Teacher’s guide
I have recently finished reading “Aleph” by Paulo Coelho. I found this book interesting and decided to share with my students for our home reading lesson.  We read the book chapter by chapter and here I am going to post the accompanying materials that I used with the book. I used the Harper Collins publishers copy printed in India. So, all page references are from that copy. The first worksheet of the lesson always deals with new words. So, it’s better to assign it as home task along with reading pages.

Scheme of work:

Introduction
“Aleph”
The Aleph is an encounter with our fears and our shortcomings – a search for love and forgiveness, and the courage to confront the inevitable challenges of life. Each end gives us the opportunity for a rebirth. Aleph marks a return to Paulo Coelho’s beginnings. Facing a grave crisis of faith, and seeking a path of spiritual renewal and growth, Paulo decides to start over: to travel, to experiment, and to reconnect with people and the world. On his journey through Europe, Africa, and Asia, he will again meet Hilal – the woman he loved 500 years before – and this encounter will initiate a mystical voyage through time and space, through past and present, in search of an opportunity to rewrite his own destiny.
About the author
Paulo Coelho was born in Brazil and has become one of the most widely read and loved authors in the world. Especially renowned for The Alchemist and Eleven Minutes, he has sold more than 130 million books worldwide, has been translated into 72 languages and has been published in 150 countries. The recipient of numerous prestigious awards, amongst them the Crystal Aard by the World Economic Forum and France’s Legion d’Honneur,Paulo Coelho was inducted into Brazilian Academy of Letters in 2002. In 2007, he was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace.

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