Speaking - Heroes

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3,4

Lesdoelen

Lesdoel 1: De leerling kent de 3 soorten helden, A famous hero, a fictional hero and a personal hero.

Lesdoel 2: De leerling weet hoe hij vragen kan voorbereiden en vervolgens deze vragen aan zijn buurman/buurvrouw kan stellen en een gesprekje erover houden.

Lesdoel 3: De leerling kan beschrijven wat hij/zei voor held zou willen zijn.

It may be said that there are three kinds of heroes: famous heroes, fictional heroes and personal heroes.

 A famous hero is someone that a lot of people

know such as a sports person, a musical artist

or a (political) leader.

A fictional hero is someone from a movie, a cartoon 

or a fictional place, such as Thor, Batman or Harry Potter

A personal hero is someone that you personally

know, such as a friend, a family member,

a trainer or a teacher.

First, individually, think about who your heroes are. Who do you admire? Take a moment to think about that and enter at least one hero of yours

Take a few minutes to prepare your questions and reactions. Write down five questions you want to ask your classmate. Use
interrogative pronouns:

‘why’, ‘what’, ‘how’, ‘when’, ‘which’, ‘where’.

You want to know:

1.   the reason why your classmate picked this person;
2.  more about this person;
3.  when your classmate started admiring/bewonder them;
4.  if your classmate wants to follow in his or her footsteps;
5.  if the answer is ‘yes’ how your classmate will do that / if the answer is ‘no’ why this is not an option.

Type in one of the questions you are going to ask in English

Now take turns in asking and answering the questions in pairs.

You may have different ideas of what a hero is. First, individually,
think about this. Then, complete the sentences, using four different
characteristics (kenmerken) and think of examples.

 A hero is:
- somebody who...
- somebody who...
- somebody who...
- somebody who...

Now, work with a classmate. In turns, read one of your sentences and explain what you mean in more detail by giving one example. After every turn, your classmate will ask you a question.

Person A - A hero is somebody who ...  and give example!

Person B - Ask a question about what they said!

Person B - A hero is somebody who

Person A - Ask a question about what they said!

...etc.

Write down 'one' characteristic/kenmerk of a hero. Start your sentence, 'a hero is somebody ... '

We will be discussing superheroes, real and imaginary!

- Take a moment to think about your answer to these questions.

Think of a superhero like Superman or Thor. Describe them.

What may children learn from these superheroes?

If you could be a superhero, what superpowers would you have?

What would you do with them?

Now discuss these questions in pairs

First, choose one topic from the screen or think of your own and individually, prepare yourself by writing down up to ten keywords for that topic that you can use when you discuss it with a classmate.

 Think of how somebody could make himself useful in the following areas:
- elderly people...
- young children...
- the environment...
- an asylum seekers’ centre...
- your own school...

Now in pairs discuss and compare your answer

Do you like these type of exercises?

What did you like/dislike about it?

What kind of lesson do you want me to give in the future? any ideas?

End of lesson

Lesdoel 1: De leerling kent de 3 soorten helden, A famous hero, a fictional hero and a personal hero.

Lesdoel 2: De leerling weet hoe hij vragen kan voorbereiden en vervolgens vragen aan zijn buurman/buurvrouw,

Lesdoel 3: De leerling kan beschrijven wat hij/zei voor held zou willen zijn.