V5C 7-4-2025 90 min

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Welcome! 

You need: laptop, (new) notebook, pen, BOOK

Programme

1. Learning goals

2. Introduction speaking skills (10-15 mins)

3. Practise speaking & giving/receiving feedback (15 mins)

4. Make a plan & check out supporting documents (20 mins)

5. Read your book

6. Round off together

Learning goals

At the end of this lesson...

 

- I will have given and received feedback on my/my partner's speaking skills

- I will have identified areas that can be improved

- I will have made a personalised plan to improve my speaking

Exchange with your partner

So for starters, no more Dutch in class!

Why not use English every day?

Take a guess....

What are the 4 speaking skills?

Or could there be more?

You are going to give each other feedback

- Work in pairs

- You need: 

1) 2 feedback forms + pen 2) your own phone, 3) your own book

- Go outside & come back in 10 minutes

(show them in Word)

They will get a hard copy of the feedback form, the plan will be shared in Teams (they should download a copy to their own device before filling it in)

This is what you should do:

Use your own phone to record your own speaking

1-2 minutes max

1. Person A reads a paragraph from their book
2. Person A also answers 2 questions asked by person B
3. Person B writes detailed feedback on feedback form
4. Send the recording to me 
5. Same for person B

(show them in Word)

They will get a hard copy of the feedback form, the plan will be shared in Teams (they should download a copy to their own device before filling it in)

Let's check out the feedback form together

Today (after school), send me:

- your recording

- a picture of your feedback form, WITH

- your own comments added

(if necessary, listen to your recording again)

Please note:

Your notebook and participation in class 

will form a part of your final grade

Your feedback form

should be in your notebook

To do (1): complete feedback

Read your feedback form, ask for clarification / examples

add your own comments

(if necessary, listen to your recording again)

To do (2) Choose your goals for speaking

• Advice: choose around 3
• Be both realistic and not too easy on yourself
• Don't compare yourself to others, what do you wish to     improve?
• Write your goals in your plan / notebook

Some examples:

Something to do every day: 

make a choice!

- You are going to see a number of options

- Have a better idea? That's great :)

- Discuss with your neighbour what you will do & why

- Challenge: do it for 1 week

- Next Monday, we will evaluate

Something to do every day, for 1 week.
Your choice:

Speaking plan explained

Fluency

Challenge: speak English every day (yay)

Vocabulary

- Mindmap

- Vocab for orals (doc)

- Vocab to describe characters (doc)

- ......

At least 1 page in your notebook dedicated to new vocabulary

Pronunciation

- Ways to practise (doc)

Grammar

Listen to native speakers to absorb correct grammar usage: 

- English podcasts 

- films, series, interviews, news 

- specific exercises in class

Show speaking plan

To do now:

Fill in the plan (download it first)

Please note:

Your feedback form and speaking plan 

should be in your notebook

About your notebook

Your notebook should....

• have a cover
• look neat
• contain information that will help you remember

(themes, literary devices, emotional responses, questions/ difficult passages, turning points, ...)

Well done! You...

- have given and received feedback on your/your partner's speaking skills

- have identified areas that can be improved

- have made a personalised plan to improve your speaking

Homework for Monday: 

• Evaluate 1 week of speaking English every day (yay)
• Read your book, pp.1-50
• and always check Magister if there's more

Coming up:

3x "Would you rather" questions

- Discuss with your neighbour, in English

- Name at least 2 arguments

- Answer the question

1 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