Part One: Extensive Reading - Unit 1 to 3

starter-  250 words

stage 1-  400 words

stage 6-  2500 words

- How to choose a good book to read?
- How to get the most from your Reading?

- guidelines for extensive reading

- Talking about books
- writing about books
- suggested books 

We discussed some of these questions this week. We also want everyone to buy a fiction or nonfiction book and bring it to class next week. 

What is fiction?

Fictional  stories or books are about people events that are not real. The author makes up the events and sometimes the place. Fiction often includes a message an idea, or an opinion about life in general.


https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=dTgmCAAAQBAJ

What is Nonfiction?

 Nonfiction is about real people, places, or things. In nonfiction books, the writer gives facts and information that are supposed to be true. 

examples:

 history - science - psychology - travel - nature - biography. medicine - religion 

Read the passage on page 13 to 15 titled The Black Death? for week 3

Read the front and back also read the first 5 pages. for next class.

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Fiction books for reading according to your English Level

These books come in five levels. Choose the right level for you and read. Each level uses certain number of headwords. Level one uses 650 headwords moving up to level 5 which uses 3750 headwords. 

Read ten to fifteen minute each day. underline the words you do not know. Do not stop to look up words in the dictionary. Just read and underline. after you finish a chapter collect the new words in  study cards for reviewing and studying. The process is more important than the product. Practicing reading everyday will help build your vocabulary. 

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