牛津译林版（2019）必修 第二册 Unit4 Exploring literature Integrated skills1 课件（PDF版）

To distinguish different types of
literature and their characteristics
To analyse the popularity of different
types of literature and explore the
reasons
1. Have you read this book
How do you like it What
type of book is it
2. Do you know other types of
books
NON FICTION
FICTION
LITERARY TYPES
POETRY DRAMA
Tales
Novels
FICTION Short Stories
Myths
Legends
Diaries
Speeches
NON FICTION Biographies
Essays
Autobiographies
Types of literature
Poems
Sonnets
POETRY
Lyrics
Songs
Tragedies
DRAMA Comedies
Tragicomedies
Types of literature
Recommending books to the school library
A The president of the school
Book Club, Gary, is introducing
some popular types of literature.
Read the PPT slides below and
try to understand the features of
each type.
Type Features Famous Examples
A long, detailed
story with many
Romance of the
characters
Three Kingdoms
Usually divided into
Robinson Crusoe
several chapters (n.
章节)
The Best Short
A short piece of Stories of
writing with a few O.Henry
characters The Gift of the
Magi
Type Features Famous
Examples
Using beautiful, artistic
The Book of
language to express
Songs
feelings or describe
The Complete
situations
Poems of Percys
Often written in separate
Bysshe Shelley
lines
A story written for n. 舞台
performance on the stage
Usually made up of Teahouse
dialogues between King Lear
characters and stage
directions
Type Features Famous
Examples
The
The story of
Autobiography
the writer’s
of Benjamin
own life
Franklin
The story of
a person’s
Vie de
life written
Beethoven
by someone
else
Answer the questions.
1. What are the similarities and differences
between novels and short stories
type similarity difference
novel have long, detailed
short stories characters short, usually
and events have a twist in
the end
2. What are the similarities and differences
between autobiographies and biographies
type similarity difference
autobiography tell the life written by the
story of a author about his
person or her own life
biography written by the
author who tells
the story of
someone else’s
life
1. Talk about what types of books you like best
and why.
2. Introduce one book you’ve read recently and
talk about what kind of book it is and why
you like it.
B After Gary’s introduction, the school
librarian asked the Book Club
members to recommend some books.
Watch the video and finish the
exercises below.
B1 Complete the chart below. You may
write more than one type in each blank.
a autobiographies and biographies
b novels c short story collections
d plays e poetry collections
Least popular Most popular
(1) __a_,_ _e_ ______ (2) ___d__ _______ (3) ___b_,_ _c_ _____
B2 Watch the video again and complete the
notes below.
The library’s new books
(1) ___2_0_0_ ____ new books to be added
next month
Books added to the library in the past
year
(2) ____3_0_ ____ autobiographies and
biographies
20 poetry collections
20 plays
(3) ____3_0_ ____ short story collections
100 modern novels and (4) __2_0_0_ __
classic novels
More than 50 adventure stories
Nearly (5) ___7_0_ ___ romances
About 60 historical novels
Around (6) __1_2_0_ ___ science
fiction novels
Try to figure out why plays are so popular
among students and what the speaker expects
the Book Club members to do.
Because students need to perform plays for
class or club activities. The Book Club
members are expected to get recommendation
for what books they should buy.
Watch the video a third time and then
check your answers.
1. What should a school library be like in
your opinion
have various books
have good reading conditions
have a quiet atmosphere
…
2. What type of books do you like best and
what is your least favourite type
What is your school library like What
kind of books do you want to recommend
to the librarian Think about the questions
carefully and prepare for your writing.