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Task Writing a literary review 王淦昌中学沈莉

Key words are the most ___________ words in a sentence or paragraph. Skills building1:listening for key words Key words are the most ___________ words in a sentence or paragraph. Teachers often use key words to__________________ about homework or tests. important give useful hints

Keys words are often __________,__________,or _____________ with a __________ before them stressed repeated summarized pause

Step 1: recognizing key words Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 author, title, genre, setting plot, characters, character development themes, symbols personal opinion, rate of the story

The home-made ball Jerry Johnson short story Kevin, Mike, Steven Title Author Genre Characters Plot Theme Symbols Your opinion Star rating The home-made ball Jerry Johnson short story Kevin, Mike, Steven Kevin and Mike are good friends and play soccer with their home-made ball every day. However, when Kevin gets new sneakers and a new soccer ball, things change . friendship The old home-made soccer ball and the new soccer ball, the old bench and the new sneakers. Okay three out of five

If you ask me, I would say … In my opinion … Skill building 2: asking for and giving opinions Giving opinions: I feel that … If you ask me, I would say … In my opinion … Do you think that…? How do you feel about …? What’s your opinion of …? Asking for opinions:

I don’t feel the same way. Showing agreement: Exactly! I think so, too. I feel the same way. Showing disagreement: I disagree. I beg to differ. I don’t feel the same way.

Discussion Step2: giving your opinion on a literary review 1. Do you think the plot of “The Attic” sounds interesting? 2. What do you think about the way colours are used to describe Cindy’s moods? 3.Why do you think Virginia Fox uses chocolate as a symbol of happiness? 4.Which character in “The Attic” do you think is the most interesting? 5.Do you think “the beauty of freedom” is a good theme for a short story?

title, author, genre, setting Skills building3: writing a literary review Tense: simple present present perfect title, author, genre, setting P1 P2 P3 P4 Structure: brief outline of the plot important characters character development themes, symbols your own opinion a rating of 1 to 5

Step3: writing your review

Sample: ‘The home-made ball’ is a short story written by Jerry Johnson. The story is set in modern-day America. The main character of ‘The home-made ball’ is a boy called Kevin. Kevin and Mike are good friends who play soccer with their home-made ball every day, but when Kevin gets new sneakers and a soccer ball, things change.

Friendship is an important theme in this short story Friendship is an important theme in this short story. The author, Jerry Johnson, uses the old and new things, like the old home-made ball and the new soccer ball, and the old bench and the new sneakers as symbols. The old things symbolize the most valuable thing, friendship, which needs to be cherished. I think this story is really good and I give it a rating of three out of five.

Thank you!