The Bronte Sisters William Shakespeare Robert Burns Graham Greene Jane Austen Сonan Doyle C. Joanne Rowling Robert Louis Stevenson THEY HAVE STOOD THE TEST OF TIME
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BRITISH WRITERS
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Let’s check up your homework together! Write about your last or favourite book. Use the phrases which are given below: I am fond of reading… The writer was born … My favourite book is … The book is about … The last book I have read … The writer describes … The book is by … I like the book because …
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WORDSEARCH Find fiction genres h o r r o r x f g j o q h i s t o r i c a l a d s f j k j l o p z d e t m f a n t a s y v t h q w e t y u i p e e r s m i s t e r y n c i d f g h h j k k t t l x r o m a n c e u i l s c i e n c e s r v e a f i c t i o n e e r m m c f g g s a
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William Shakespeare 1564 - 1616 C. Joanne Rowling 1965 B. Arthur Conan Doyle 1859 - 1930
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William Shakespeare 1564 - 1616 Shakespeare's funerary monument in Stratford-upon-Avon. The Globe
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Conan Doyle's family in New York, 1922 Grave of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at Minstead, England Arthur Conan Doyle statue in Crowborough B. Arthur Conan Doyle 1859 - 1930
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"The Elephant House" – one of the cafés in Edinburgh in which Rowling wrote the first Harry Potter novel. C. Joanne Rowling 1965
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Complete the sentences according to the texts 1. _____________________a famous playwright, continues to be the greatest writer in the English language. 2. _____________________ was born on 22 May 1859 in Edinburg, ____________________ 3. _____________________author of the best-selling _______________ series of books. 4. __________________ , one of eight children, was the eldest son, and educated at _______________
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Complete the sentences according to the texts 5. Several times from 1891 to 1892 _____________________ tried to open a medical practice, first in ___________________, then in Portsmouth and finally in ____________________ 6. ____________________ wrote her first story “Rabbit” at the age of five or six. 7. ___________________37 plays, including ___________________
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Complete the sentences according to the texts 8. In 1892, the first out of five collections of ________________ stories was published. 9. By 1920, _____________________ had become one of the highest paid writers in the world. 10. ______________________ quickly became a hit with children and adults alike and won ________________________________
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Answer the questions: When was W. Shakespeare born? When was Arthur Conan Doyle born? When was C. Joanne Rowling born? When did he/she live? Where was he/she educated? When and where was he/she started writing? What famous books did he/she write?
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Let’s relax together!!!
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Let’s act out!
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H/W: Ex. 3 p. 169 Write 10 – 15 sentences about your favourite author
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speak about… know how to say my own opinion on… Now I give arguments… can find necessary information… express my attitude to…