Unit 2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Objectives 

After this lesson, I can use vocabulary in a context that has to do with 'thinking' verbs and school subjects. 

After this lesson, I can write a short opinion piece about a certain way of teaching. 

Drama

Science/Chemistry

art

maths

physics

music

ICT

PE

biology

history

geography

Do you know any verbs to describe how you think about the past?

Do you know any verbs to describe how you think about the future?

‘thinking’ verbs?

Pair work 

Find out the meaning of the following verbs. 

The only dictionary that is allowed is this one

Work 

Page 21 in WB

ex. 1: correct order

ex. 2: photo + subject

ex. 3: word search

ex. 4 gap text 

ex. 5

5 minute research 

Find out who Gever Tulley is and what he is known for

Gever Tulley is an American writer, computer scientist and

founder of the Tinkering School. He is the author of 50

Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do) and he

believes that children should not be over-protected as this

harms their ability to learn and think.

The Tinkering School is an example of alternative schooling.

Another example of this is the Steiner school system, which

emphasizes independence and allows students to choose

activities from a group of options. Classrooms are mixed-age

and children learn through discovery rather than through

direct instruction. There is also freedom of movement in the

classroom. Another example of alternative education is the

Sudbury Schools, which are run democratically and where

students and staff are equals. There are weekly meetings to

decide on school rules, use of budget, hiring and firing of staff

, etc. Each individual has an equal vote.

Read & Listen

What is the writing doing in this text?

1. Describing a summer school he started in 2005.
2. Explaining how to send a child to Tinkering.
3. Talking about the US school system.
4. Talking about G. Tulley's programmes for kids.

What does the text say about safety at the school?

1. The school is too dangerous for kids.
2. No child has ever had an accident.
3. Children have never hurt temselves badly.
4. The school doesn't give information about that.

What reactions to Brightworks have there been in the media?

1. They have compared it to Tinkering School.
2. Most of them have been positive.
3. There hasn't been any reaction.
4. Most of them have been negative.

What effect has the school had on Tina Cooper?

1. It has changed her opinion about school.
2. It has given her exciting and boring times.
3. It has made her more interested in San Francisco.
4. It has encouraged her to ask more questions.

Objectives 

After this lesson, I can find the present perfect in a sentence and am able to use this with the signal words since and for. 

Find the P.P. in this text 

So, how do you form the present perfect?

In what kind of situations do we use the present perfect?

Present Perfect 

We can use the present perfect to talk about something that began in the past and continues to be true in the present.

• We’ve lived here for ten years (= and we still live here.)

We use the present perfect to connect the past
and ‘now’ (at the time of speaking). 

• I haven’t seen you this week. 
• Where have you been? 

Complete the sentences below with for and since. 

Children have made fantastic things _____________________ the school started. 

Tinkering School has been around _______________ many years now. 

since

for

Since and for 

We talk about the time between when something

started and now with for or since.
 

We use the word for when we mention a period of time from the past until now. 

• for half an hour  
• for three months 
• for ages

We use the word since when we mention a point

in time in the past.

• since six o’clock 
• since 2012 
• since last weekend

What have you learned so far this week?

objectives

At the end of this lesson, I know when I have to use an article or no article and which one I need. 

a / an

• Everybody has a brain.
  
• Harry is a good student.
  
• Can I have an apple?
  
• I’ve got a Maths exam tomorrow.
  
• We’ve got an exam next week.

a/an

We use a or an with singular countable nouns:

• when the listener/reader doesn’t know exactly which thing we are talking about.
  
• when we talk about something for the first time in a  conversation.

You can have an apple or a banana.

Look! There’s a horse in the garden.

a/an

We use a for nouns that start with a consonant

We use an for nouns that start with a vowel

… European, … University

•  Jeuropean , Juniversity
  

… M&M, … Hour

• Em & Em, our
  
• So it’s not which letter you see, but what you hear!
  

The

The bus is always late.

I thought the History test was easy.

Can I have the last apple?

Yesterday I went to the park.

You need to study before the History exam on Friday.

The

We use the before a noun when it is clear which thing(s) or person/ people we are talking about.

The apples in this pie are from our garden.

A: Look! There’s a horse in the garden.

B: Oh yes! The horse is eating our apples.

I really enjoy school, but I don’t enjoy exams. Every year we have exams at the end of term. This week, I’ve got __ Science exam and next week I’ve got __ art exhibition and __ Maths exam. ___ Science exam will be easy, but ___ Maths exam will be difficult because I’m not good at Maths. I’m looking forward to next month when I can relax and have __ good time with my friends!

a

a

a

an

the

the

No article

We use no article before plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns when we are talking about things in general.

Bananas are sweeter than apples. 

Chocolate isn’t good for you.

GET IT RIGHT!

Is there the university in your town?

• the = a  (We don’t know the university.)
  

I like the Maths
, but I don’t like the English.

• the = -  (We’re talking about Maths and English in general.)

 I’ve got the idea. Let’s do our homework

• the = an (We don’t know what the idea is.)

I had great time at Drama club.

• - = a (We use an article in some fixed expressions, e.g to have a great time, to have a terrible time etc.)

1 ____ adult brain weighs nearly 1.5kg.
2 Mandarin and Arabic are ___ hardest languages to learn.
3 Mathematical symbols were invented in ___ 16th century. Before this, they were written in words.
4 Yawning is the body’s way of cooling down ___ overheated brain.
5 Children who learn two languages before the age of five have ___ different brain structure to children who learn only one language.
6 Only 50.2% of ___ people in the UK who take their driving test pass.

homework 

6 till get it right 

Wb page 19 

2nd reading log :)