book recommendations

1. Book recommendations

3. Discuss getting started
•Think about a book or story you have read
recently. What have you enjoyed about the
story and why?

5. •In books and online stores, books are organized
according to genre: science fiction and fantasy,
literature and fiction, mysteries and thrillers,
romance , historical fiction, biographies and so
on.

15. • In groups, complete Activity 1, using notes from the
Getting started activity. You should: mention the titles
of the books on your list, decide which genres those
books belong to, ask your peers which genres you
prefer and explain why you would recommend the
books in your list which fit in that genre.

16. Explore how personal context affects the
reading and writing of texts.
• Context refers to the personal and social background of a reader or
writer, which might include in
• someone’s age,
• the type of community they have grown up in or prefer (for example,
a large city or a small village),
• their views on social issues ( for example, the role of women in the
society)
• their general or personal preferences (for example, liking or disliking
science fiction)
• and their life experiences ( for example, travel, hardship)

22. Read the three reactions to Darkparis in Activity 2.
• Some of these contextual factors have influenced Ayesha, Vanessa
and Alexei’s responses, however, we can also consider other factors,
such as how reader might feel about the story’s setting, characters or
plot, or what effect language and symbolism might have on them.

23. Read activity 3

24. Answer workbook session 1.3

25. Answer activity 4