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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Guess the meaning of this short conversation ?

Saudi Gazette Newspaper issue number 14962 Rabi Awwal 17,1440

What do you infer  from this caricature?

First Class

In our first class this week. We discussed:

• What students expect from this course?
• Why is reading an important skill?
• What are the benefits of reading? 
• How to find good material to read?
• What are the levels of reading?
• What are the types of reading?
• What is extensive reading?
• How to learn new vocabulary?
• How to make and use study cards?
• What is fiction and nonfiction?
• Why read fiction?
• What is the process of reading ?

Articles:

- The health benefits of reading

-  The future of the reading brain in an increasingly digital world

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Write about a book you read? One short paragraph

Talk about a book you read? 

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