Reading Books 2

• Engels
• Middelbare school

Reading Books

Write down a couple of authors (writers) and/or titles that you think you will like.

Find information

Find information about (at least) one of the authors. On an English site, so your information should be in English!!! 

If you need help: use the name of the author and the term “children’s books” in Google (or see slides 18 & 19 for tips).

Write down at least 3 interesting facts about the writer.  For example: Where does he/she live, what did he/she study, what are his/her interests/hobbies, a list of the books he/she has written, or other funny facts. You can type your answers in the next slide.

Note down the 3 interesting facts about your writer here, please.

Now find information about (at least) one of this writer's books.

Write down 3 interesting facts about one of this writer’s books.

You can note down the information you found in the next slide, please.

Note down the 3 interesting facts about one of the books here, please.

Helpful tips for searching information

Does the writer have his/her own website? Start searching there. If not, you can often find information on the site of the publisher (uitgeverij) or the English Wikipedia site.

If you don’t know which writer to choose, choose one of the four links on the next slide.

Helpful tips

- Francesca Simon

- Roald Dahl

- David Walliams

- Peter Bunzl

Have you already found a book you'd like to read? Which one?

Homework Wednesday 14th April

Finish this LessonUp lesson in which you find information about an author and a book of choice and note this information down on the slides.