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Section A (Short writing task) Media, travel and culture Subtopic: Music/film/reading Task: A Russian friend has asked you to tell her about your and your friends’ reading habits. In your writing you should: •talk about the how your reading habits have changed; •what your friends think about reading books. Write 25-50 words Do not exceed word limit for question 1 Reading Habits GCSE Writing We completed this task in class on 26-4-10. You were given a 40- minute homework to practise it. The version we wrote in class is on the last slide.

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Page 1: Section A (Short writing task) Media, travel and culture Subtopic: Music/film/reading Task: A Russian friend has asked you to tell her about your and your

Section A (Short writing task)

Media, travel and cultureSubtopic: Music/film/reading

Task:

A Russian friend has asked you to tell her about your and your friends’ reading habits.

In your writing you should:•talk about the how your reading habits have changed;•what your friends think about reading books.

Write 25-50 words

Do not exceed word limit for question 1

Reading Habits GCSE Writing

We completed this task in class on 26-4-10.You were given a 40-minute homework to practise it.

The version we wrote in class is on the last slide.

Page 2: Section A (Short writing task) Media, travel and culture Subtopic: Music/film/reading Task: A Russian friend has asked you to tell her about your and your

•Answer the question fully

•Description (adjectives)

•Wide range of vocabulary

•Opinions + justification

•Impressive grammar

•Subordinate clauses

•Narration

•3 tenses

what you read when you were small

types of books you read now why you read

a book that’s popular

places to read

problems: cost & time

alternatives to reading books

Grammar:

•Include one or two comparatives•Write a rule for plurals (adj. & nouns)

Tick list for good marks Possible things to write about

Page 3: Section A (Short writing task) Media, travel and culture Subtopic: Music/film/reading Task: A Russian friend has asked you to tell her about your and your

Create a vocabulary list of types of reading matter

книга (книги) book(s)

журнал(ы) magazine(s)

газета (газеты) newpaper(s)

комиксы comics

сказка (сказки) fairy story (fairy stories)

художественная литература fiction

детективы crime books

научная фантастика science fiction

фантастика fantasy

исторические романы historical novels

романтические книги romantic books

автобиографии autobiographies

школьные учебники school textbooks

Page 4: Section A (Short writing task) Media, travel and culture Subtopic: Music/film/reading Task: A Russian friend has asked you to tell her about your and your

Comparatives

Спроси партёра.что она думает?

1 ....... лучше, чем.......... 2 ....... хуже, чем............3 .......интереснее, чем...... 4 .......скучнее, чем.......... 5 ....... важнее, чем .........6 ....... дороже, чем .........

Page 5: Section A (Short writing task) Media, travel and culture Subtopic: Music/film/reading Task: A Russian friend has asked you to tell her about your and your

ADJECTIVES

Masculine:

Feminine: Neuter:

новый новая новое

Plural: новые

(Use –ие ending when the spelling rule applies

E.g. русские, большие)

How to make adjectives and nouns plural. (Note: this is the nominative plural.)

First of all, you need to learn this spelling rule:

After these letters you connot write the letter ы:

г, к, х the ‘gutturals’ WRITE Иж, ч, ш, щ the’sibilants’ INSTEAD

Also, remember that there is no gender in the plural

NOUNS

Masculine: Feminine: Neuter:

экран → экранытрамвай → трамваиавтомобиль → автомобили

лампа → лампыняня → нянифамилия → фамилиикровать → кровати

окно → окнаполе → поля

(Use –и ending when the spelling rule applies E.g. рука → руки )

Some nouns have an unusual plurals, e.g. дом → дома

Page 6: Section A (Short writing task) Media, travel and culture Subtopic: Music/film/reading Task: A Russian friend has asked you to tell her about your and your

лучший (adjective) (i) better (ii) bestтолько onlyдомашние задания homework (plural in R.)вот почему that’s whyкнижный (adjective) book[e.g. книжный магазин bookshop]

Когда мне было 10 лет, я всегда читала фантастику, как «Гарри Поттера», потому что они были лучшие книги. А сегодня я читаю только журналы, как «Хит».

Мои друзья думают, что хорошо читать книги, но у них есть проблема: домашние задания! Вот почему в школе будет книжный клуб и они будут ходить.

Кеу vocabulary