H4D The Thursday Murder Club (part 1)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Get out your laptop

Put away your phone

Put your bag on the floor

today's plan

1 At the end of this class, you will have practiced with exam texts 

2 At the end of this class, you will have practiced with the vocabulary: list 24 & 25 

1. Which of the following is tested during the final English exam in May?

1. Only reading
2. Reading & Listening
3. Reading & Writing
4. Reading, Listening & Writing

3. How long do you have for the final English exam?

1. 2 hours
2. 2,5 hours
3. 3 hours
4. 3,5 hours

6. On average, how many texts are there on the final exam?

1. 8-10
2. 10-12
3. 12-14
4. 14-16

8. Which of the following sources is most used on the final English exams?

1. The Economist
2. The New York Times
3. The Washington Post
4. The Guardian

10. What type of questions appears least often on final English exams?

1. Open Questions
2. Fill in the gap questions
3. Multiple Choice questions
4. True/False questions

Exam Strategies:

- Leesstrategieën                    - Woordenboeken
- Meerkeuze vragen                - Tekstsoorten
- Wel/niet vragen                      - Vraag-Antwoord Structuur
- Gap-fill vragen                        - Functiewoorden
- Citeer vragen                           - Signaalwoorden
- Open vragen 

"Vorm" van de vraag:

Open questions
(citation questions)

Multiple choice questions
(gap-fill questions)

True/False questions

"Doel" van de vraag:

1. Main idea of the paragraph
2. Finding specific information
3. Function or tone of a text
    or paragraph
4. Gap-fill (bit of everything / 

   signal words / dictionary 

   questions)

exam texts 

Which reading strategies can you use to tackle an exam text?

Exam texts 

SO December 15: will be 2 longer/difficutl exam texts VMBO TL 

PTO 2 test: combination of writing an email or letter + a few exam texts (vmbo tl & havo texts)

Today: practice with text 3 together, then continue practicing with text 4-5-6. You are allowed to use a dictionary (EN-NL). 

vocabulary practice 

Translate to Dutch:
to blame

Translate to Dutch:
accidentally

Translate to Dutch:
pedestrian

I advise you to be.................when riding a horse.

1. careful
2. cautious
3. careless
4. accidentally

He intervened in order................an escalation of the argument.

1. to appear
2. to blame
3. to prevent
4. to disappear

Write a sentence

• Use eight or more words;
• Mind spelling and punctuation.
  

Make a sentence using:
careless - pedestrian

lane - to overtake

Get out your laptop

Put away your phone

Put your bag on the floor

today's plan

1 At the end of this class, you will understand what happens in the first part of The Thursday Murder Club 

2 At the end of this class, you will have practiced with the vocabulary: list 24 & 25 

Discussion questions 

- Can you describe the setting?

- What is the tone?

- Who are the Thursday Murder Club and how would you describe each character? 

- How would you describe Ian Ventam, who is he?

- Who is the narrator of the book? Which perspective?

- What incites the first real event in the book? 

Continue reading 

vocabulary practice 

Translate to Dutch:
to blame

Translate to Dutch:
accidentally

Translate to Dutch:
pedestrian

I advise you to be.................when riding a horse.

1. careful
2. cautious
3. careless
4. accidentally

He intervened in order................an escalation of the argument.

1. to appear
2. to blame
3. to prevent
4. to disappear

Translate to Dutch:
junction

Translate to Dutch:
vulnerable

Translate to Dutch:
commuter

I can feel the...............to perform well on my next test.

1. vulnerable
2. pressure
3. vacant
4. departure

Due to unforeseen circumstances, boat did not deliver the ...................on time

1. vacant
2. cargo
3. platform
4. subway

We need to catch.......................on time otherwise my grandmother will be angry!

1. the carriage
2. vacant
3. queue
4. the underground/tube

Write a sentence

• Use eight or more words;
• Mind spelling and punctuation.
  

Make a sentence using:
careless - pedestrian

lane - to overtake

Make a sentence using:
to check - fine

to commute - subway

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