Unit 3
Speaking and listening: fiction and non-fiction
Stories tell us about things which are not real. They are fiction . Information books tell us about real things. They tell us facts . They are non-fiction .
Listen to your teacher. Ask and answer with a partner. • What were the two texts about?
• Which one was fiction? Which one was non-fiction? How did you know that? • Which of the books in the list below are fiction? Which are non-fiction?
stories
science books
poems
encyclopaedias
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plays
travel books
cook books
sports books
Language Present tense
We use do or does to ask questions in the present tense. Do you enjoy coming to the library? Does Mrs. Webster read you stories? Where do Kayla and Joshua go every week?
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Complete the questions. Example: ____ you take books out of the library? 1 _______ your teacher often tell you stories? 2 ________ Kayla and Joshua like going to the library? Do
3 Which story character ________ you like? 4 Where ________ you go on Saturdays? 5 ________ your mother take you shopping? 6 Where ________ your grandmother live?
• Speaking and listening: Read aloud two texts in Listening Texts page 145. • Give students examples of book titles to help them distinguish between fiction and non-fiction, e.g. Tales of Anansi, How to Play Chess . • Students suggest titles of books and state whether they are fiction or non-fiction. • Language, Subject–verb agreement: Remind students to use does with the 3rd person singular (e.g. Joshua, he, she, it ).
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