Lesson 4

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome to English class!

Today

Today we are going to...

- repeat the vocabulary.

- practise your reading, writing and speaking skills.

Lesson goals

At the end of this class...

- you know the vocabulary of 'All about animals'.

- you can use reading strategies to read more efficiently.

- you can talk about a what-if-scenario.

- you can write about an animal that scares you.

What do you remember?

Vocabulary check

Blooket - All about animals

Skimming and scanning

What is skimming?

What is scanning?

Let's practise!

Go to page 10 and do exercise 7 on your own. Use the information on the previous slide to help you.

Skimming

• We are going to practise skimming a text.
• Do exercise 8a on your own.
• Let's talk about it: exercise 8b

Scanning

• Now we are going to practise scanning.
• Do exercise 9a on your own.

Let's talk!

Text 5 was about a wild elephant in town which made a huge impression on the people who live there.

Look at the news article. This was one month ago.

What would you do if you come across a lion in your hometown?

Talk about it in pairs.

What animal scares you the most and why?

Why do I think snakes are scary?

- They look creepy.

- They sometimes are extremely venomous.

- They eat live prey without chewing it into pieces.

- They can squeeze their body around you and choke you.

- They are really fast.

- They have a scary tongue.

Homework

Go to Classroom and use this code 7rem4wv to find your homework.

What animal scares you the most and why?

A/an ……………….. scares me the most because …………….

What would you do if you come across this animal?

I would ……………………

Review the lesson

So, what have we learned today?

1. When do you skim a text?

2. When do you scan a text?

3. You can talk about a what-if-scenario.

Homework & next lesson

Homework:

Study the vocabulary on page 72 of your Sterk book.

Next lesson:

Learn about personal pronouns, the verb to be and to have.