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    The document provides vocabulary and questions about predicting the genre and plot of the book 'Skellig' based on analyzing different cover versions. It asks students to describe what they see on the covers, what genre they indicate, potential characters and symbols, and whether the covers provide any clues about the plot.

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    Today’s starter Vocab: blurb 评介，推介 píng jiè ， tuī jiè quotation 引文 yǐn wén

    Match the genres and labels: What genre are these books? Listen for your spellings:
    How can you tell?
    1) Animal fiction ___
    2) Sports fiction ___ 1) ___________________
    3) Dystopian ___
    4) Adventure ___ 2) ___________________
    5) Science fiction ___
    3) ___________________
    6) Mystery, crime and thriller ___
    4) ___________________
    a b c What do you think we can learn from the cover
    of a book? 5) ___________________

    ______ /5
    d e f
    SKELLIG:
    PRE-READING
    LO: To make predictions about the genre, story and characters in Skellig.

    HOMEWORK: 1) 75 KPs Read Theory 2) Read chapters 1-3 of Skellig


    ‘You can’t judge a book by its cover’.
    ◦ Publishers ( 出版社 chū bǎn shè) spend huge amounts of money to make sure
    that book covers are eye-catching and convey ( 表达 biǎo dá) to the reader
    what they are about.

    Are there any problems with


    Would you choose a choosing a book based on its
    Do you choose books
    book with a very cover?
    based on their cover?
    boring cover?
    How would you choose
    What do you look for?
    What would make what to read if all books had
    (e.g. colours, pictures)
    you not want to read a plain cover?
    a book?
    Look at the different versions of the front cover of Skellig. Answer the questions below:
    • What can you see? analyse (v): to study (something) closely and carefully
    • Are there any similarities?
    • Are they any differences?
    • What genre do you think Skellig is? Why do you think this?
    • Are there any clues as to its plot? What characters will there be?
    On the cover, I can see …
    • Do you think any of the images might be symbolic? What could they symbolise? There is …
    At the top / bottom, there is …
    On the left/right, I can see …

    a b c
    On front covers a and c, there is / are …

    On front cover a, there is … but on front cover b, there is


    …

    d e f I think the book will be about …


    In my opinion, the story will be about …
    The characters might be …

    I think the …. might symbolise …

    symbolise (v) - 成为…的象征


    Browsing time
    ◦ If you already have a library book, sit
    down and read quietly.

    ◦ If you need a new book, go and look


    for one you think will be interesting.
    ◦ Read a few pages to decide if you
    want to read it.

    ◦ Don’t forget to check out any new


    books.

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