V5C _Cambridge English

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Today's class

HW: Social Media: a blessing or a blight? 

-> check in pairs using rubric, then hand in your 500-word printed article

Can do:

Read and listen to current English news

Understand idioms, vocabulary 

Discuss & give your own opinion

V5+ -> write a 500-word  article on this topic (HW next Friday)

Rubric Article Writing

Content

Interesting/attention-grabbing introduction

Body - 2 to 3 paragraphs all relating to the topic, including facts, opinions, personal thoughts

Conclusion/recommendation etc.

Communicative Achievement

Does the article adhere to the article conventions and make an interesting read ?

Organisation

Clear paragraphs, coherent writing, use of linking words

Language 

grammar - use of simple and complex constructions; 

language - use of synonyms, formal vocabulary and expressions; 

use of language does not impede understanding)

The Elgin marbles

The Elgin Marbles (/ˈɛlɡɪn/) are a collection of Ancient Greek sculptures from the Parthenon and other structures from the Acropolis of Athens, removed from Ottoman Greece by Lord Elgin (a British diplomat) and shipped to Britain. The sculptures are now held in the British Museum in London.

Recently Risi Sunak, the British prime minister, canceled a meeting with his Greek counterpart because Sunak refuses to return the sculptures as requested by the Greek PM.

Read the article (studiewijzer) first, look at unfamiliar words & idiom, then listen to part of the video, then discuss and give your opinion

Idioms - rephrase in English

1. To take umbrage = 
2. Scholastic quarrel = 
3. Assymetrical row = 
4. Post-imperial arrogance = 
5. Repatriation = 
6. Looted/to loot=
7. To curb = 
8. Ideological =
9. De-acquisitioning =

The Parthenon marmbles should (not) be returned