1、To distinguish different types of literature and their characteristics To analyse the popularity of different types of literature and explore the reasons 1. Have you read this book? How do you like it? What type of book is it? 2. Do you know other types of books? LITERARY TYPES FICTION POETRY DRAMA
2、NON FICTION NON FICTION FICTION Essays Biographies Diaries Autobiographies Speeches Legends Tales Myths Short Stories Novels Types of literature POETRY Poems Sonnets Lyrics Songs DRAMA Comedies Tragedies Tragicomedies Types of literature The president of the school Book Club, Gary, is introducing so
3、me popular types of literature. Read the PPT slides below and try to understand the features of each type. A Recommending books to the school library Type Features Famous Examples A long, detailed story with many characters Usually divided into several chapters (n. 章节章节) Romance of the Three Kingdom
4、s Robinson Crusoe A short piece of writing with a few characters The Best Short Stories of O.Henry The Gift of the Magi Type Features Famous Examples Using beautiful, artistic language to express feelings or describe situations Often written in separate lines The Book of Songs The Complete Poems of
5、Percys Bysshe Shelley A story written for performance on the stage Usually made up of dialogues between characters and stage directions Teahouse King Lear n. 舞台舞台 Type Features Famous Examples The story of the writers own life The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin The story of a persons life writte
6、n by someone else Vie de Beethoven Answer the questions. 1. What are the similarities and differences between novels and short stories? type similarity difference novel have characters and events long, detailed short stories short, usually have a twist in the end 2. What are the similarities and dif
7、ferences between autobiographies and biographies? type similarity difference autobiography tell the life story of a person written by the author about his or her own life biography written by the author who tells the story of someone elses life 1. Talk about what types of books you like best and why
8、. 2. Introduce one book youve read recently and talk about what kind of book it is and why you like it. B After Garys introduction, the school librarian asked the Book Club members to recommend some books. Watch the video and finish the exercises below. B1 a autobiographies and biographies b novels
9、c short story collections d plays e poetry collections Least popular Most popular (1) _ (2) _ (3) _ Complete the chart below. You may write more than one type in each blank. a, e d b, c B2 Watch the video again and complete the notes below. The librarys new books (1) _ new books to be added next mon
10、th Books added to the library in the past year (2) _ autobiographies and biographies 20 poetry collections 20 plays (3) _ short story collections 200 30 30 100 modern novels and (4) _ classic novels More than 50 adventure stories Nearly (5) _ romances About 60 historical novels Around (6) _ science
11、fiction novels 200 70 120 Try to figure out why plays are so popular among students and what the speaker expects the Book Club members to do. Because students need to perform plays for class or club activities. The Book Club members are expected to get recommendation for what books they should buy.
12、Watch the video a third time and then check your answers. 1. What should a school library be like in your opinion? have various books have good reading conditions have a quiet atmosphere 2. What type of books do you like best and what is your least favourite type? What is your school library like? What kind of books do you want to recommend to the librarian? Think about the questions carefully and prepare for your writing.
