Red Line 4, Coursebook

A project Reading 116 one hundred and s i xteen A reader’s diary 1.  A reader’s diary is more than just a report. You will need a new exercise book, a folder or a real diary for it. You can write about any texts which you have read, for example about a science fiction story, a magazine article or even about a whole book. A reader’s diary can help you to remember the important parts of a text. You can put this information about what you have read into your diary: • the title • the names of the characters in the text • adjectives which describe the characters in the text • a summary of each chapter • a time line • … 2. You can also write about what you liked or didn’t like in the text. 3.  You can use lists, mappings, clusters, pictures or cartoons and maps in the diary. You can write articles, different endings for the text, dialogues, reports and poems. READING SKI LLS Step 1: Before you start You are going to look at some pages from a diary about a book called Lost in the USA . a) Think about the title. What could the text be about? b) What other texts do you know about lost things or lost people? Step 2: More information Now look at parts from the first page of a reader’s diary for the story Lost in the USA . What can you find out about the story? Share your ideas with a partner and write 4 – 6 sentences. chapter !*tSxptE? – Kapitel , to improve !Im*pru:v? – verbessern , cattle !*kxtl? – Vieh p E A project He is Austrian. µµ He is on his way to Oklahoma. µµ He wants to spend his Easter µµ holidays there. He wants to improve his English µµ in the US. She is American. µµ She ran away from home because her µµ parents wanted her to change schools. She meets Frank on a cattle truck. µµ Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv