Reading List C2

1ST TERM 
TASK 1
Reading Circle:
Each student chooses a title. The students do some research and take notes on an index card. With their notes they present the most relevant information regarding the book. Deadline 27 Oct

TASK 2
Book fair:
Read one of the suggested readers and take some notes on an index card. On the day of the book fair use your notes to talk about the book. Deadline 12 Jan

2ND and 3RD TERMS
Book review:
At the book fair a classmate suggested a book you thought would be interesting to read. Read the book and write a review comparing the two books you will have read this academic year. Deadline: end of Apr.
In your review you can follow this structure:

1st paragraph: introduction (introduce briefly the two books you are going to compare)

2nd paragraph: discuss their similarities

3rd paragraph: discuss their differences

4th paragraph: conclusion and opinion

NB you can also include your favourite quotes from the books and add some explanations. You can also try to convince the reader that the books you have chosen should (not) be on the Reading List next year.

How to write a Review?

 Useful language

Sample:

Close-up p 167. Review. All in the Mind. Word formation

Suggested readers

1. NORMAL PEOPLE, Sally Rooney

2. THE UNCOMMON READER, Alan Bennett 

3. MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON, Elizabeth Strout

4. NUTSHELL, Ian McEwan

5. ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE,  Gail Honeyman 

6. LEVIATHAN, Paul Auster 

7. SAPIENS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF HUMANKIND,  Yuval Noah Harari 

8. 21 LESSONS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY, Yuval Noah Harari 

9. ATOMIC HABITS: AN EASY AND PROVEN WAY TO BUILD GOOD HABITS AND BREAK 10. BAD ONES, James Clear 

11. THIS IS GOING TO HURT: SECRET DIARIES OF A JUNIOR DOCTOR, Adam Kay 

12. TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE: AN OLD MAN, A YOUNG MAN, AND LIFE'S GREATEST LESSON Mitch Albom 

13. THE SALT PATH, Raynor Winn 

14. THE UNINHABITABLE EARTH: A STORY OF THE FUTURE, David Wallace-Wells 

15. THE HANDMAID'S TALE, Margaret Atwood

16. EDUCATED, Tara Westover 

17. CONFESSIONS OF A BOOKSELLER, Shaun Bythell 

18. THE SUBTLE ART OF NOT GIVING A F*CK: A COUNTERINTUITIVE APPROACH TO LIVING A GOOD LIFE,  Mark Manson 

19. 12 RULES FOR LIFE: AN ANTIDOTE TO CHAOS,  Jordan Peterson 

20. AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE, Tayari Jones

21. A LIZARD IN MY LUGGAGE,  Anna Nicholas

22. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS, Khaled Hosseini

23. ANGELA'S ASHES, Frank McCourt 

24. Shuggie Bain, Douglas Stuart 

25. Anna Nicholas's Column