Unit 7 - LESSON 3: TEEN best-sellers!

Lesson 3

TEEN best-sellers!

We are in Jennifer's class, in Cambridge. What are the students talking about?

Reading

1	How much do you know about best-sellers? In pairs, do this quiz. Match the authors (1-6) to their books (a-f).

GROUP A

1. LEMONY SNICKET
2. ROALD DAHL
3. LEWIS CAROLL
4. JULES VERNE
5. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
6. MARK TWAIN

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GROUP B

a. Alice in Wonderland
b. Romeo and Juliet
c. Tom Sawyer
d. Around the World in 80 Days
e. A Series of Unfortunate Events
f. Matilda

There is a key to the quiz on page 131.

2	Have you read any of these books? Did you like it? Why / Why not?

3	Miss Baker has brought in class parts from interviews with two English authors. Look at the interviews on page 104 to find:

a. their names
b. the title of one of their books

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4	What did the reporters ask? Read the interviews again to match the reporters' questions (a-f) with the authors' answers on page 104.

a. Was your first book a success?

b. I'm sure some of our readers want to become authors. What's your advice?

c. How did you get the idea for your books?

d. How did you start your writing career?

e. Can you tell us something about your main character?

f. How long did it take to write the first book?

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Lesson 3

Write J. W. for Jacqueline Wilson and A. H. for Antony Horowitz.
Which author...

Task 45 - p.193

a. wrote stories at school?
b. worked as a writer when he / she was a teenager?
c. loved a film character?
d. talks about one of his / her characters?
e. says that writing is sometimes difficult?
f. has two kids?

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Well, I started quite early. When I was
young, I always told stories to my teddies.
Later, at school, all my notebooks were full of
my own stories.
One day, I saw an advert for teen writers
in a newspaper and I thought, “Well, I'm a
teenager and I want to be a writer!” So I sent
them one of my stories. They liked it and
gave me a job. At the age of 17, I became a
writer!

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No, it wasn't. Publishers didn't like the first
book I wrote. But I didn't stop. And I was
right. It was magical when I saw ‘Double Act’
or ‘Bad Girls’ in the bookshops!

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You should read lots of books, different
kinds. Another good idea is to keep a diary. If
there's a school magazine, send your stories.
It's not always easy but don't be afraid to try.

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When I was 14, James Bond was my
favourite hero. I very often went to the
cinema to see him on the big screen. At that
age, I thought that James Bond was the
coolest man on Earth. When I began to write
the first book, ‘Stormbreaker', I knew that
Alex, the main hero, had to be like James.

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About a year. I wrote every evening.
When it was ready, I took it to the publishers.
One day they called me and they said “We
like it”. I jumped into the air. My two sons
got really scared.

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Alex Rider became a spy for the British
secret service at the age of 14. He didn't want
to but he didn't have a choice. He was really
clever and he never lost his cool. That's why
he succeeded in all his missions in the Alex
Rider book series.

6	Do you want to write a book for children? Why / Why not?

TEEN best-sellers!

Vocabulary Link

Guessing words from context

Find words or expressions in the interviews that mean:

Task 46 - p.194

a. not late:
b. tells you about a job in a newspaper:
c. they prepare books for sale:
d. types:

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e. cinema:
f. central:
g. frightened:
h. stopped being calm:

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’Book’ Words

2	Match words (1-8) with their meaning (a-h).

1. author / writer
2. best-seller
3. plot
4. character
5. publisher
6. cover
7. paperback
8. novel

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a. person in a book, story etc.
b. a book that tells a story that is not real
c. the outside part of a book
d. a book with a paper cover
e. the events in a novel or film
f. he / she writes books
g. he/she publishes books
h. a very popular book

’Book’ Collocations

3	Circle the words to form collocations

There are classicchildren'sadventurecomiccrimedetectiveromanticspy novels.

There are strangefunnysadlovehorrorbedtime stories.

A writer can be famousgreatbest-sellingpopulartalentedmodern.

Grammar Link

Past Simple - Irregular Verbs

1	Study the example sentences and complete the Grammar table.

When I was young, I told stories to my teddies.

Alex didn't have a choice.

How long did it take you to write the book?

Are the sentences about the present or the past?	Do the verbs take -ed in the Simple Past? Yes / No
How do we form questions and negatives?

see Grammar Appendix, page 155.

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TEEN best-sellers!

2	Look at the interviews and complete the table with the correct past forms.

Verb	Simple Past	Verb	Simple Past
be tell see think send give become write	was / were ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... .........................	go begin know have take say get lose	......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... .........................

Speaking

Student A:
Look at page 136.
Student B:
Look at page 139.
Read the instructions
and complete the
diagram.

Writting

MY LIFE LINE

Which are the most important events in your life?

1. Write when and what happened.
2. Stick some photos.
3. Present it to your class.

1995
1997
1999

I was born.
I started playing tennis.
I started pre-school.

S e l f - A s s e s s m e n t

VOCABULARY LINK

1	Find the words for the definitions. The anagrams can help you.

1. put your hands on something = ……………………………….. (chout)
2. we make or repair things there = ……………………………….. (pokworsh)
3.people who can't use a part of their body= ………………………………. (sbildead)
4. make something new = ……………………………….. (tinnev)

1 POINT FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWERS TOTAL ___/4

2	Complete the sentences with the words from the box. There are two extra words.

paperback authors destination code sign blind planets crew

1. He was ……………….. in his right eye after the car crash.
2. They write their messages in a secret ……………………..
3. Look at the ………………….! It says “Don't touch”.
4. Crete is a popular holiday ………………….
5. There are nine ………………….. in our solar system.
6. I want to buy this book in ………………., please.

1 POINT FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER TOTAL ___/6

3	What were they? Match and write sentences.

1. Cleopatra	a. an inventor	1. Cleopatra was ………………………………
2. Edison	b. a writer	2. ………………………………………………
3. Andersen	c. a philosopher	3. ………………………………………………
4. Socrates	d. a queen	4. ………………………………………………

1 POINT FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER TOTAL ___/4

GRAMMAR LINK

4	Write the verbs in Simple Past.

VERB	SIMPLE PAST	VERB	SIMPLE PAST
drive		swim
go		think
have		write

5	Delete the extra word.

We did drank milk this morning.
1. Did Mary studied hard for the test.
2. Jane bought a new T-shirt on last Monday.
3. I didn't was at home in the evening.
4. Did Armstrong was open the door of the lunar module?
5. The scientists didn't not discover life on the moon.

2 POINTS FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER TOTAL ___/10

CHECK YOUR ANSWERS WITH YOUR PARTNER. THEN LOOK AT THE ANSWER KEY ON PAGE 159

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S e l f - A s s e s s m e n t

Which is true for you? Put a tick

in the right box.

Can-do Checklist	My opinion
Can-do Checklist
a. I can talk about ways I communicate with other people. b. I can read an article about the Braille system and find the information I need. c. I can use the correct punctuation in a text. d. I can read an article about a space mission and find the information I need. e. I can do a quiz on planets. f. I can understand a space news programme. g. I can talk about my mission in space. h. I can read interviews with two authors and find the information I need. i. I can talk about important moments in my life.

: I'm very good! What can I revise?	My Notes: ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… …………………………………....…………
: I can become better. What should I practise?
: I must try harder. What do I need to work on?

FOCUS ON LISTENING WORK

Tick

the listening strategies that have helped you in this unit. Which strategies do
you want to try in the future?

Listening Strategies	Great help!	I 'll try...
Read the task carefully to understand what you have to do. Look at the photos, tables, titles etc. to guess what you might hear. Focus on what you have to do. Don't worry if you don't understand everything on the recording. Remember that you don't need all the information in the recording. Listen to the recording more than twice if necessary.