V4B 11-4-2025 2 lessen

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Welcome! You need: Wasp, laptop, notebook, pen, your brain

Program

1. Learning goals + recap passive (10 mins)

2. Speaking + video (10 mins)

3. Read Wasp text +  do assignments (15 mins)

4. Check writing test (10-15 mins)

5. Work on Wasp / grammar

6. Listening

7. Round off together

Learning goals

At the end of this lesson...

- I will have done a short recap of the passive

- I will have practised my speaking, listening and reading skills

- I will have learned from reviewing my writing test

- I will know more about penguins

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Switches:

Boulders:

Menace:

Remote:

Pristine:

Mammal:

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Switches: changes

Boulders: large rocks

Menace: threat, possible danger

Remote: far away, distant

Pristine: unspoilt

Mammal: zoogdier

Coming up:

5 questions about active / passive

RECAP

The friends have been looking forward to meeting her.

1. passive
2. active

The search will be stopped because of the storm.

1. passive
2. active

My broken tap ___________   ___________   _________ now.

is

repaired

was

being

be

fix

repair

been

Make passive:
I wrote a letter

1. A letter was written by me
2. A letter has been written by me
3. A letter is written by me
4. A letter was being written by me

Make passive:
They had not won the competition

1. The competition has not been won by them
2. The competition was not won by them
3. The competition had not been won by them
4. The competition was not being won by them

Active or passive voice? Make the correct combinations

I play tennis every Monday evening.

Tennis is played every Monday evening.

 

This bicycle has been built from scratch.

He has built this bicycle from scratch.

Sentence

active or passive?

Active

Active

Passive

Passive

How to recognize a passive sentence...

- A form of 'to be' (am, are, is, was, were, been)

- Followed by a past participle (voltooid deelwoord), like 'bitten'

- Followed by, for example, 'by a lion' OR

- If not, can it be followed by  'by zombies'?

Are all answers 'yes'? 

Congratulations, you have a passive sentence.

The thief was caught right after the robbery.

The student was hit by a green car.

I am walking in the forest right now.

My manager was fired the other day.

My bike was stolen last week.

She broke up with me on Valentine's day.

Active

Passive

Passive

Passive

Active

Active

Thanos ___________ ___________ by the mightiest 

heroes  of the Earth.

is

are

was

being

be

defeated

defeat

been

___________ your room __________  ___________ yet?

is

has

was

cleaned

has

have

platypus

been

studyandexam.com

Passive = form of 'to be' + past participle

My room was cleaned.

 I think loads of films have been made there.

I was told the scenery in Avatar was based on this landscape.

The girls are decorated with flowers.

Also: can you add 'by zombies'?

To do now:

Assignment 23

Wasp Student File, p.7

Work in pairs, speak English!

Coming up:

Video about this week's theme from Wasp

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1. What does the Earthshot Prize aim to do?

2. How? Name 3 focal areas

3. How do microplastics end up in our bodies?

4. Explain: Pierre Palier and the company he talks about

5. What gives hope, according to Pierre?

1. What does the Earthshot Prize aim to do?

2. How? Name 3 focal areas

3. How do microplastics end up in our bodies?

4. Explain: Pierre Palier and the company he talks about

5. What gives hope, according to Pierre?

1. What does the Earthshot Prize aim to do?

Support efforts to help repair our planet, find a solution to pollution

2. How? Name 3 focal areas

a) finding solutions in nature, b) reinventing existing products, c) redefining the way we think about our possessions

3. How do microplastics end up in our bodies?

It starts in the ocean, tiny plastic particles are absorbed by plankton, which gets eaten by fish > it enters the food chain and ends up in our blood stream

4. Explain: Pierre Palier and the company he talks about

Pierre is the founder of Notpla, a company that makes packaging from seaweed

5. What gives hope, according to Pierre?

Nature already has all the solutions, we just need to 'take a hint' and use our knowledge from science and our engineering skills to make the world a better place.

To do now:

Read "A day without plastic"

Wasp Magazine pp.10-11

10 minutes in silence

To do afterwards: assignments 24 and 25

Student File pp.7-8

I will be checking homework (assignment 26)

Welcome! You need: Wasp, laptop, notebook, pen, your brain

Program

1. Learning goals + recap passive (10 mins)

2. Speaking + video (10 mins)

3. Read Wasp text +  do assignments (15 mins)

4. Check writing test (10-15 mins)

5. Work on Wasp / practise exam texts / grammar

(6. Listening)

7. Round off together

Reviewing your writing test

Coming up:

3x "Would you rather" questions

- Discuss with your neighbour, in English

- Name at least 2 arguments

- Answer the question

1/2 minute

Would you rather...
...go to school in onesie pajamas or a superhero costume?

1. Onesie
2. Superhero costume

Would you rather...
...eat a donut filled with mustard or
a cupcake filled with ketchup?

1. Donut / mustard
2. Cupcake / ketchup

Would you rather... have a tiny marching band following you everywhere, playing background music for your life, or a personal narrator who announces everything you do?

1. Marching band following you everywhere
2. Personal narrator announcing everything you do

Work on Wasp / grammar

- Work quietly

- Do Wasp assignments 24 and 25, check answers 26

- Practise grammar: adjectives & adverbs, prepositions (I will send you two links)

- Learn vocabulary "Top 10 most dangerous" and "A day without plastic"

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/adjectives_adverbs/adjective_adverb.htm

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/prepositions.htm (choose one or more of the 'mixed' exercises)

Assignment 26

Answers

www.bbc.com

1. What was this animal called by the first Europeans who saw it?

2. When did the first platypus arrive in England?

3. What did Mr Shaw do to check if the animal wasn't a hoax?

4. Why was it understandable that he wanted to check?

1. What was this animal called by the first Europeans who saw it?

A water mole

2. When did the first platypus arrive in England? 1798

3. What did Mr Shaw do to check if the animal wasn't a hoax?

He checked if the beak hadn't been sewn on

4. Why was it understandable that he wanted to check?

At the time, fantasy creatures consisting out of various species 

were very popular

Well done! You...

- have done a short recap of the passive

- have practised your speaking, listening and reading skills

- have learned from reviewing your writing test

- know more about penguins

Next lesson: check Magister!

David Attenborough, BBC Earth

Bears catching salmon 8:53-11:44 (3 mins)

On the hunt for sardines 11:46-15:41 (4 mins)

edition.cnn.com

www.bbc.co.uk

www.bbc.co.uk

www.englisch-hilfen.de

www.englisch-hilfen.de

learnenglish.britishcouncil.org

a4esl.org

www.englisch-hilfen.de