18/11 Sinterklaas

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Welcome!

Today's lesson

Six to eight black men by David Sedaris

Grammar: past simple

16 december

Kennis toets: vocabulary + grammar

Vocabulary: WaspReporter Studentfile = texts in "studiewijzer"

Grammar: Grammar Booklet 2

David Sedaris: Six to Eight Black Men

American perspective on Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet

David Sedaris: Six to Eight Black Men

1. What does truly interest him about an American city he doesn't know?

2. What does he ask when he is in Europe?

3. What are the differences between the American Santa and the Dutch Saint Nicolas? What are the things that are surprising (insulting) about St. Nicolas to him.

4. Why do you think the topic of Zwarte Piet is more sensitive in the US?

Today's Lesson

After this lesson, you...

... understand what is expected of you in period 2.

... understand the past simple.

... can use the past simple in sentences.

... can write about the past using the past simple.

Past simple

Wanneer gebruik je de Past Simple?

Hoe maak je de Past Simple?

Uitzonderingen

Onregelmatige werkwoorden: 2e rijtje

Dit moet je uit je hoofd leren!

De vragende en ontkennende vorm van de Past Simple

Let op!

Let op!

Grammar practise

1) I (not/drink) any coffee this morning.

2) She (get on) the bus in the centre of the city.

3) What time (he/get up) yesterday?

4) Where (you/get off) the train?

5) I (not/change) trains at Victoria.

6) We (wake up) very late.

7) What (he/give) his mother for Christmas?

8) We (not/use) the computer last night.

9) She (read) the newspaper yesterday.

10) I (not/watch) TV.

11) He (not/study) for the exam.

12) (he/call) you

13) (I/forget) something?

14) What time (the film/start)?

Put your answers here

More grammar practise

Past simple exercises grammar booklet

Four in a row

Team up with a classmate and do exercise 33

Finished!

Well done, you have finished today's lesson.

Today you have... 

... practised listening.

... learned about the American perspective on St. Nicholas.

... practised the past simple.

See you next lesson!