WRITING SKILL - BOOK PRESENTATION PROJECT

VOCABULARY: LITERARY FICTION GENRES

ADVENTURE	FANTASY
COMEDY	TRAGEDY
DETECTIVE	LOVE
HORROR	SCIENCE FICTION

VOCABULARY: ELEMENTS OF FICTION

PLOT	CHAPTER
SETTING	PROTAGONIST
MINOR CHARACTER	TWIST

PREPARING A BIOGRAPHICAL TIMELINE ABOUT THE LIFE OF A WRITER

- Name of the writer.

- He / She was born in … (year, country).

- He / She started writing in … / when …

- Relevant events in his / her life.

- Important works.

- He / She died in (year, country).

WRITING A BOOK REVIEW (1º ESO)

Paragraph 1

This book / short story is called … and it is a ... (genre) book / short story. It was written by ... (author) in .... (country) in … (year).

Paragraph 2

(PLOT) It tells us about ... / It is about …

(SETTING) The action takes place in…(location) in ....(time).

The protagonist / main character is… (Describe him / her physically and psychologically)

My favourite character is … because ... / I also like ….

Paragraph 3

In my opinion/view, the book is ... (negative adjectives: boring, awful, disappointing, predictable; positive adjectives: interesting, amusing, thrilling, fascinating, amazing, exciting), because .... 

In conclusion, it is a book I recommend / don't recommed to anyone.

WRITING A BOOK REVIEW (2º ESO)

Paragraph 1

This book / short story I have read is called … and it is a ... (genre) book / short story, which was written by ... (author) in … (country) in ... (year). The main topic is ... (noun).

Paragraph 2

(PLOT) Summary of the events in the story using past tenses, including setting (location and time).

The protagonist / main character is… (Describe him / her physically and psychologically)

I love/dislike the protagonist / main character, because ... 

The part in the story I liked the most was when ... My least favourite part of the story was...

Paragraph 3

I think / I feel / It seems to me that the book is ... (negative adjectives: boring, awful, disappointing, predictable, difficult to understand; positive adjectives: very/really interesting, amusing, thrilling, exciting, enjoyable), because ...

In conclusion, it is a book I would/wouldn't recommend to anyone.

WRITING A BOOK REVIEW (3º ESO)

Paragraph 1

This book / short story I have read is called … and it is a ... (genre) book / short story, which was written by ... (author) in … (country) in ... (year). It deals with (main topic or key ideas expressed in a few nouns). 

Paragraph 2

(PLOT) Summary of the events in the story using past tenses, including setting (location and time).

The protagonist / main character is… (Describe him / her physically and psychologically)

I love/dislike the protagonist / main character, because ... 

I was pleasantly surprised by ... / The best part of the story is when ... What I disliked the most was... / The worst part of the story was probably when ...

If I had written this book, I would have changed ....

Paragraph 3

I think / I feel / It seems to me that the book is ... (negative adjectives: boring, awful, disappointing, predictable, dull, uninteresting, erratic, difficult to understand; positive adjectives: absolutely/very/quite/really interesting, amusing, thrilling, fascinating, amazing, exciting, enjoyable //amazing, impressive, breathtaking, mesmerizing, gripping), because ...

In conclusion, if I were you, I would (not) read this book because... / I would (strongly/definitely) recommend/suggest reading this book to people who ...

SPEAKING SKILL - BIOGRAPHY: POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

SPEAKING SKILL - SHORT STORY: POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

Click the following link to have access to a book I have created which includes some examples:

https://read.bookcreator.com/5dLcQILlQLPDq6KLXhYSUSMMGjq2/gQYLroRZRV66UdiCjp_rsQ

SPEAKING SKILL - ORAL PRESENTATION OF A CHAPTER OF THE MANDATORY READING

Your talk should be a 1 – 2 minute presentation to your classmates of your favourite chapter of the mandatory reading. Here’s how you can do it – make any necessary changes if you want to:

 

Ø  Begin by telling the name of the author and the title of the book as well as the one of your favourite chapter.

 

Ø  Give a short summary of its contents.  Include the main theme of the chapter and what you learned from reading it. 

 

Ø  Comment on the reasons why you like the chapter. This may be based on the topic it deals with or on your personal experience (hobbies, interests, lifestyle).

 

Ø  To conclude, give the chapter a rating, for example a mark out of ten, and justify it. Also, recommend reading another book on the same topic or on a different one, based on your taste.

 

SPEAKING SKILL - A BIOGRAPHY OF A FAMILY MEMBER

 

Introduction

“Good morning / afternoon. I am going to talk about ……., who was my ……. I admire her/him specially, because …. (S + V + Cs).

 

Body  

(S)he was born on (date) in (place).

(S) he went / didn’t go to primary / secondary school / University.

(S) he worked as a + (job) / in (place) for (X) years.

(S)he fell in love with….. and got married to (person) in (place, year).

(S)he had / didn’t have children.

(S)he used to ….. / (S)he didn’t use to …

(S)he was + (personality adjectives).

(S)he died from (cause) in (place, year).

 

Conclusion

I love her / him a lot, because …. (S + V + Cs).

That’s why I wanted you to know (a little bit / something) about her / him”.