新加坡3A unit2C(1).pdf

VocabularyThis is my favourite book,said Ali.The title of the book isJames and the Giant Peach.The author of the book isRoald Dahl.The illustrator or the person who has drawnthe pictures in the book is Quentin Blake.Look at these book covers.Can you find the title of eachbook?Can you find the names of the authors and theillustrators?This is the titleof the book.You can make aoinataA Mexican TraditionThis is the authorof the book.This is a subtitleIt tells us moreWritten by Judy Lingabout the book.llustrated by Sandra LeeMTHE&0901RSTTREE茶PICTUREWritten by Anne Smithllustrated by Leang Jee Chy+DICTIONARYNigel D TurtonThis is theillustrator ofthe book.21VocabularyLets see whats between the covers of a book,said Ali.Facts About BooksW h a ts I n s i d e?2002 Times Media Private LimitedTimes Media Private Limited会5eE-mailWe often find the6teatsoreapmwwameoneom9elFirst published 2002name of the publisherAll rights reserved.No part of this publication may beinside the front or backreproduced,stored in a retrieval system,ortransmitted,inany form or by any means,electronic,mechcover of a book2eme68pb8amaothnwewntoutnep7a15BN981-01-8194-9Sometimes,it is on thefirst page.Eeg33eBeovamPrinted by ABC Printing Pte Ltd,SingaporeAt the front of a book,weContentsmight find a contents page.The contents page in a booktells us the names of theaMaeto Make the MedicineThe Cook-up39chapters and where theye Medicinebegin.Many books areThe Pig.the Bullocks.the sheep,the Pony andThe Brown HenGrandivided into chapters orthendma87units.The chapters haveMr KrMarvelous Medicine Number Twoicine Number Thre7numbers.Sometimes,theyMarvellous Med10have names too.Find the name of the publisher and look up the contents page in this Textbook.23VocabularyContentsThe contents page in a non-fictionbook tells us how the book is2divided into smaller sections,what16n Lle Cyce of Plamis20they are called,where they begin2413 ALiving Thing as o System28and what kind of information can14 Your Sense Orgons4015 Your Amazing Bodybe found in each chapter.A16471752contents page helps us findThis is a18 The Musculor SystemPlants and ther Parts6our way in a book.subheading.Subheadingsdivide achapter intoINDEXsmaller parts.2-3This makes thebeaks2-3chapter easierclawsto read.4-5earsA subheading4.5also tells useyes6-7what that partfeathersOpen a book and you willof the chapter89foodsee that its pages haveis about.10-numbers.This makes it easynestsfor us to find our waySometimes,a non-fiction book has an index on the lastpage.It is a list of the topics we can find in the book.It tells us which page to find them on.An index isarranged in alphabetical order.This is the indexfrom a book about birdsChoose a non-fiction book and present it to a partner.Discuss withyour partner the features of your book.24Unit 2:A World of BooksText TypeWritingWriting that gives us information about a topic is called aninformation report.You can learn about many kinds of things by reading informationreports.You can tell people about things you know by writinginformation reports.Information reports can be written aboutpeople,animals,places and things.This is how an information report is organised.You will see that each paragraph providesAn information reportinformation about a main idea related to the topic.has a title that tells uswhat it is about.ThisThe first paragraphinformation report isintroduces the topic.about the library.THE LIBRARYtbraries are wonderful places for people wholike to read.There are all sorts of books in a library.Some ofthem are fiction books.These books containinformation about things,people or events whichare not real.Writers use their imagination toThiswrite fiction books.There are also non-fiction books in the library.paragraphThese books contain information about things that are real.Non-fiction books contain facts and information.talks aboutthe types ofbookscomputeIt is easy to find the books we want once we knowhow books are arranged in a library.Fiction booksare arranged in alphabetical order according toavailable inthe authorssurnames.Non-fiction books have call numbersa library.that show the order they are arranged in.If we cannotfind what we are looking for,we can ask the librarianto help us.This paragraph explainshow books are arranged inthe library.25Text TypeWritingThis paragraph tells you how toborrow books from the library.We can borrow books and take them home toread.We need a library card or an identitycard to do this.First,we choose our books andtake them to the counter.Then,we scan thebooks at a machine and collect a receipt.Thereceipt shows the titles of the books and thedue dates.Different sections in a library store different kindsThisof books.Reference sections in libraries have books likeencyclopaedias and atlases.We cannotparagraphborrow these books but we can use themtells you aboutwhile we are in the library.Many librariesthe differentalso have computers and CD.ROMs to help us find thesections in ainformation we need.library.Libraries are useful placesto find information.To findthe information and books we are lookingfor quickly and easily.we should knowour library well.The ending rounds off the report bytelling us in a general way what ithas been about.Read the texts on pages 19 and 20.Can you say what the main idea ofeach paragraph is?Talk about it with your partner.You are going to write an information report on books.First,think aboutand list all the interesting things you would like to say about books.Choose four main ideas to write about in your report on Worksheet 8.Then,under each main idea,write more information about it.26Unit 2:A World of BooksWorksheet 8,pages 25-26