VWO 4 Unit 2 lesson 1 Reading

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• Leerjaar 4

VWO 4 -  Unit 2 - Lesson 1

Goals:

• Understand the main theme and arguments in straightforward texts. 
• Improve your vocabulary.

Do you like to read comic books?

Yes!

I have never read a comic book.

No!

Maybe

Reading assignment

Go to page 70

Read §1 and fill in the missing word:
It is a ... that comic books are just for kids .

Vocabulary §2 - Sleep de vertaling naar het juiste woord

far-fetched

subject matter

slug

realms

riveting

to digest

to run wild 

vergezocht

onderwerp

slak

boeiend

verteren

op hol slaan

koninkrijken / werelden

§

Read §2

WEL

NIET

1. Comics are full of fantasy and different styles of drawing. 

2. Comics can help you understand difficult topics better. 

3. Comic can dull (saai) subjects seem more fascinating.  

4. Comics deal with only specific subjects. 

5. Comics will certainly make you laugh.

§2: What makes comics fun to read ?

1

2

3

4

5

§

Read §3

Comics were first                              for adult readers. 

Young readers are naturally                           to comics. 

Comics can be used to tell stories of any                         , in any style and for any audience. 

Generally speaking comics were used to                            cultural and historical events.                                                                                                                           

Read paragraph 3 and fill in the missing words. 

depict

content

intended

drawn

Vocabulary §4 - Sleep de vertaling naar het juiste woord

gutter

spatial

speech bubble

invoke

engage

inference

literacy

goot

ruimtelijk

tekstballon

oproepen

het afleiden van iets uit iets anders

geletterdheid

betrokken zijn / raken

§4: How do comics provoke deep thinking?

1. The reader automatically starts thinking in metaphors and symbols.
2. The reader gets a lot of textual information that needs to be processed.
3. The reader has to imagine what the text in the panels are about.
4. The reader has to make sense of the mixed input from the text and drawings.

§5: Which current social issue is mentioned as an example in this paragraph?
Quote the twowords from the text.

Vocabulary §6- §9: Sleep de vertaling naar het juiste woord

inherent to 

expand

traction

gain

immerse

manual

display

eigen aan

uitbreiden

grip

krijgen

handleiding

tonen, weergeven

onderdompelen

§6 + §7: Welke 3 voordelen heeft het lezen van stripverhalens t.o.v. geschreven tekst? Beantwoord in Nederlands.

§9: What function does the final paragraph have?

1. giving an example
2. giving a recommendation (aanbeveling)
3. giving a solution
4. summing up

That's all folks!

Continue with: 

Excercises 11+12 online (or in your book in case your laptop died)