Sequence: Reading & Writing

Anticipate
1. Look at the pictures of the book cover on the right and answer the questions.
a. Which side of the book cover does the picture show? The front side or the back
side? Justify.
b. Who is the author of the book?
c. Which country is she from?
d. State / Name the main characters of the story.
e. The text is called a blurb. Why do you think it is included?

2. Read the blurb again and guess how the novel will start. Circle the right letter a, b or c.
The novel will start with the…
a. description of the setting (the place where and the time when the story takes place).
b. portrayal of the hero.
c. the meeting of the main characters.

Read & Check

1. Read the text below and check your answer to execise 2 on the previous page.
Did you guess right or wrong?

Isabella Marie Swan was born on September 13,1987. She had Edward Cullen was turned into a vampire by Dr. Carlisle.
a very pale complexion with long, straight,dark brown hair,unique Helookedandfeltlikemarble:extremelywhite, hardasarockand cold
chocolate brown eyes and a heart-shaped face with awide forehead. as ice. His hairwasalways messy and bronze-
Her eyes were large and widely spaced.Her nose was thin and her colored.Hewascharming,polite, and very stubborn.
lips werea bit toofull for herslimjawline.(§1) Sincevampiresneversleep,he employed the night
hoursreadingbooksand studying languages. As a human, he learnt
During free time, she preferred to sit home and read because she to play the piano and became a very perfect pianist .Edward
had a very slim body and an emotional aversion to exercise.Bella enjoyed listening to a wide range of music, and he had a hobby of
was also shy, insecure, and very sensitive but kind-hearted. collecting cars. The Cullen family chose to drink animal blood and
Shehatedanything cold andwet,evensnow.(§2) they all enjoyed driving fast. (§4)

Her parents divorced when she was only EdwardandBellagottoknoweachother.Despite his desire for her
threemonthsold.Whenhermotherremarried,Bellamoved back toher blood, Edward and Bella fellin love and introduced her to his
birthtown of Forks, Washington,tolivewithherfather, family.Bella and Edward revealed that they had told both ofher
parents about their engagement and both
CharlieSwan,whereshemetandfellinlovewithavampire, Edward
giventheirblessingthehightimeBellachangedintoavampirebyEdward.
Cullen. (§3) (§5)

2. Complete the table below with information from the text above.
CHARACTER TRAITS BELLA EDWARD
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
A. What did she /he look like?
PERSONALITY
B. What was she / he like?
LIKES AND DISLIKES
C. What did he like / dislike?
3. What tense is used in the text above?
4. Find the synonyms, the antonyms and the explanations of the following words and phrases from the same text.
a. short (§1) ≠ b. timid (§2) =
d. physically fit (explanation) (§4) = d. attractive (§4)=
 Write it right Pre-writing
1. Read the summary tactics below, then do the tasks that follow.
1. Age She was in her late ≠ early twenties / She was about thirty years old.
2. Height He was tall ≠ small / average height. He was about 1m70.
3. Hair She had a curly / straight hair.
4. Build He was slim = skinny ≠ overweight.
5. Eyes She had small ≠ big round blue eyes.
6. Face He has a long face with narrow / thick lips. / short ≠ long nose
7. Skin She has a white ≠ black skin
8. Distinguishing features He has a beard / a short mustache / a scar / a birthmark.
9. Character He is arrogant / relaxed / aggressive.
Sequence: Developing Skills

Guided story telling

1. Describe the elderly (grandmother) woman in four sentences.(§1)

a. The elderly woman is in her late seventies.
b. She is…………………………………………………………..…………………………………
c. Her eyes are…………………………………………………………..………………………...
d. She has…………………………………………………………..………………………………

Describe the grand daughter in four sentences.(§1)

a. She is…………………………………………………………..…………………………………
b. She has…………………………………………………………..………………………………
c. She …………………………………………………………..……………………………………
d. She is (personality= polite, aggressive …) …………………………..…………………

Underline the correct alternatives to describe the cottage and the forest.(§1)
a. The cottage is new ≠ old / clean ≠ dirty / big ≠ tiny.
b. Is the cottage near the village or is it isolated from it?
c. There are many trees / no trees.
d. There is a lake near the cottage which makes it more beautiful.

2. Describe the horseman by answering the questions below.(§2)

a. What he looked like? He …………………………………..…………………………………
b. Where did he come from? He came ………………..…..………………….………………
c. Who was he? He …………………………………………………………..……………………
d. Why did he stop at the cottage? He stopped …………………..…………………………
e. What happened when he saw the girl? He ……………..…………………………………
Let’s write the story:
- Using information from the previous tasks, write the story. Feel free to add / change any details.
- Remember to use the simple tense.
- Give a title to the story.

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A long time ago, there was an elderly lady living in the forest with her granddaughter. She was ……………………..………………………...

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Her granddaughter was ……………………..………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

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One day, a young horseman stopped at the cottage to ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

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……………………..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………(2)