Lesson 10. Lost Then Found
The Lesson 10 “Lost Then Found” is including a short story in order to offer the opportunity of appreciation of English literature to learners. “The Purloined Letter,” which was written by a renowned writer, Edgar Allan Poe, is telling an exciting detective story in the textbook. It’s obvious that learners might really enjoy the clever and clear-cut ending of the story. Also, it’s because the story has several interesting factors such as a mysterious crime and logical process of a detective.
The following reading activities are for high school 3rd grades and low-intermediate except for 2nd activity; that’s because 2nd one has pretty high level vocabulary and grammar structures which would stress intermediate level learners out. On the other hand, even upper-beginner level students are expected to do that for other readings. In addition to level issue, all the following texts are for genre-based activities (sometimes strategy-based tasks are included).
There following five reading resources are collected to offer chances to meet more “authentic” English literature. Actually, most of texts in textbook do not have authenticity but designed just for the educational purposes. English educators would be able to encourage learners’ extensive reading for its intrinsic pleasure as well as “after reading activity” in textbook. The 2nd story “The Black Cat,” especially, is another famous mystery story suggested in “After You Read” activity. In terms of other reading resources, their levels are relatively lower than “The Black Cat” to make a balance; eventually the level of it is quite high. I expect that it will help learner enjoy extra reading out class.
