Love Mail
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Pre-reading activities
Answer these questions
Have you ever written a love letter? To whom? What was the purpose?
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Do you like love movies? Which was the last you watched? What was the movie about?
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Is any of the quotations is happening at the moment of speaking? Circle it
“I am touching love in its purest form”
“Smiling will make you happy”
While-reading activities
Read the text carefully and answer the questions.
Isabella Swan,
I know you don’t like it when I overwhelm you with extravagant
things, love,
so I won’t do that - instead, I’ll devour you and smother you in
every ounce of
love I have to give you.
I know you can’t see love, but you can feel it, hold it and cherish
it. When I touch you, I am touching love in its purest form, Bella.
When I hold
you, I am holding the most delicate form of love - a love that I
cherish more than
my own existence. A love I would be lost without.
You can’t buy love, either, but you can earn it, and be defined by
it. Bella, you
define me. You give this frozen, confusing existence warmth, and
meaning.
When I promised Mr. Weber that I would love and cherish you
for as long
as we both shall live, what I wanted to say was: “I will protect
you, even when
you’re almost indestructible. I will devote my existence to being
the perfect husband
for this forever we are about to embark on together. And, I will
do everything in my
power to make our eternity together feel as full of life as
possible because your
happiness gives me purpose. You give me purpose, my Bella. My
love.“
Thanks you for being my lamb, Isabella Cullen. Thank you for
being my everything.
I love you more than anything and promise to devote myself
entirely to making
you smile, because smiling will make you happy.
Happy Anniversary, my love.
Always,
Edward.
1) What is the purpose of the letter?
A) To express Edward’s love
B) To ask Bella to marry him
C) To Say sorry
D) To Show how unique is Bella for Edward
2) What type of text is this reading?
A) A letter
B) An Article
C) An Interview
D) A Poem
3) How is the word “Meaning” used in this text?
A) As a continuous action
B) As a noun
C) As an adjective
D) As an infinitive
4) What is the use of the word “Smiling” in this quote: “because
smiling will make you
happy. “
A) As a continuous action
B) As a noun
C) As an adjective
D) As an infinitive
5) What is the Attitude shown by Edward as a husband?
A) Honest
B) Committed
C) Loyal
D) Submitted
6) Who need Bella to exist?
A) Alice
B) Edward
C) Jacob
D) Mr. Weber
II.- Write F if the sentence is false and T if it is true.
1)
2)
3)
4)
___ Bella is comfortable with extravagant details
___ Holding(line 6) is a continuous action
___ Bella is a common girl
___ Edward promise Mr. Weber to protect Bella
5) ___ Thanks you for being
6) ___ Edwards define Bella.
my lamb… the word “being” is used as habit.
Post- reading activities
Structure (Gerunds)
V+(-ing)
+
Structure (present participle)
V
+
C
S
S
Use the gerund (or –ing form of the verb)
if you want to talk about an activity as the
subject of your sentence: Smoking is bad for you.
S
V
C
+
v + (-ing)
+
c
Use the present participle if you want to talk about an
activity that you are doing, but not at the moment.
You have to ad –ing to the second verb form of the
sentence: I am reading a book.
S
V1
V2
C
Practice time!
Write a G if the sentence has the structure of gerunds or PP if the sentence has the structure of present
participle.
__Reading books can be fun
__I am writing a diary
__I am studying English pedagogy
__Cycling is good for your health.
Choose two character and write sentences giving advices according to what they do and describe the activity
they are doing at present. Here is an example:
Wearing high heels
Cooking
Filming (snow white and the huntsman)
Bella: Wearing high heels can damage you spine.
Cooking is funny when you do it for your family.
She is filming the movie snow white and the huntsman
Drinking a lot coffee
Exercising
Jogging
Hunting
Living (Louisiana) Dating
small animals
(Kristen Jaymes Stewart )
Eating chocolate
Watching TV all day
Smoking
Using drugs
Studying Spanish
Writing his first book
Write there
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