GM 2017 2 Contents THEME 1 ............................................................................................................................. 5 WHAT IS A NOVEL ............................................................................................................. 5 FEATURES OF A NOVEL ................................................................................................... 6 ANALYSING A NOVEL ........................................................................................................ 7 THE CRICKET IN TIMES SQUARE .................................................................................... 7 Activity 1: Book Review on Cricket in Times Square ........................................................ 8 Activity 2: The Time Machine ........................................................................................... 9 PRONOUNS ...................................................................................................................... 11 PERSONAL PRONOUNS .................................................................................................. 11 Activity 3: Personal Pronouns ........................................................................................ 12 INDEFINITE PRONOUNS ................................................................................................. 12 Activity 4: Indefinite Pronouns ........................................................................................ 12 PAST TENSE .................................................................................................................... 13 Activity 5: Past Tense ..................................................................................................... 14 PRESENT TENSE ............................................................................................................. 14 Activity 6: Present Tense ................................................................................................ 14 FUTURE TENSE ............................................................................................................... 15 Activity 7: Future Tense .................................................................................................. 15 FUTURE PERFECT TENSE .............................................................................................. 15 Activity 8: Future Perfect Tense ..................................................................................... 16 PAST PERFECT TENSE ................................................................................................... 16 Activity 9: Past Perfect Tense ........................................................................................ 16 THEME 2 ........................................................................................................................... 17 FOLKLORE .................................................................................................................... 17 CHARACTERISTICS OF FOLKLORE STORIES ........................................................... 18 Activity 10: The Wishing Fish ......................................................................................... 19 GM 2018 3 WRITING A CHARACTER SKETCH ................................................................................. 20 Activity 11: Write a character sketch .............................................................................. 20 FABLES ............................................................................................................................. 27 MYTHS .............................................................................................................................. 29 LEGENDS .......................................................................................................................... 31 The Legend of Robin Hood ............................................................................................ 31 FAIRYTALES ..................................................................................................................... 37 VERBS ............................................................................................................................... 39 Activity 12: Verbs ........................................................................................................... 40 GERUNDS ......................................................................................................................... 40 Activity 13: Gerunds ....................................................................................................... 41 PUNCTUATION: COMMA ................................................................................................. 42 Activity 14: Comma ........................................................................................................ 43 THEME 3 ........................................................................................................................... 44 SHORT STORY ................................................................................................................. 44 Activity 14: The Stone Cutter .......................................................................................... 45 ADJECTIVES ..................................................................................................................... 48 Activity 15: Adjectives ..................................................................................................... 49 CONJUNCTIONS .............................................................................................................. 49 Activity 16: Conjunctions ................................................................................................ 49 CONTRACTIONS .............................................................................................................. 50 Activity 17: Contractions ................................................................................................. 50 FRIENDLY LETTER ....................................................................................................... 51 Activity 18: Friendly Letter .............................................................................................. 52 THEME 4 ........................................................................................................................... 53 CARTOONS AND COMIC STRIPS ................................................................................... 53 Activity 19: Comic Strips ................................................................................................. 54 GM 2018 4 ANALYSING A COMIC STRIP .......................................................................................... 55 Activity 20: Analysing Comic Strips ................................................................................ 55 ADVERBS .......................................................................................................................... 56 Activity 21: Adverbs ........................................................................................................ 57 ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE ......................................................................................... 57 Activity 22: Active and Passive Voice ............................................................................. 58 DIRECT AND INDIRECT/REPORTED SPEECH ........................................................... 58 INDIRECT/REPORTED SPEECH ..................................................................................... 59 Activity 23: Direct/Indirect Speech .................................................................................. 59 THEME 5 ........................................................................................................................... 60 DRAMA .............................................................................................................................. 60 ELEMENTS OF DRAMA .................................................................................................... 61 Activity 24: Elements of Drama ...................................................................................... 61 Activity 25: Drama .......................................................................................................... 67 DIALOGUE ........................................................................................................................ 68 Activity 26: Dialogue ....................................................................................................... 68 GM 2018 5 THEME 1 WHAT IS A NOVEL • A novel is an extended story. • Just as there are many types of stories, there are also many types of novels to enjoy and experience. • A great way to start reading novels, is to begin with short novels so that you can try lots of different types and find out what you like. • There are different genres of books to choose from. • Some genres include: fantasy, adventure, mystery, comedy, etc. • Choose what interests you. • There are two types of books, namely, fiction and non-fiction GM 2018 6 FEATURES OF A NOVEL Title page The page at the front of a book that shows its title, the name of the writer, an illustration or design. Table of contents A list of the titles of chapters. Index An alphabetical list (found at the back of a book) that shows on which pages certain topics are mentioned. Glossary An alphabetical list of difficult words that appear in a piece of writing, with