les vrijdag 02-12-2022

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

Explore the text

- look at the title and subheadings.

- are there any pictures?

- look at the source.

- read the introduction.

babies

Denken

- look at all the pieces, without reading it completely decide which piece goes where.

Delen

- read all the text pieces.

- discuss the right order in groups of two.

uitwisselen

- present your findings to the rest of class.

Text piece a

Text piece b

Text piece c

Text piece d

Text piece e

Text piece f

Text piece g

In Australia, there are 30% - 40% fewer births on Christmas Day than on the most common day of the year.

1. True
2. False
3. It does not say.

In Ireland, there are more births on Boxing Day than Christmas Day.

1. True
2. False
3. It does not say.

In the USA, there are fewer births on Thanksgiving than Independence Day.

1. True
2. False
3. It does not say.

Doctors avoid doing birth operations on national holidays.

1. True
2. False
3. It does not say.

There are fewer births on April 1st than January 1st in Wales.

1. True
2. False
3. It does not say.

Doctors don’t do birth operations on April Fool’s Day in the UK.

1. True
2. False
3. It does not say.

The most common month for a birthday in Australia is February and March.

1. True
2. False
3. It does not say.

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