Margaret Atwood's world

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Guess the words (1)Vocabulary exercise
4. 4Guess the words (2)Vocabulary exercise
5. 5Check the wordsVocabulary
6. 6Check your understandingReading comprehension
7. 7Listen: Priya's book clubListening comprehension
8. 8Use the new wordsVocabulary exercise
9. 9What does it mean?Grammar exercise
10. 10Relative clauses: extra informationGrammar rule
11. 11Choose the relative wordGrammar exercise
12. 12Say it naturallySpeaking practice
13. 13Recommend a bookSpeaking practice
14. 14Let's discussDiscussion
15. 15Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: closest meaningVocabulary exercise
2. 2Homework: your sentencesVocabulary exercise
3. 3Homework: relative clausesGrammar exercise
4. 4Homework: a writer or an artistDiscussion

Words

• genre/ˈʒɑːnrə/

  a type of book, movie or music, such as crime, romance or science fiction

• dystopia/dɪsˈtoʊpiə/

  an imagined society in which life is very bad, often because of a cruel government (dystopian: the adjective)

• totalitarian/toʊˌtæləˈteriən/

  controlling every part of people's lives and allowing no opposition

• sequel/ˈsiːkwəl/

  a book, movie or show that continues the story of an earlier one

• adaptation/ˌædæpˈteɪʃn/

  a movie, TV series or play that is made from a book (adapt: to make one)

• bestseller/ˌbestˈselər/

  a book or other product that sells a very large number of copies

• memoir/ˈmemwɑːr/

  a book that someone writes about their own life and experiences

• manuscript/ˈmænjuskrɪpt/

  the text of a book before it is printed

• protester/ˈproʊtestər/

  a person who shows in public that they strongly disagree with something

• chilling/ˈtʃɪlɪŋ/

  frightening, often in a quiet or slow way

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

Let's talk about books.

1. What kind of books or series do you enjoy? Do you have a favorite writer?
2. Do you usually read the book first or watch the movie first?
3. Which writers from your country are famous around the world?

Grammar rule

Relative clauses: extra information

Type	Example	Notes
defining (no commas): which one?	The book that changed my life was a gift from my aunt.	that, which or who
non-defining (commas): extra information	My first car, which I bought in 2010, was green.	who, which, whose…, never that
whose	I have a friend whose sister is a famous chef.	= his, her, its or their
preposition + which / whom	the village in which my mother was born (formal)	= the village where my mother was born
some / most / all of which / whom	I have three cousins, all of whom live in Texas.	of whom for people, of which for things
which for a whole idea	It rained all week, which ruined our vacation.	after a comma

After a comma, never use that: not My first car, that I bought in 2010, …. The unit's grammar lesson practices these patterns fully.