Animal lesson

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo g, t, mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Welcome 1TH1

Theme: Out and About
Animals

Lesson goals

- I can find most the most important information in short texts about animals

- I can create an informative or creative title for short reading texts

- I can work together with a classmate

Today

Song Blackbird

Reading / Writing

Presentations

Did you like the song?

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What is the meaning of this song in your own words?

Reading & Writing

Who?

Where?

What?

Informative Title:

[Who] [Where] [What]

Who is the text about?

1. Magpie (ekster)
2. Blackbird (merel)
3. Pidgeon (duif)
4. Seagull (meeuw)

Where was the Research done?

1. Oxford University, London
2. Princeton University, USA
3. University of Toronto, Canada
4. University of Sunshine Coast, Australia

What did the magpies do? What happened? Magpies in Australia ...

1. Help Scientists for Rewards
2. Take of Tracking Devices
3. Move in a Strange way
4. Are Smarter than other Birds

Now create an informative title using who/where/what

+ Creative Title Writing +

Brainy Birds / Marvelous Magpies (Alliteration)

Are Magpies outsmarting us? (Question to raise interest)

- Relevant

- Brief

Find your partner

You either have a text or a picture. 

Find the picture that goes with the text or the text that goes with the picture. 

Together

Read the text

Try to answer these questions

- Who?

- Where?

- What?

Think of a fitting title for the reading text

Add a title

Find your partner 

You either have a text or a picture. 

Find the picture that goes with the text or the text that goes with the picture. 

Together

Read the text

Try to answer these questions

- Who?

- Where?

- What?

Think of a fitting title for the reading text

Add a title

Presentations

Sophie 

Casper

Others: stencil

I can find who/where/what in small texts about animals.

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I can create a fitting title for a small text.

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I can work together with a classmate.

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Homework

Presentations:  Arjan & Lara

Learn: Vocabulary A, B and C + Stones D