Week 2 2v Unit 1b and Canterbury Tales intro

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Plan for today

- Introduction

- Organisational things

-Read a book

- Canterbury Tales

- Unit 1B: present simple and continuous

Welcome

Did you enjoy English? (we' re not talking results or being good or bad at it)

Are you feeling confident about this year?

planning year

1	canterbury tales, vocab 1+2 + grammar 1+2+present perfect + irregular verbs
2	vocab 3+5, TEST WEEK grammar 1-3+5 +vocab 1-3+5+ irregular verbs, listening
3	vocab 4+6 + grammar 4+6+ canterbury tales project
4	vocab8+10+ grammar 8+10+ all tenses+ irr verbs, book project

planning term

week 27-9	canterbury tales so
week 11-10	test grammar vocab 1+2

At any time during class

... finished? 

- Go to Classroom for the Quizlets

- Read a book

Canterbury Tales

A bit about Chaucer....

1343 - 1400 (estimate)

Middle class --- > education

Page in a royal household/ court official

Wrote in English

Frame-Tale --- >  24 stories

Breaking the system

Canterbury --- > Thomas Becket (1170) (Salisbury vs Canterbury)

https:

Read individually

The Prologue

Go to Classroom

Find "Canterbury Tales"

You may listen to the audio file (if it is there)

Write a short summary of the General Prologue

A bit of grammar :) p.6 and 7

- Make ex. 3

- find and example of a present simple and a present continuous

- explain the rule using your example

Unit 1B p6-7

Make ex. 4 and 5

Need more practice? Go to Oxford Online, choose "unit 1  grammar: around the world"