Arbeitsblatt: Reading Comprehension/Ready for English Unit 18 Teil B

Reading Corner Task: You work in team. (A and B) A: 1) read Agathe Christie: the Queen of Crime on p. 47. 2) solve the questions on the paper. (Reading Comprehension) 3) prepare to tell about the text to B. (write down some words that help you) 4) tell about your text (B solves paper about your text) B: 1) read Donna Leon: the Italian Connection on p. 47 2) solve the questions on the paper. (Reading Comprehension) 3) prepare to tell about the text to A. (write down some words that help you) 4) tell about your text (A solves paper about your text) Reading Comprehension Donna Leon: the Italian Connection A)1. When was Donna Leon born? 2. Where was she born? 3. Where did she live and teach? 4. Where does she live today? 5. What is her job? 6. What is the name of her detective? 7. What is typical about the detective? 8. What do you know about his family? 9. a) Because lot of people are rich, he can only. b) What does that show? 10. In what languages are her novels written? B) 11. How old was she, when she left the States 12. Why does she like Italy? C) 13. Did you read story of her? What was the name of it? 14. Do you know other writers of detective stories? 15. Do you like detective stories? When yes/no why? Listen to and fill in these things about Donna Leon 1. She was born in 1940 1944 1942 2. She was born in Italy Jersey, USA New York, USA 3. She lived and taught in Switzerland, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia. Switzerland, Japan, Iran, Saudi Arabia. Switzerland, Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia. 4. Today she lives in the USA Venice Rom 5. She is teacher professor of languages professor of literature 6. Her detective is called Chiaccomo Brunetti Commissario Guido Brunetti Chian Brunetti 7. He loves Italian girls and has lot of friends. Italian cities and Italian food. having lot of friends and Italian food. 8. Donna Leons novels are fantastic realistic not true 9. Her novels are writen in lot of languages but not in Italian lot of languages and also in Italian. Italian