Checkpoint lesson 3

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Today

Some spelling tips

Article reading

Article writing and stucture

Aim

Todays lesson will be successful if:

1 You can spot spelling mistakes

2 You know how to structure a paragraph

3 You know how to stucture an article

Homework check in

Swap your homework with a partner

Give them feedback and remember to use:

1 the w's  - who, what, when, where, why, how

2 the big 5  - somebody, wanted, but, so, then

Please upload your summary here

Which words are spelled wrong?

1 I like to bild sandcastles at the beach

2 My brother made a promis not to annoy me again.

3 It was an oddinary day until the sky turned black.

4 I was tirsty after running to the car

5 It was there dog

6 I love my live

7 Go away over their

Which words are spelled wrong?

1 I like to build sandcastles at the beach

2 My brother made a promise not to annoy me again.

3 It was an ordinary day until the sky turned black.

4 I was thirsty after running to the car

5 It was their dog

6 I love my life

7 Go away over there

Spelling

• hare
• meet
• piece
• night
• read
• waste
• peek

Assignment

Choose one topic from the ideas (next slide)

Write a paragraph about it

Pay attention to spelling, punctuation and sentence structure

What would you most like to write about (must be factual - based on facts)

          The hamburger model (pg 26)

• The first sentence of your body paragraph should be the idea that you want to dicuss within that same paragraph --> the topic sentence. 
  
• Use it as a guide in writing your succeeding sentences. 
  
• Avoid drifting away from your topic sentence, stick to the point. Make sure that you write only what needs to be written. 
  
• Avoid cluttering your sentences with unnecessary words and phrases and skip any irrelevant information. 
• The supporting sentences provide examples and/or evidence and provide specific information. 
• The conclusion sentence reinforces the claim made in the topic sentence.
  

Sentence structure

The order of words in a sentence

Use the sentence structure to create some sentences of your own - describe the best things in your day yesterday.

Then do the worksheet.

Upload a photo of your paragraph here

What

is an article?

Assignment

What could be two possible meanings for these headlines - write them down

1 Passengers Hit by Cancelled Train

2 Angry Bull Injures Farmer with Gun

3 Iraqi Head Seeks Arms 

4 Suspect Gets Nine Months in Violin Case

The assignment

3 paragraphs

Check spelling, grammar, punctuation, word order

Which fun things would you include in your article?

Use the writing guide on teams

Use the worksheets in the reference book to help you

Next week

Introduction paragraph

Who am I writing for?

What am I graded on?

Practise test