2H3 - Introduction Berlin Express

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome, 2H3!

Today you'll start reading the book 'Berlin Express' by Michael Austen. This LessonUp will tell you what to do this lesson, so read carefully and follow the instructions!

Before you start reading the book, first answer some questions in the next slides!

Answer honestly (although I of course won't be able to check ;) ) and answer in English!

What is an InterRail Pass and what can you do with it?

Have you ever travelled to a different country by train? What country, and how did you like it?

Have you ever been to Berlin? How did you like it?

Would you ever travel by yourself (when you are older)? Where you go go, and what would be your reasons?

Berlin Express

Berlin Express is about Hiro, who goes on holiday to Berlin by train by himself! By mistake he exchange phones with someone on the train, and they read read each other's text messages. Hiro believes that the man's messages show that he is going to Berlin to kill someone. Hiro's first day in the city is a race against time as he tries to warn people of an assassination plot. But is the plot real or does it exist only in Hiro's imagination? Let's find out!

Assignment 1 

Read Chapter 1 "The past and the future". 

Then answer the question on the next slide. Be as specific as possible!

(You can also listen to the chapter by clicking > here <). 

Why is Hiro on a train to Berlin by himself?

Assignment 2

Read Chapter Two "A meeting with a shark".

Then answer the question on the next slide. Be as specific as possible!

(You can also listen to the chapter by clicking > here <). 

Why does Hiro describe the man he meets as a 'shark'?

Describe in your own words what Hiro reads in the text message on the Shark's phone. What do you think it means?

Assignment 3

Read Chapter 3 "An amusing mistake"

Then answer the question on the next slide. Be as specific as possible!

(You can also listen to the chapter by clicking > here <). 

What is the 'amusing mistake' that the title refers to?

What does the Shark mean when he says 'Since we know each other's great secrets..." What is he referring to?

Assignment 4

Read Chapter 4 "A helping hand"

Then answer the question on the next slide. Be as specific as possible!

(You can also listen to the chapter by clicking > here <). 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VleAJYHeAxk&list=PLHVzjH1XE58t0_f-ylJIvcPGCUVE9QIBK&index=4

What do you think, did the Shark try to kill Hiro or did he imagine it?

Make a prediction: What do you think will happen next in the story? Write around 50 words!