Wasp 18.4 - Teachers with guns

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Which statement do you agree with most?

1. Good idea, they need to be able to defend themselves.
2. Guns are not the problem, but crazy and out of control people are.
3. Better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it.

Today

1. Listen and read the text
2. Collocations - ass. 61
3. Linking words - ass. 62
4. Writing: writing a short, argumentative response (hand in via Teams > opdrachten)

Teachers with guns

Listen to the text (and / or read along)

Collocations - ass. 61

Two or more words that often go together and just "sound right" to a native English speaker.

For example: 

"the grim realities" > adjective + noun

"school shooting" > noun + noun

"take a life" > verb + noun

"often unrelated" > adverb + adjective

"shared on social media" > verb + expression with preposition

We need to ... a deal for this project.

1. make
2. strike
3. close

The fall in retail sales is directly ..... with the decline in employment.

I feel very .... to be part of the team.

reason

contrast

sequence

emphasis

result

example

comparison

addition

furthermore

importantly

while

similarly

consequently

next

for instance

because

Writing

A. Would you feel safe if teachers carried firearms at your school? Why (not)?

B. If civilians carry firearms, do you think those should be 'open-carry' or concealed? Explain your answer.

Write a short, argumentative response to either A or B.

Make sure you refer to the text (in a quotation or paraphrase) at least once. Use at least 200 words.

Hand in via Teams.

Have a nice day!