
Biography
Autobiography
Biography
The story of a person’s life which is written by someone else
Non-fiction
The story of the writer’s own life
Novel
A long, detailed story with many characters
Usually divided into several chapters
Short story
A short piece of writing with a few characters
Fiction
Poetry
Using beautiful, artistic language to express feelings or describe situations
Often written in separate lines
Play
A story written for performance on the stage
Usually made up of dialogues between characters and stage directions
After Gary’s introduction, the school librarian asked the Book Club members to recommend some books. Watch the video and
finish the exercises below.
B1 Watch the video and complete the chart below.
B
Viewing
B1 Watch the video and complete the chart below.
a autobiographies and biographies b novels
c short story collections d plays e poetry collections
Least popular
Most popular
(1) _______
(2) _______
(3) _______
a, e
d
b, c
B
Viewing
B2 Watch the video again and complete the notes below.
B2 Watch the video again and complete the notes below.
The library’s new books
(1) _______ new books to be added next month
(2) _________autobiographies and biographies
20 poetry collections
20 plays
(3) ________ sho