week 16

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Get out your books

Put away your phone

Put your bag on the floor

Goal: I can talk about hobbies

Sport and activities I like

Sports and activities I dislike

Talk about your likes and dislikes with the help of Stone 16 (p. 118)

homework

20/4: exercises 18, 20 & 21

21/4 Numo taak

Get out your books

Put away your phone

Put your bag on the floor

Homework check

Exercises 18, 20 & 21

individual study

homework

21/4 Numo taak

22/4 Bring your literature book to class

Get out your book

Put away your phone

Put your bag on the floor

the anatomy of a book

What is the spine of the book?

What is the head of the book?

What is the tail of the book?

What is the endsheet of the book?

What is the cover of the book?

What is the blurb of the book?

Exercise 1: write a review (recensie)

1. Introduction

Write down the book’s title, author’s full name, the setting of the story, giving a one-line description of what the story is about. Use adjectives to describe the book (such as insightful, beautiful, controversial etc.

2. Brief description

Give a one-paragraph summary of the plot of the book, shortly expanding your one-sentence description in the introduction. Don’t write the whole story, only the beginning! Use the present tense of verbs and linking words to outline the story chronologically. Bonus points if you can use words that fit the theme of the story. If, for example, the book is of the fantasy genre, use words like magic, summon, fate, spells etc.

Exercise 1: write a review (recensie)

3. Opinion

This is where you have to write down how the book impacted you. Was it inspiring? Thought-provoking? Life-changing? You could praise the book or criticise it, stating why

4. Recommendation 

You must state whether you would recommend this book, to whom and why.

Write your review in around 150 - 200 words.

The maximum amount of points for your review is 48.

Example review

Charles Dickens – A Christmas Carol

With the holidays approaching, the sudden drop of temperatures, and the absences from school, it is a wonderful time to crack open a Christmassy book. With its age old tale, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is a perfect choice.

For the few that are unfamiliar with the story: Ebenezer Scrooge is an extremely wealthy, hardened, miserly, old man. He never smiles, he is begrudging about the use of coal to keep his employees warm, not to mention, he has no friends. For him, Christmas is just a day that fools and crazy people celebrate.

One night, as he is sitting in front of his small fire, a ghost of his old business partner Marley. Marley is burdened with chains, forced to wonder for all eternity and warns Scrooge that his fate will be the same if he does not mend his ways. A little scared, but not convinced, Scrooge ignores the warning and goes to bed. Throughout the night, he is visited by three ghosts: the ghost of Christmas Past, the ghost of Christmas present, and the ghost of Christmas yet to come. (Dickens refers to them as spirits, but they seem to be better known as ghosts in today’s culture.) They each take him on a journey.

A Christmas Carol is a heartwarming story to read at any time but especially over the holidays. It is a story for young and old. It is a constant reminder to have a giving and loving spirit.

What is plagiarism? (plagiaat)

- copying text from the internet or another source

- copying text from someone else (a classmate, someone from another class, ..............)

- BUT ALSO: copying some words/sentences and writing the rest in your own words

--> EVERYTHING SHOULD BE IN YOUR OWN  WORDS!

Any plagiarism will be seen and result in a 1 with fraud.

Questions?

Silent reading