SSC English First Paper | Unit Fourteen | Lesson: 1 | Pleasure and purpose | Books

A. Ask and answer these questions in pairs.
1 Do you read any books other than your school textbooks?
2 If yes, what kinds of books do you read? (stories, poems, etc)
3 Now write one or two reasons why you read those books and share with your partner.

B. Read the poem.

Books

What worlds of wonder are our books!
As one opens them and looks,
New ideas and people rise
In our fancies and our eyes.

The room we sit in melts away,
And we find ourselves at play
With some one who, before the end,
May become our chosen friend.

Or we sail along the page
To some other land or age.
Here's our body in the chair,
But our mind is over there.

Each book is a magic box,
Which with a touch a child unlocks.
In between their outside covers
Books hold all things for their lovers.

Eleanor Farjeon

If you want to read the next lesson of this unit please click the link below:
Lesson: 2 | Two Mothers Remembered