H4A/C/D - week 6 - food for thought nature vs nurture

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Today's objectives 

Lesson 1 :

• Reviewing vocabulary Unit 3.1
  
• Reading for Organisation (skimming) & Detailed Information (scanning)
  

Lesson 2:

• Listening to a documentary about teen violence
  
• Using new vocabulary
  
• Reading your novel
  

Reading

TB - 3.2 - Independent living - a taste of real life - p. 40

WB - 3.2 - p. 62

• ex. 10 - reading for organisation
  
• ex. 11 A & B - reading for detailed information
  

Listening

WB 3.2 - ex. 12 - p. 63

Radio documentary about teen violence

Vocabulary

WB 3.2 - ex. 13 & 14 - p. 64

 Novels

 Choose two titles from the following novels (period 1 planner):

1. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
   
2. Twelve years a slave
   
3. Copper Sun
   
4. Black Boy
   
5. The Colour Purple
   
6. To kill a Mocking Bird
   
7. Go set a Watchman
   
8. The Secret Life of Bees
   
9. The Help
   
10. Lies we tell ourselves
    
11. Noughts and crosses
    

Essay writing

• Structure - intro/3 paragraphs/conclusion (= 5 paragraphs)
  
• General topic (controversial) / short stories
  
• Formal language
  
• Avoid personal pronouns
  
• Use linking words (also, moreover, even though, nonetheless etc.)
  
• Use an general example ending in your topic statement (=thesis)
  

Preparing your Essay

• Make a list of the elements in your novels (characters/plot/setting)
  
• Examples Discrimination (what happens in the novel)
  
• Examples of Slavery (what happens in the novel)
  
• Examples of influences on the main character
  
• Development of the main character
  
• Examples of oppression
  

Assignment

Start writing down information on your novel:

discrimination, slavery, position of women, the law, seggregation of black and white, children during slavery etc.

Give examples of one of the above theme

Describe how these examples deal with your theme

Example

Twelve Years a Slave - discrimination

General intro:

Solomon is a free man, caught & sold as slave

Solomon works on different plantations & witnesses cruelties

Discrimination of race/women vs men/black children - Law during the time of Slavery favoured discrimination

Describe examples of each type of discrimination in the novel & the law at that time

Grammar exercise Gerund 

Ex. 15

WB - p. 65

Gerund

Vorm

Werkwoord + -ing, zonder een vorm van to be; wordt als zelfstandig naamwoord gebruikt.

Gebruik

1 Na voorzetsels als about, without, to, from, for, on, of.  Example: My parents are talking about moving to another town.

2 Na bepaalde werkwoorden, zoals hate, like, stop, prefer, enjoy, avoid, remember, refuse, to mind, keep, spend.

Example: I hate working late!  

3 Als onderwerp. Example: Following his advice could get you into trouble.

4 Na enkele woorden en uitdrukkingen, zoals feel like, it’s no use, it’s worth, there’s no, be busy, can’t help.

Example:  Do you feel like going out on Friday?

Gerund

Let op!

Na de werkwoorden to stop, to remember en to forget kun je zowel de gerund als de infinitief gebruiken. Maar er is een verschil in betekenis

Ik stopte met roken. I stopped smoking.

Ik stopte om te roken. I stopped to smoke.

Ik herinner me nog dat ik m’n eerste fiets kocht. I remember buying my first bike.

Denk eraan een fiets te kopen. Remember to buy a bike.

Essay writing

• Structure - intro/3 paragraphs/conclusion (= 5 paragraphs)
  
• General topic (controversial) / short stories
  
• Formal language
  
• Avoid personal pronouns
  
• Use linking words (also, moreover, even though, nonetheless etc.)
  
• Use an general example ending in your topic statement (=thesis)
  

Preparing your Essay

• Make a list of the elements in your novels (characters/plot/setting)
  
• Examples Discrimination (what happens in the novel)
  
• Examples of Slavery (what happens in the novel)
  
• Examples of influences on the main character
  
• Development of the main character
  
• Examples of oppression
  

Assignment

Start writing down information on your novel:

discrimination, slavery, position of women, the law, seggregation of black and white, children during slavery etc.

Give examples of one of the above theme

Describe how these examples deal with your theme

Example

Twelve Years a Slave - discrimination

General intro:

Solomon is a free man, caught & sold as slave

Solomon works on different plantations & witnesses cruelties

Discrimination of race/women vs men/black children - Law during the time of Slavery favoured discrimination

Describe examples of each type of discrimination in the novel & the law at that time