Goal: use a / an / the correctly, order adjectives in descriptive prose, write a book review, conduct a reading-club interview, write a 200-word "Value of Reading" article.
📐 Articles (revisited)
- a / an — first-mention singular
- the — specific or unique
- — — plural / uncountable general
- an before vowel SOUND (an MBA); a before consonant sound (a university).
- Book titles take no extra article: "Robinson Crusoe", "Jane Eyre".
My van. (— / new)
An iguana scampered.
I love to pet — rabbits.
📐 Adjective order
- Opinion · Size · Age · Shape · Colour · Origin · Material.
- Two adjectives max for clean prose.
- Use commas between two opinion adjectives.
a lovely old round Japanese wooden table
a dark, athletic outline at the door of the hut
📚 Must-know classics
- Robinson Crusoe — Daniel Defoe (1719)
- Jane Eyre — Charlotte Brontë (1847)
- Sherlock Holmes — Arthur Conan Doyle
- Oliver Twist — Charles Dickens
- Pride and Prejudice — Jane Austen
- The Old Man and the Sea — Hemingway
🗒 Reading-survey grid
- Name · Age · Hometown
- Hobby/Hobbies
- Whether he/she likes reading
- Favourite book
- Favourite author
- End with a pull quote: "I read because..."
✍️ Writing — book review + essay
- Notice (Test 6): 40–50 words.
- Paragraph (Test 8): 50–60 words.
- Book review (Test 14): ~100 words. Title + author → 1-line plot → favourite scene → audience tip.
- Value of Reading essay (Test 16): ~200 words. Quote → 3 reasons (vocab, calm, empathy) → call to action.