Lesson Level: Junior 2 Duration: 40 minutes
Lesson Title: Favourite books
Grammar and
Vocabulary
Names
of books, characters and authors
Descriptive
word about favourite books
“I
like it because it’s _____________”
“I
don’t like it because it isn’t _________”
.
Lesson Objectives
Students will complete an exercise on famous
literary characters (see notes)
Students
will describe their favourite books.
Students
will use appropriate words to describe various books.
Materials Required
See
notes
Preparation
Prepare
handout.
Procedure
1
Write on the board “My
favourite books.”
Toss the ball from
student to student.
Student with ball
must name his/her favourite book (Can be own language or English) and describe
it (must be in English.)
Teacher can use questions
to elicit information about book.
2
Put class into
groups. (Groups should have no more than four members.)
Write on board
I will give you some pictures from
famous books.
You must match the pictures to the
characters and the authors.
DO NOT WRITE ON THE PICTURES
Write on your own paper.
Explain “character”
and “author”.
Give handout.
Explain that students
should write the number of the picture and the capital letter that goes with
the
character name and
the lower case letter for the author name (see handout.)
3
Monitor and assist
the groups with the task.
Feedback and write
answers on the board.
4
Write on board.
You can only read one of these
books.
Which book will you choose?
Why?
Find out which books your group
choose.
Find out why.
5.
Get feedback from
groups.
6
Write the book names
on the board.
Write some words on
the board – “interesting/ exciting/ romanatic/…”
Elicit and add more
words that can be used to describe books.
7
Write
“I like
______________ because it’s ______________.”
“I don’t like
__________________ because it’s ___________.”
Give some examples.
Use ball toss from
student to student to elicit examples of sentences.
Notes
Characters
A
Sherlock Holmes B Harry Potter C Dracula D Romeo and Juliet
E
Frankenstein F Alice In Wonderland G Jane Eyre
Authors
a JK
Rowling b William Shakespeare c Mary Shelley d Charlotte Bronte
e
Lewis Carroll f Bram Stoker g Arthur Conan Doyle
