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There are a lot of benefits why we use literature in the classroom as what Lazar described. Besides interesting, literature also has function in developing students’ ability in mastering language; enlarge their knowledge and also interacting within their social life. Brumfit says that reading is the most autonomous ability in language work, and literary work is one to the most suitable materials to enhance the students’ reading skill Brumfit 105. It doesn’t mean that the students have to deal with the whole pages of Paradise. Since Paradise consist of several chapters and each chapter has its own purpose, the students just have to read part of the novel that is Seneca page 83-87 and Seneca page 115-117. The class activity will be design in a form of group work. This activity using Paradise as the material is implemented in Intensive Reading II class for students of English Education Study Program. Since the students are not familiar with this novel and as the writer told before that this novel does not belong to the novel for enjoyment, glossary is provided to help students with difficult words. An exercise for enriching students’ vocabulary is also provided. The teacher divides the class into two groups. Each group gets different texts. To build their prior knowledge, the teacher asks the students to discuss the pre-reading questions. Then, ask them to read the passage using the reading strategy of previewing, skimming, scanning, and identifying the main ideas. After they finish reading the passage, ask them to share their information they get. There are some procedures that should be taken by teacher to conduct this teaching activity. There procedures are intended to make the activity interesting and enjoyable for the students. They are as follows: 1. The teacher chooses two certain parts of the novel as the reading materials. 2. The teacher makes some copies two parts of the novel and distributes them to the students. 3. The teacher asks the students to discuss the pre-reading questions orally with their friends. 4. The teacher discusses the pre-reading questions by asking the students. 5. The teacher divides the students into groups of two. 6. The teacher asks the students to read the materials given and gives them certain time to finish the reading. 7. The teacher asks the student to answer the comprehensive questions and asks the students to choose their representative to retell the story they have read. 8. Each group answers the post-reading questions. In appendix 6, this study provides the lesson plan of the implementation of Paradise in teaching reading.