Мәңгілік Ел идеясының жеті құндылығы - білім мен тәрбиенің құнды құралы

Background A legend is a traditional story, handed down through the generations, the source of which has never been authenticated. Characters from such stories are usually humans and the actions described have no supernatural elements. A knight was a professional warrior in the Middle Ages. They had a special code of conduct in those days (chivalry). Today it’s a rank of honour which in the UK is given by the monarch. The legendary King Arthur is one of the most famous knights in literature.

• Elicit the answer and ask students what they found interesting about the author’s life. Make sure they understand the concept of a pen name, i.e. a name the writer uses instead of his/her real name. • Give students two minutes to complete the fact sheet. • Students can compare their answers in pairs before you check answers with the class on the board. Background Writers have used and continue to use a pen name for a number of reasons. For instance, they might want to ... • use a more interesting name. • avoid confusion with other famous people with the same name. • avoid disappointing their fans if they change genres (e.g. a scifi writer writing a romance novel). • write for a different publisher. • present themselves as a different writer when their first book fails.

• Read out each of the four questions in the chart and write your own answers to them on the board. Write notes rather than full sentences, e.g. every Saturday, with my friends, go to the cinema. • Give students a couple of minutes to copy and complete the chart with their own information. Fast finishers Students can turn to the Vocabulary bank on page 121 and do the Jog your memory! activity. 4 • Put students in pairs so that they can ask and answer the questions in the chart in Exercise 4. • Monitor and check that students are completing the chart with their partner’s information. • Tell students about a famous place that you would like to go to, e.g. I really want to go to the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul because I love visiting markets. • Put students in pairs. • Ask students to use their smartphones to show each other a photo of a famous place that they would like to go to, e.g. The Maracana Stadium in Rio or the Dubai Mall in the United Arab Emirates. • Students tell each other why they want to go the famous place, e.g. I really want to go to the Louvre because I love beautiful paintings.