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Objectives:
1. Choose at least 2 options for the 3 parts of the
questionnaire
-Richard Steele
ACTIVITY 1
Answer the questions in the questionnaire and then
compare your answers with your friends.
I read because
It helps me understand the world
It is fun
It helps me find out what I want or need to know
I know I should
For exam purposes
Which of the following do you read?
newspapers novels
magazines catalogues
text books encyclopedias
fiction websites
comics text messages
Which types of fiction do you like reading?
adventure romance
horror / ghost suspense/thriller
crime stories science-fiction
historical about wars
about animals comedy
fantasy about spies
Don’t force young to read
classics, says Anthony Horowitz
Alexandra Frean, Education Editor
The Times
1 Parents risk putting children off reading by dragging them
around bookstores and force-feeding them literary classics,
leading children’s writer Anthony Horowitz has suggested.
10 “It’s not going to be forever and they may not thank you for
it by the time they are teenagers, so that makes it more
valuable,” he said.
3. too worried –
5. causing harm to –
Read the article and decide whether the following statements are
true (T) or false (F).
1. Horowitz does not think we should worry too much about children’s
reading.