Nov 22 - 3V - P2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

To do:

• Insight, notebook and pens on the table
• Air pods/head phones/etc + phone in the bag

Assignment:

Black Friday.....

Write everything you know about this specific day and your opinion on it (add reasons of course)

Goals

I can share a fact about Black Friday as well give my opinion about it

I know what to expect for the next test

Programme

Checking Answers Insight

Reading practice

Next test: Reading 1

(weging:1)

Testdate: Monday, 16th of December

Similar to the what you did during the formative test

but around 5 (exam) texts.

Prepare: Read a lot of things in English

Reading 1

- Be able to find specific information

- Give the main thought or idea of a text/paragraph

- Explain the tone of a text

- Predict which word fits best in a sentence

- Find information that explains someone ideas or opinion

Checking answers

Unit 3B: 3, 4, 5

Unit 3C: 4

Reading practice

Black Friday 

Pros and Cons?

Reading - Dealing with difficult words

How to deal with this issue?

Difficult words

In general:

- Look at the sentence + the one + the one after > context.

- Look at the text and what kind of text it is.

- Based on where it is, figure out whether it's a noun (zelfs. nw), adverb/adjective (bijwoord/bijvoeg nw), verb (ww), linking word 

Tip: dissect them 

1. Look at parts you might know (Dutch or a different language)

2. Look at suffixes and prefixes

Black Friday text

Based on the title, predict the following:

- What could it be about?

- main idea of the text?

- Tone of the text?

Goal: How can you get a quick overview of this text?

Teamwork

Team member 1: summarize the text in 5 to 10 sentences.

Team member 2: answer the following questions:

- History of Black Friday?

- What is the tone of the article?

Team member 3: Make a list of pros and cons of Black Friday

Team member 4: answer the following question:

- Why isn't Black Friday what it used to be?

Be able to share your answer + where you found it in the article

by citing parts of a sentence: 

"Those emails - wallet" page 1, 3rd paragraph

Done? Help each other!

Done again?

Write down the meaning of the following words:

- snagging a bargain

- tamped down 

- coined 

- a fixture 

- curb

- relished

Do not look them up but try to guess with the strategies what we discussed earlier

Teamwork

Team member 1: summarize the text in 5 to 10 sentences.

Team member 2: answer the following questions:

- History of Black Friday?

- What is the tone of the article?

Team member 3: Make a list of pros and cons of Black Friday

Team member 4: answer the following question:

- Why isn't Black Friday what it used to be?

Be able to share your answer + where you found it in the article

by citing parts of a sentence: 

"Those emails - wallet" page 1, 3rd paragraph

Done? Help each other!

Let's hear some answers!

Homework for Mon. 25th of Nov.

Practice reading 

+

Check out the following books (you're going to choose our book for the next test + cast a vote next class):

1. 1984 (graphic novel) by George Orwell (Fido Esti)

2. American Born Chinese (graphic novel) by Gene Luen Yang

3. Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

4. Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie 

Thank you for paying attention!