2H June 2nd

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2H English

2nd of June, 2020

Today's Lesson

• Welcome back!
• Programme & planning upcoming weeks
• Stepping Stones : Reading
  

Programme and planning

• Stepping Stones: Formative test Theme 5 (present perfect / past simple, word order, vocabulary)
• Time for recap - work on what you find difficult
• In class: grammar explanation, speaking + reading strategies. At home: more practice
• Extra afternoon sessions: tests, tutoring, etc.
  

Stepping Stones: Reading

TB p. 76 ; ABB p. 18

• What is the purpose of a text? How can we see? (the purpose of a commercial flyer is different than the purpose of a newspaper article, for example)
  
• True/false statements about a specific text
  

Name as many possible purposes of a text as you can.

What kind of text is "Candles especially for men"? (18.1)

1. article
2. letter
3. website

18.2: The writer...

1. tells a funny anecdote
2. gives his opinion about candles for men
3. summarises the content of the article

Let's work

• Read the rest of the text
• Do exercise 19
• 10 minutes, individually
• Finished? Exercise 20, Study Vocab A-D

You can buy candles online.

1. True
2. False

Hart's sister came up with the idea of selling candles for men.

1. True
2. False

You can buy the candles in glass jars or in soup cans.

1. True
2. False

Hart and his family donate soup to poor people.

1. True
2. False

Hart invested two hundred dollars of his own money into the business.

1. True
2. False

Hart wanted the business to be successful so he could get a new bike.

1. True
2. False

The best-selling candle is the one that smells like grass.

1. True
2. False

Every now and then people come up with strange scents, like cow manure.

1. True
2. False

Mostly men buy Hart's candles.

1. True
2. False

Hart thinks people should always believe in their own ideas.

1. True
2. False

Exercise 20 KEY

• dom             silly
• doneren    donate
• gek              odd
• grap             joke
• inkomsten    earnings
• kaars           candle
• lijken           seem
• mannelijk    manly
• motiveren    motivate
• ongewoon    unusual

I think the writer's tone was

1. positive
2. neutral
3. negative

What do you think is the purpose of the text? (answer in Dutch)

Next lesson

Stones and grammar (writing and speaking)