Unit 4: Traditions and Celebrations

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Unit 4: Tradities en feestdagen

Lesson plan: 10 April

1. Unit 4: Tradities en feestdagen

- Vocabulary: De omgeving

2. Speaking task: Present your favourite tradition or celebration 

Unit 4: Tradities en feestdagen

Inquiry question: Which traditions and celebrations are there in The Netherlands?

Which Dutch traditions and celebrations do you know?

Unit 4: Traditions and celebrations

• Unit about traditions and celebrations

-  What is a celebration?

- How do we identify ourselves with our culture and its celebrations?

- Are traditions necessary for a culture?

• 2 Summatives

- A: Listening

- C: Speaking

Unit 2: Traditions and celebrations

• Before we start with the unit...

1. Make a new folder in your Dutch B folder with the name : Unit 4 - Traditions and celebrations

2.  Make sure there is already a Google Document in the folder: 

'Classwork' --> Document for little tasks we do in the lesson 

Speaking exercise

1. On the next slide you will see 4 pictures of traditions and celebrations in The Netherlands.

2. Describe what you see on the picture: 'Ik zie op de foto...'

3. Explain what the picture means: 'Deze foto doet me denken aan...'

4. You may use the internet to get more information about the tradition or celebration.

5. Next lesson, we will talk about the 4 pictures. 

Phase 1: Describe the picture in Dutch, explain in English. 

Phase 2&3: Try everything in Dutch.

Elfstedentocht

Bevrijdingsdag

Sinterklaasfeest

Carnaval

Lesson plan: 10 April

1. Unit 4: Tradities en feestdagen

- Vocabulary: De omgeving

2. Speaking task: Present your favourite tradition or celebration 

Unit 4: Tradities en feestdagen

Inquiry question: Which traditions and celebrations are there in The Netherlands?

Lesson plan: 12 May

1. PDF 'Traditions and celebrations' 

- Reading and writing exercise 2

- Listening exercise 3

- Vocabulary exercise 4 

Unit 4: Traditions and celebrations

Inquiry question: Which traditions and celebrations are there in The Netherlands?

Lesson plan: 13 May

1. PDF 'Traditions and celebrations' 

*Vocabulary exercise 4 

*Grammar: Possessive pronouns

- exercise 5 and 6

*Grammar: Niet/Geen

- exercise 7 and 8

Unit 4: Traditions and celebrations

Inquiry question: Which traditions and celebrations are there in The Netherlands?

Possessive pronouns in Dutch

My (my book)	Mijn (mijn boek)
Your (your book)	Jouw/Je/Uw (jouw/je boek / uw boek)
His / Her (his book / her book)	Zijn / Haar (zijn boek / haar boek)
Our (our book)	Ons / Onze (ons boek / onze tafel)
Your (your book)	Jullie / Je (jullie boek / je boek)
Their (their book)	Hun (hun boek)

Lesson plan: 16 May

1. PDF 'Traditions and celebrations' 

*Grammar: Niet/Geen

- exercise 7 and 8

*Spelling: Plural

- Exercise 10 and 11

Unit 4: Traditions and celebrations

Inquiry question: Which traditions and celebrations are there in The Netherlands?

Lesson plan: 19 May

1. PDF 'Traditions and celebrations' 

*Spelling: Plural

- Exercise 10 and 11 (Correction)

*Listening

- Exercise 12 + 13

*Speaking

- Exercise 14

Unit 4: Traditions and celebrations

Inquiry question: Which traditions and celebrations are there in The Netherlands?

Lesson plan: 23 May

1. PDF 'Traditions and celebrations' 

*Grammar: Sentence structure exercise 16 and 17

Done? Vocabulary booklet

Unit 4: Traditions and celebrations

Inquiry question: Which traditions and celebrations are there in The Netherlands?

Luisteroefening 'Vreugdevuren' (Nieuwsbegrip)

1. What is the Dutch tradition 'vreugdevuur'?

2. When and where do we celebrate it? 

3. Why are the people not allowed to celebrate this tradition anymore? 

4. On which holiday are there also 'vreugdevuren' in some places in The Netherlands? 

5. Give 2 examples of traditions with a 'vreugdevuur' of other countries. 

6. How high was the highest 'vreugdevuur' and how long did it burn? 

7. Give 3 examples of other traditions with fire that we have in The Netherlands. 

Task: Present a tradition or celebration from your culture

1. Put together a little presentation (use Word/Powerpoint) about a tradition or celebration from a culture of choice. You can choose which tradition or celebration! You choose 1 picture that represents the tradition or celebration. 

2. Describe what you see on the picture and explain what the tradition or celebration means to you and your culture. 

• Phase 1: Describe the picture in Dutch. You may explain in English. 
• Phase 2 + 3: Speak in Dutch. (Phase 2 may use keywords around the picture)

Lesson plan: 9 November

1. Speaking task: Present your favourite tradition or celebration 

--> Presentations in little groups

2. Correction writing exercises (sentence structure) 

Done? HW Thursday = Jeugdjournaal

--> You can already watch! 

Unit 2: Traditions and celebrations

Inquiry question: Which traditions and celebrations are there in The Netherlands?

Lesson plan: 10 November

1. Reading exercise: Vreugdevuren 

--> DutchB student documents

--> Unit 2 - Traditions and celebrations

--> Click your phase

--> Reading exercise 'Vreugdevuren'

Done? Watch 'Het jeugdjournaal' = Homework Thursday 

Unit 2: Traditions and celebrations

Inquiry question: Which traditions and celebrations are there in The Netherlands?

Lesson plan: 16 November

1. Correction reading exercise: Vreugdevuren 

2. Listening exercise: 'Waarom hebben we het altijd over Amerika?'

--> Google Drive 

Done? Learndutch.org

Phase 1 + 2: Vocabulary

Phase 3: Listening exercises 

Unit 2: Traditions and celebrations

Inquiry question: Which traditions and celebrations are there in The Netherlands?

Lesson plan: 17 November

1. Correction Listening exercise: 'Waarom hebben we het altijd over Amerika?'

2. Speaking exercise: Dialogue 

(Restaurant)

--> DutchB student documents (Drive)

Unit 2: Traditions and celebrations

Inquiry question: Which traditions and celebrations are there in The Netherlands?

Lesson plan: 19 November

1. Finish Speaking exercise: Dialogue 

(Restaurant)

--> DutchB student documents (Drive)

2. Writing exercises 

--> In the folder of your phase

- Phase 1: Finish page 55 + 57 + 59

- Phase 2&3: Finish page 44 - 57

Unit 2: Traditions and celebrations

Inquiry question: Which traditions and celebrations are there in The Netherlands?

Lesson plan: 23 November

1. Speaking exercise: Dialogue 

(Restaurant)

2. Speaking exercise

Phase 1: Vocabulary game

Phase 2&3: Kletspot 

Done? Finish writing exercises (HW for tomorrow) 

Unit 2: Traditions and celebrations

Inquiry question: Which traditions and celebrations are there in The Netherlands?

Lesson plan: 23 November

1. Correction of the writing exercises 

2. In the meantime: Listening exercises

Phase 1: NT2taalmenu.nl --> A1 luisteren

Phase2: LearnDutch.org --> Listening exercises 

Phase 3: http://nl.ver-taal.com/reportages.htm

Unit 2: Traditions and celebrations

Inquiry question: Which traditions and celebrations are there in The Netherlands?

Listening exercise: Koningsdag 

1. In which village does the 'Koningsspelen' start on 20th of April? 

2. What do primary school children do on the day of the 'Koningsspelen'? 

3. Which city does Willem-Alexander visit on Kings day? 

4. How long ago was the first version of Kings day celebrated for the first time? 

5. Why was the tradition of Kings day invented? 

6. When did Willem-Alexander become king?

7. How many times were the 'Koningsspelen' organised so far? 

8. How do the children of the primary school prepare for the visit of the King? 

9. Where in the world do schools celebrate the 'Koningsspelen'? 

Lesson plan: 26 November

1. Listening exercise: Koningsdag 

2. Grammar exercises: Klare Taal 

Unit 2: Traditions and celebrations

Inquiry question: Which traditions and celebrations are there in The Netherlands?

Lesson plan: 30 November

1. Speaking exercise: Less known Dutch traditions and celebrations 

- Nieuwjaarsduik

- Vlaggetjesdag

- Drie koningen

- Fierljeppen

- Wandelvierdaagse 

2. Done? Practise for the listening formative 

Unit 2: Traditions and celebrations

Inquiry question: Which traditions and celebrations are there in The Netherlands?

Speaking exercise: Dutch traditions

1. Put together a little presentation in Dutch about one of the less known Dutch traditions and celebrations. You can use Google Slides for pictures and key words. You may use the internet for research. 

2. Make sure your presentation has the following information:

- Explain the name of the traditions or celebration and where it is celebrated

- Explain what people do on this special day

- Explain how the tradition or celebration originated 

- Explain why or why not you would want to try this tradition or celebration

3. Find one extra Dutch tradition that sounds interesting to you and add a bit of information about this tradition in your presentation. Use the following website: https://trendbubbles.nl/hollands-hoekje-50-nederlandse-tradities/ 

Lesson plan: 1 December

1. Speaking exercise: Less known Dutch traditions and celebrations 

- Nieuwjaarsduik

- Vlaggetjesdag

- Drie koningen

- Fierljeppen

- Wandelvierdaagse 

2. Done? Practise for the listening formative 

Unit 2: Traditions and celebrations

Inquiry question: Which traditions and celebrations are there in The Netherlands?

Lesson plan: 3 December

1. Formative: Listening text

2. Done? 

Practise vocabulary: Quizlet.com

Unit 2: Traditions and celebrations

Inquiry question: Which traditions and celebrations are there in The Netherlands?

Lesson plan: 7 December

1. Nieuwjaarstradities 

- De nieuwjaarsbrief

- Goede voornemens 

2. Exercise: Write your own New Year's Resolutions in Dutch 

Done? Watch 'Het Jeugdjournaal'

= HW

Unit 2: Traditions and celebrations

Inquiry question: Which traditions and celebrations are there in The Netherlands?

Nieuwjaarstradities: De nieuwjaarsbrief 

Ik ben misschien nog klein,

maar ik heb een briefje,

het is helemaal van mij.

Een brief met lieve wensen

voor grote en kleine mensen,

Mijn briefje is nu helemaal klaar…

Of nee, wacht! Nog een gelukkig nieuwjaar!

Writing task: Write a letter with your New Year's resolutions

1. This writing task is a mix between the 'Nieuwjaarsbrief' and the 'Goede Voornemens'

2. You are going to write a letter in Dutch to your teacher in which you reflect on the last year and write your New Year's resolutions. Share the letter with me, I will give you feedback. 

3. Content of the letter:

- Start with: Beste mevrouw Jansen and introduce yourself

- Tell me your happiest memory of 2020 and why this is your happiest memory

+ something you regret from the last year and why (only phase 2 + 3)

- List 3 'Goede voornemens' and explain why they are your resolutions. 

- Extra phase 3: Leg uit of goede voornemens maken volgens jou zinvol is of niet en waarom. 

- End your letter with 'Groetjes, 'your name'

--> You may decorate your letter so it is a real 'Nieuwjaarsbrief'

Lesson plan: 8 December

1. Feedback listening formative per phase 

2. Exercise: Write your own New Year's Resolutions in Dutch 

Unit 2: Traditions and celebrations

Inquiry question: Which traditions and celebrations are there in The Netherlands?

Lesson plan: 14 December

1. Christmas cards for the elderly homes 

2. Done? 

Christmas puzzles! 

Tomorrow? The Big Christmas Quiz!

Unit 2: Traditions and celebrations

Inquiry question: Which traditions and celebrations are there in The Netherlands?

Gelukkig nieuwjaar! 

Lesson plan: 7 January 

1. Reading exercise: Carnaval

- Google drive: DutchB student documents folder

- Unit 2: Traditions and celebrations

- Click your phase

- Text and questions 'Carnaval'

--> Answer the questions in your classwork document

2. Done? Quizlet! (Link on Managebac)

Unit 2: Traditions and celebrations

Inquiry question: Which traditions and celebrations are there in The Netherlands?

Lesson plan: 11 January 

1. Reading exercise: Carnaval

--> Feedback per phase

*Phase 1: 11.25

*Phase 2: 11.45

*Phase 3: Tomorrow

2. Grammar exercise: Managebac

--> Grammar exercises are in the Dutch B student documents folder in your phase folder

Unit 2: Traditions and celebrations

Inquiry question: Which traditions and celebrations are there in The Netherlands?

Lesson plan: 12 January 

1. Formal formative criterion C: Speaking task

* 2 lessons preparation time

* Next Monday: presentation in phase groups 

2. Reading exercise Carnaval

--> Phase 3: feedback

Unit 2: Traditions and celebrations

Inquiry question: Which traditions and celebrations are there in The Netherlands?

Formal formative criterion C: Speaking task

1. In this unit we have learned about Dutch traditions and celebrations. For this speaking formative you put together a presentation about your favourite Dutch tradition or celebration. Choose 1 picture that represents the Dutch tradition or celebration. 

2. Content of the presentation:

- Present what you see on the picture 

- Explain what the tradition or celebration is about + when and where it is celebrated

- Explain why you chose this tradition or celebration

- Phase 3: Explain what this tradition or celebration tells you about the Dutch culture.

3. Speaking time

Phase 1/2: between 1,5 and 2 minutes

Phase 3/3+: between 2 and 3 minutes 

Lesson plan: 18 January 

1. Formal formative criterion C: Speaking task

Phase 1: 10.50

Phase 2: 11.10

2. Practise Dutch 

1. Nedbox.be: Minimum 1 lesson

2. Continue with the grammar exercises

Done? Vocabulary

Unit 2: Traditions and celebrations

Inquiry question: Which traditions and celebrations are there in The Netherlands?

Lesson plan: 25 January 

• Correction grammar exercises

Phase 2+3: 09.15

Phase 1: 09.35

• In the meantime: 

- 1 lesson on www.nedbox.be 

- Done? 1 lesson on www.learndutch.org

• Next week Monday: Speaking summative

Unit 2: Traditions and celebrations

Inquiry question: Which traditions and celebrations are there in The Netherlands?