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SBA. Pre-assessment 1 15 th October 2008. Activity One. Give a reason for reading an English book. Assessment Task. Your English teacher would like your group to recommend a meaningful and interesting book for the S.1 for their English lesson.

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  1. SBA Pre-assessment 1 15th October 2008

  2. Activity One • Give a reason for reading an English book.

  3. Assessment Task • Your English teacher would like your group to recommend a meaningful and interesting book for the S.1 for their English lesson. • You are going to discuss if the book you have just read a suitable reader for that purpose.

  4. Activity Two • What is the story about? • Draw a mindmap to show the content.

  5. A mindmap Content Title of the book lessons characters

  6. What is the content? • What is the book about? • The book which I have just read is called … written by … • It tells us that true love and courage are the most important things in life. • It is about an ogre who beats a fire-breathing dragon to save his true love. • In the story, I learn that the ogre is …

  7. Activity Three • Pair Work • Tell your neighbour the content of the book

  8. Will you recommend this book to S.1 students? • Positive phrases for “YES” • Interesting, meaningful, useful, full of interesting ideas, entertaining, inspiring, exciting, • they can learn a lot of practical ideas to help themselves with their studies, • They can improve their relationship with their friends/ family

  9. Will you recommend this book to S.1 students? • Negative phrases for “NO” • Too thin, too thick, too boring, too difficult to understand, the topic is too unfamiliar, too complicated for the youngsters, too outdated • Not interesting enough, not easy enough • not enough support, not enough pictures

  10. Activity Four • Think of the positive/ negative adjectives • Give some examples in the book to support your adjectives

  11. Is it a suitable reader for the English lesson? • Reading a story book to learn English does not cost too much. • Reading a story book to learn English can help youngsters to develop their creativity and imagination. • It helps students to understand foreign cultures. • Reading an English book is entertaining and relaxing.

  12. Activity Five • Study your writings • Pick out sentences or reasons to explain why reading an English book could help improve their proficiency in English.

  13. Activity Six: Discussion • Starting the discussion • Are you all ready? Let’s start our discussion now. • Introducing the topic for discussion • Our English teacher would like us to recommend a meaningful and interesting book for the S.1 . • Putting forward your opinions + Reasons and Examples • I would like to recommend XXX because it is XXX. The book is about … I am sure those S.1 students would find it interesting and meaningful. • Inviting others to comment • What do you think? • Agreeing/ Disagreeing + reasons • I am afraid I can’t agree with you. Your book is too XXX

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