V4B 21-2-2025 45 min 1e en 2e les

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Welcome! You need: reader, pen, notebook, laptop

Lesson goals

- You will have learned more about WWI

- You will have refreshed your knowledge about parts of speech

- You will have practised writing to prepare for the test

Today's 2 lessons

1. - Typical features of WWI (20-25 mins)
2. - Prepare for writing assignment: parts of speech (10 mins)
3. - How to write vividly (5 mins)
4. - Writing assignment (20-30 mins)
5. - Check each other's work (5-10 mins)
6. - Round off together

(If time: check homework)

Watching a video about life in a trench (3:14 mins)

What typical features of WWI do you see & hear?

www.history.com

Typical features of WWI (combine with what you remember from previous lessons):

Trench warfare

Barbed wire

No man's land

Horses: not only used in combat, but also for moving guns and supplies,  and pulling ambulances. It is estimated that 484,000 British horses were killed during the 

Great War. 

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During the First World War horses were invaluable; they were used by cavalry regiments in battle, moved guns and supplies to the front and even pulled ambulances.

They also faced a high death rate. Over the course of the war, Britain lost over 484,000 horses; one horse for every two men.

New, advanced & mass-produced weaponry that could cause mass destruction:

- Machine guns

- High explosive shells

- Poison gas  (> gas mask)

First use of tanks / armoured vehicles (Battle of the Somme, 1916)

Use of airplanes, zeppelins, submarines                                2/4

Mustard gas: eyes, nose, skin, breathing, intestines (nausea, vomiting)

New high explosive shells, that could be fired farther and at a higher rate of fire

Shell shock (combat stress disorder - panic, sleeplessness, psychiatric disorders, etc), 

Fear, boredom, fatigue

Trench foot

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It was discovered that a key preventive measure was regular foot inspections. 

Soldiers were paired and made responsible for the feet of the other. As a team, they were more likely to actually remove their boots and socks, check for any damage, and to begin treatment at an earlier stage.

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Imagine...

.....You are a soldier, living in the trenches

- Think of the experiences / situations /

   activities you learned about

- What kind of feelings could you experience during a day?

A soldier's feelings:

Parts of speech: find examples

1. Adjectives
2. Adverbs
3. Verbs:   

        a - Simple present
        b - Simple past
        c - Present perfect
        d - Future present (schedules - plans - belief/promise)

Adjectives

Adverbs

Present Simple (verb): we...

Past Simple (verb): we...

Present perfect (verb): we...

Future present: we...
(schedules - plans - belief/promise)

Parts of speech: find examples

1. Adjectives:  small, green, sad, beautiful
2. Adverbs: terribly, quickly, slowly, fast
3. Verbs: 

        - Simple present: I go (to school every day)
        - Simple past: I went (to school yesterday)
        - Present perfect: I have written (this letter a minute ago)
        - Future present (schedules - plans - belief/promise)

Parts of speech: find examples

3. Verbs: 
        - Future present 

           - schedules: English class is at 3 o'clock 

           - plans (1): We are going to visit the theatre

           - plans (2): We are visiting the theatre this evening

           - beliefs/promises: We will get out of here alive

Remember the letters?

- A couple of weeks ago, we listened to 3 letters

- Think of a style characteristic of each letter

- Letters written by 1. Quirine, 2. Mohamed, 3. Tim

Style characteristics:
1. Quirine, 2. Mohamed, 3. Tim

1. Allusion to the senses (sound, sight)     Q

2. Description of actions    M

3. Conversational, dialogue     T

These are ways to make your writing more vivid!

First lesson after the holiday (3 March):

Creative writing test (3x)

Topic: WWI

Duration: 35 minutes

Words: 150-175

Compulsory: past simple, present perfect, future present, adjectives, adverbs

Writing assignment: 30 minutes

- Practise for your writing test after the holiday

- work on your own, in silence

- write on paper, laptop closed

- you can use a dictionary

- you will check each other's work afterwards

- You are a soldier during the  

   Great War

- At the end of the day, on 2 

   February 1917, you write a 

   diary entry of 150-175 words

- Refer to typical features of 

   WW1

Use at least:

2 adjectives

2 adverbs

2x simple present   -----------

2x simple past   ===========

2x present perfect  -  -  -  -  -  -

2x future present  =  =  =  =  =  =

Check your neighbour's work:

- Date?

- WW1 elements?

- Personal story?

- Grammar / vocabulary

Did they use:

2 adjectives

2 adverbs

2x simple present   -----------

2x simple past   ===========

2x present perfect  -  -  -  -  -  -

2x future present  =  =  =  =  =  =

Well done! You....

- have learned more about WWI

- have refreshed your knowledge about parts of speech

- have practised writing to prepare for the test

Homework for today

"Suicide in the Trenches" (Siegfried Sassoon)

We will listen to the poem

& then go through the answers together

What to expect in period 3:

Poetry, creative writing, speaking

- 3 March: creative writing test (3x)

- During this period: writing assignment in class (mandatory)

- Week 13 (testweek): group conversation (15-20 mins, 3x)

- End of period: hand in (completed) poetry reader (mandatory)

What do you need to do?

• Go through the reader and do the tasks (I will tell you  what to do and when). You need to hand everything in.
• Read the poems and analyse them using the glossary
• Decide which poem is your favourite and why
• Take the writing test
• Write a poem using your new acquired knowledge
• Oral exam in groups of 3/4 about all of the above