Unit 11. Books

Nguyen Hue Upper Secondary
Presented by : LE VAN HAN
February 21st, 2009
Look at all the pictures and match them with the correct kind of books.
Matching
Text book
Craft
Detective
story
Novel
Thriller
Science
fiction
Unit 11: Books – Listening
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- incredible (adj):


- wilderness (n):
vùng hoang dã, vùng bỏ hoang
- reunite (v):



sum h?p
- distinct (adj):

clearly diferent (khác biệt)

unbelievable (không thể tin được)
- faithful (adj)
= loyal (trung thành)


Activity 2: Checking Vocabulary
What and Where

incredible
wilderness
distinct
reunite
faithful
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Listen to a woman talking about the book that she has just read and do the tasks that follow.
Activity 1: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
1. The woman recently read a book whose title is “The Incredible Journey”.
2. The book is about three Canadian friends.
3.The Canadian family go to the Canadian wilderness.
5. The central theme of the book is “ how to resolve an animal problem ”.

4. The animals leave the friend ’s house because they want to find their owners.
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Listen again and answer the questions below
How do animals almost care for one another ?
What did the old dog find when he decided to take the long journey to find their owners ?
What made the book interesting and unbelievable ?
Who would the author like to recommend the book ?
LUCKY NUMBERS
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B
Topic: “ Why do you read books ? ”
Suggested ideas:
- To get information and a better understanding of what we learn.
To widen and improve our knowledge.
To raise our awareness of the good things to do and the bad things to avoid.
To relax our mind.

(Group work)
HOMEWORK

Write a short paragraph about the importance of reading books.
Prepare the Writing Lesson in advance.
Answer the question


1. How do animals almost care for one another ?
 . They care for one another almost as if they were a family.
Answer the question


2. What did the old dog find out when he decided to take the long journey to find their owners ?
The old dog found the strength in making the long and difficult journey to find their owners.
Answer the question


3. Why did the book become interesting and unbelievable ?
Because the author was faithful to her characters as animals and show us their journey through animal eyes.
Answer the question
4. Who would the author like to recommend the book ?
 The author would like to recommend the book to anyone who likes animals to read it.