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NederlandsMiddelbare schoolhavo, vwoLeerjaar 1

This lesson contains 36 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 8 videos.

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What are we going to do today?

Practice your creative writing skills

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Goals

Improve your writing skills

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Creative writing
Personal emotions
Different emotions
Describing emotions

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Why is this assignment important?

You enrich your vocabulary
(using different words for the same emotion)
You learn how to write a story
(and of course, you get a wriing test)

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What does the music add?
Without music an exciting film is not as exciting as with. Try it.
First watch the trailer on the following slide without sound and then with sound.

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Slide 7 - Video

What was more exciting, with or without music? Why?

Slide 8 - Open question

It has to be a good match
Watch the movie on the next slide, then answer the question.

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Slide 10 - Video

Did you think the music was a good match with the clip? Why yes, or why not?

Slide 11 - Open question

Assignment
You're going to watch a fragment. Do you think the music goes well with what you see?

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Slide 13 - Video

Does the music go well with the video footage? Explain your answer

Slide 14 - Open question

How to describe emotions

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Vertaal: mooi
A
beautiful
B
nice
C
sweet
D
great

Slide 16 - Quiz

interessant
A
uninteresting
B
worthwile
C
appealing
D
lovely

Slide 17 - Quiz

geweldig
A
dull
B
stuffy
C
incredible
D
dreary

Slide 18 - Quiz

spannend
A
lame
B
tedious
C
dull
D
tense

Slide 19 - Quiz

somber
A
gloomy
B
cheery
C
merry
D
jolly

Slide 20 - Quiz

vrolijk
A
dark
B
bleak
C
cheerful
D
grim

Slide 21 - Quiz

bang
A
spooked
B
frightened
C
fearful
D
terrified

Slide 22 - Quiz

Assignment
listen to the following fragments
Write down five words (per fragment) that describe how you felt while listening.
You do this after each fragment 

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Slide 24 - Video

feelings song 1

Slide 25 - Mind map

Slide 26 - Video

feelings song 2

Slide 27 - Mind map

Final assignment
Listen to the three fragments
For each fragment write down as many (English)words as you can think of which describe your feeling while listening (at least 7 per fragment. Write them down on a piece of paper. You'll need them later on.

There is no text, so you cannot be influenced.

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Slide 29 - Video

Slide 30 - Video

Slide 31 - Video

Final assignment
Choose one of the three fragments.
Write a story that goes well with the music.
Upload your story to google classroom (creative writing assignment)
At least 200 and no more than 500 words.

Check your spelling, interpunction and word order (wie doet wat waar wanneer).
Hand in with classroom, you get 7 seven days to finish it. 



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The story:
is made up
not about a writer / music
needs to go well with the music

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tips
use paragraphs
check spelling
check use of full stops, capital letters, etc.
read your story out loud to someone else

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Do not forget
to write down which music fragment you have chosen

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!

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