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Practice 8

Fear Is in Books

Activity 1 Warm-up stage
• Elicit what suspense and
fantasy literature is, what type
of characters usually appear in
each genre and how students
can generally tell to which
genre each book belongs.

• Ask them to have a look at the
covers and think about what the
illustrations represent.
• Elicit what the covers have
in common.
• Help them reflect on the colors,
the fonts and the titles used.
Some students might already
have heard about the author or
the characters in each book.
• Ask if they are able to predict
what the story is about, taking
into account the illustration and
the title on each book cover.
• You could bring other books
about fantasy or suspense, so
students can scan them and
read a bit of them. If you have
the books in the illustrations,
bring them, too. That would help to start a more fulfilling discussion.

• Remind students that suspense is a literary device that authors use to keep their readers’ interest alive
throughout the work. It is a feeling of anticipation that something risky or dangerous is about to happen.

• Go through the REMEMBER with them.
Translate icon / Additional definitions: genre (n.): género

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