4HV Periode 3 The heart of the city

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

4HV Periode 3 week 1

To do:

Aftekenen:
1) Unit 4 opdrachten (in the book! online is extra)
2) Literature file assignment

Beoordeling:
1) Review of a place in the city
2) Unit 4 test

Week 1 (starting today)

We'll start with reading time
Then: Gold Experience: unit 4: reading & grammar

Reading time

First impressions:
mini book club session (group of 3)

Discuss your first impression of the book.
You may want to ask questions like:

Are you happy with your book choice? Why?
What is the writing style of the author like? 
What's the tone of the book?
Do you have an idea of the themes yet?
What's your favourite line(s): share them & explain why?

Discuss these two images:

describe / compare / dream / analyse / ...

Reading time

Gold Experience
Ex. 5 bespreken samen 

Vooruitblik week 2:

> City Walk (donderdag 1/2/3e uur)


> Work on the assignment: review of a place in the city
> Unit 4: vocab & listening 
> Read your book

Unit 4: the heart of the city

Finisg reading & Grammar

Working time

Week 2

City Walk
Review of a place in the city
Read your book
Unit 4: vocab & listening

Reading time

Working time

Write your review of a place in the city (homework next week!)

and/or

Gold Experience Unit 4:
vocab & listening

Week 3

Draft of review
Book club session & literatuurdossier
Unit 4: use of English & speaking

Reading time

Literatuurdossier

> 3 boeken (1 nu dus, 2 in de 5e klas)

> Outline of the literature file:

1) Per book you make a written story analysis OR a literary mind map OR a timeline of the most important events: per book 1 of the above assignments.

2) You also make assignments of your own choice for the three books you read in addition to a story analysis/mind map/timeline.

3)  Also include the assignments we do in class about the short stories and the graphic novel Maus (that you did or we will do in preparation for the school exams). 

book club session - group of 3

1) Was there any part of the plot or aspects of the characters that frustrated or upset you? If so, why?

2) How thought-provoking did you find the book?  Did the book change your opinion about anything, or did you learn something new from it? If so, what? 

3) Did you highlight or bookmark any passages from the book? Did you have a favorite quote or quotes? If so, share which and why?

4) From your point of view, what were the central themes of the book? How well do you think the author did at exploring them?

5) Compare this book to other books you have read by the same author, or other books you have read covering the same or similar themes.  How are they the same or different?

6) How would you adapt this book into a movie? Who would you cast in the leading roles?

 

Summarize everything that you discussed. It only needs to be about your own book.
Write it in a word document. Call it: (your name) Book club session 1 and save it on your laptop.  
You can put this in your literatuurdossier

Add these new observations and thoughts to your literature file

Peer feedback: review

1) Fill out the rubric

2) In your discussion:

Give compliments
Give suggestions
Make corrections

3) Unsure of anything?
Teacher feedback needed?

Working time: your options:

1) Rewrite your review of a place in the city
2) Ask for teacher feedback on your rewritten piece 
3) Work on Gold Experience Unit 4
4) Read your book

Week 4

Test: review of a place in the city
Finish unit 4
Book club session 

Test: review of a place in the city

Silence please

Coming up:

BBC The Travel Show

[to relax a bit after that writing exam...]

Reading time

Book club session- group of 3

1) Who was your favorite character? What character did you identify with the most?
2)  Were there any characters that you disliked? Why?
3) Is there an object or symbol in the book? What does it stand for?
4) Did any part of this book strike a particular emotion in you? Which part and what emotion did the book make you feel?
5) How thought-provoking did you find the book?  Did the book change your opinion about anything, or did you learn something new from it? If so, what? 

6) Did you highlight or bookmark any passages from the book? Did you have a favorite quote or quotes? If so, share which and why?

7) From your point of view, what were the central themes of the book? How well do you think the author did at exploring them?

8) If this book was set in another place (for instance in Amsterdam) what would change? How would that change things about the book? Would it work?

Summarize everything that you discussed. It only needs to be about your own book.

Write it in a word document. Call it: (your name) Book club session 1 and save it on your laptop.  
You can put this in your literatuurdossier

Working time

Finish unit 4

Week 5

Unit 4 test
Literatuurdossier: boek 1