WR 22.4 From Amish to TikTok

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Welcome to English class

Please take a seat.

Today's lesson

Wasp Reporter

Text 1

From Amish to TikTok 

Have you ever heard of the Amish? Who are they? Where do they live?

Student File page 1

Read the questions of assignment 2.

You'll get the answers in a video.

Make notes.

How many Amish people are there?

30.000

300.000

1.000.000

3.000.000

How many children does an average Amish family have?

1. 3.2 children
2. 5.8 children
3. 8.5 children
4. 7.3 children

What three things are Amish known for?

What language do the Amish speak?

What percentage of teens leaves the Amish community?

1. 50%
2. 5%
3. 35%
4. 3.5%

Those teens are 'shunned'. What does this mean?

Listen and read along

Wasp Reporter vol 22 number 4 page 3

Amish

Assignments

Do assignments 3 and 4.

Eddie Swartzentuber left his Amish community at the age of 17.

1. True
2. False

Nine years after leaving, Swartzentruber is still struggling with life in the modern world.

1. True
2. False

He is now 26 and has found succes in handling the modern world.

Swartzentruber opened his TikTok account with the intention of becoming famous.

1. True
2. False

He wasn't looking for fame.

According to Swartzentruber, love is a significant part of the Amish culture.

1. True
2. False

Love is not part of the Amish lexicon.

The Amish openly discuss puberty and sex education.

1. True
2. False

They do not discuss it at all.

Swartzentruber's family made a living by running a small dairy farm in Harmony's Amish community.

1. True
2. False

By reading the Bible, Swartzentruber understood why the Amish in Harmony lived the way they did.

1. True
2. False

Amish children are taught from an early age that leaving the commu7nity will result in eternal damnation.

1. True
2. False

After leaving the Amish, Swartzentruber went to Florida to look for a job.

1. True
2. False

He went on a cross-country furniture run to California.

Some aspects of being Amish gave Swartzentruber problems in the modern world.

1. True
2. False

He went on a cross-country furniture run to California.

Whenever Swartzentruber returns to his Amish community his mother is always loving and welcoming.

1. True
2. False

His relations with his mum are up and down. She feels like she failed him.

Assignment 5 and 6

Finish working on this in class or at home.

Also: put the words from the glossary in StudyGo!

A full list with all words from 4 texts will appear in StudyGo later.

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