VWO 4 - week 37 -entl 7 - lesson 1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Today's objectives

• Article on marine pollution - share info in groups

• Homework review lesson 2 reading/vocab/grammar

• Writing an e-mail & lesson 3

    

Homework 

Ex. 14 - p. 16

• Find an article on marine pollution (400-700 words)
• Give source/publication date
• Read the article
• Write a 5-line summary + indicate ONE new thing you've learned
• Compare with the text on p. 10/11 -> which article is more reliable?
• DISCUSS YOUR ARTICLE AND YOUR OPINION (RELIABILITY/NEW ITEM) IN GROUPS OF 4

Marine Pollution

Discuss in groups of 4 the article on marine pollution you've found and read (ex. 14 - p. 16)

1. What was the source/publication date/author?
   
2. What have you learned from your article?
   
3. Which article is most reliable: the one read in lesson 1 (Boyan Slat) or the one you've found?
   

ie.: I think/feel this one is more/less reliable than ... 

• because of the recent publication date
  
• the source is (not) objective
  
• the information is (not) up to date
  
• the author is (not) an expert
  
• the author only tells one side of the story
  

Teacher's example of article

• Source: Frontiers in Marine Science (online scientific journal = reliable source, verified by other scientists) 

• Publication date: August 31, 2020 (quite recent!)

• Author: Dr. Juan José Alava, University of British Columbia, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (= an expert)

• What I've learned:

-> new vocabulary: trophic level/cetacean/biomagnification 

-> Research was done into the accumulation of microplastics in marine mammals (whales/dolphins). Although it could not be establised that microplastics accumulated in these animals, there is a risk for accumulation of this in fish and people living near the coast and relying on/eating seafood. It has been predicted that there is microplastics rapidly increase in species at the lower end of the food chain (plankton, small fish)

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Trophic level food chain

The trophic level of an organism is the position it occupies in a food web. 

A food chain is a succession of organisms that eat other organisms and may, in turn, be eaten themselves. The trophic level of an organism is the number of steps it is from the start of the chain. 

A food web starts at trophic level 1 with primary producers such as plants, can move to herbivores at level 2, carnivores at level 3 or higher, and typically finish with apex predators at level 4 or 5.

Cetacean & Biomagnification

• Cetacean = Marine mammal -> whale; dolphin; porpoise
  

• Biomagnification = 
  

the concentration of toxins in an organism as a result of its ingesting other plants or animals in which the toxins are more widely disbursed. 

Reading - Summer in the City - p. 17-19

 Summer in the City-p. 17-19 - Reading homework review

Read text & answer questions p. 20/21

• Ex. 1 - Scanning for specific information -> quickly search text/read 1st sentences 

• Ex. 2 - Linking words (words to logically connect paragraphs/sentences so you understand the relation between them) 
  

• Ex 3 - 11 - Detailed reading 
  

Vocab &  Grammar homework review

• Vocabulary ex. 12 - 14 (suffixes/word endings)

• Grammar ex 14 - Making questions

Grammar - Making questions-ex. 15 p. 23

Open questions: 

• repeating verb
• do/does/it questions
• auxiliary questions

Lexical verbs (ZWW/betekeniswerkwoorden):

Present Simple:

Do + verb/hele ww

Does (he/she/it) + verb

Past Simple:

Did + verb

Present Perfect:

Have + verb

Has (he/she/it) + verb

Auxiliaries

Can/could

Will/would

Shall/should

Must/may/might

To be (all forms)

Start question with auxiliary

Writing an e-mail to your friend

Date: September 8, 2020

3-paragraph structure

Dear ...,

Best wishes,

Writing an e-mail to your friend

Paragraph 1 - intro/why you're writing:

How are you? I'm doing fine. You were asking me about ....., and I have given it some thought.

Paragraph 2 - content/what you want to share:

Some popular vloggers I follow are ... 

What I really like about them etc.

Paragraph 3 - conclusion/nice remark to be in touch/take care etc.:

All in all, I really like/absolutely adore/hate etc. Would you agree with me on this?

Hope to hear from you soon. Looking forward to hearing from you! Take care! Etc.

Best wishes/Kind regards/Ciao (informal)/Love (when you know someone really well)

Lesson 3 - Reading/ Vocab / Grammar 

Independent work/homework:

• Read text lesson 3 - Using fame in a positive way - p. 25 &  Do ex. 1
• Do Vocab & Grammar ex. 2 & 3
• Study vocab lesson 3
• Start working on Literary Analysis assignment in groups 

Negative sentences:

• Lexical verbs (ZWW/betekenisww.) -> do/does/did + not + verb
• Auxiliaries (HWW: can/could/will etc.) -> auxiliary + not
• To + verb -> not to + verb
• !!! Have + participle = auxiliary / to have = lexical verb (i.e. I have 3 sisters)

Literary analysis - The Fault in our Stars

Form groups of 5 & Read Chpts 1/2 & Chpts 20-25 of the novel "The Fault in our Stars" (John Green) 

Do a Partial literary analysis & Present using the following:

• The Fault in our Stars (PDF) (in SOM)
  
• Reading file V4 info (in SOM)

Literary devices explanation:

• www.literary-devices.com / www.literarydevices.net
  
• https://www.litcharts.com/literary-devices-and-terms
  

Literature websites to help you with analysis (you need to add supporting examples from novel yourselves!)

• www.sparknotes.com
  
• www.shmoop.com
  
• www.cliffsnotes.com
  

What have you learned today?