V2 week 9, dinsdag

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome back class V2A!

Lesson goals:

- homework check

- learning about American and British words 

- reading about a lost colony

- learning about prepositions of place (Grammar 16).

Show me the homework!

- study the American theme words on p. 86 TB

 - make ex. 3 & 4 WB

- read the text on p. 87 TB

- make ex 5 & 7 WB

What does this video tell you about how 'the British people' think of 'Americans' and 'their' language?

Do you agree with what the comedian says? (the reason why the words are different)

American theme words:
which one(s) do you find
difficult?

Exercises 3 and 4, p. 27-28

Solve the puzzle (3) & Fill in (4)

--> Let's check!

Ex. 3: which words did you find? (in class + via Teams)

Answers ex. 3

 American word - British word - Dutch translation

1 mad - angry - boos

2 candy - sweets - snoep

3 subway - Underground/Tube - metro (ondergrondse)

4 elevator - lift - lift

5 restroom - toilet - toilet

6 fall - autumn - herfst

Exercise 4:
1.) I live in a _________ with neighbours on both sides. (American + British)

Exercise 4:
2.) We're going to the __________ to see a new comedy. (American + British?)

Answers ex. 4

1 town house / terraced house

2 movie theater / cinema

3 first floor / ground floor

4 schedule / timetable

5 sidewalk / pavement

6 sneakers / trainers

7 allowance / pocket money

8 closet / wardrobe

9 duplex / semi-detached house

10 crazy / mad

Exercise 4:
3.) Michael lives on the __________ of this flat. (American + British)

Exercise 4:
4. According to my ________, we have a vacationin two weeks. (American + British)

Exercise 4:
5. Pedestrians walk on the _________.
(American + British)

Exercise 2, p. 27

- Read the information 

(1 minute)

- listen to the tape in class/through Teams

--> draw lines!

Which kind of accent does the teacher/man on the tape have?

You read ' The lost colony of Roanoke island'. What is the text about?

Let's read aloud together!

Text book p. 87

'Hi Kim!'

(The lost colony of Roanoke island)

What happened to the settlers, do you think?

Let's check!

Exercises 

5 (tick the boxes) 

and 7 (complete the email)

(homework)

--> in class + via Teams

Answers ex. 5

Key:

[x] century = eeuw [x] recommend = aanraden

[x] similarity = overeenkomst [0] vessel

[0] guide [0] disaster

[x] settler = kolonist [x] convince = overtuigen

[0] mayor

Answers ex. 7

1 East Coast

2 beaches

3 view

4 settlers

5 colony

6 researchers

7 map

8 mystery

TEXT STRUCTURE

- a text has different paragraphs (alinea's: delen van een tekst)

- every paragraph has its own function (functie, doel)

- usually: introduction (first), body (middle), conclusion (last)

To do: exercise 6 p. 29 work book

TEXT STRUCTURE

Answer the questions about the text 

'The lost world'

1. What is the function of the first paragraph of Brian's email?

1. to give his opinion about North Carolina
2. to introduce his story about Roanoke island
3. to invite Kim to come and visit him

2. Which paragraphs form the body of Brian's email?

3. Which paragraph describes the technique that researchers have used in their search for the lost colony?

4. What is the function of the last paragraph (= 1 sentence) of Brian's email?

1. to ask Kim for her opinion on America
2. to conclude his email
3. to sum up the most important information

prepositions of place?

Grammar 16, text book (p. 16)

Prepositions of place: vertellen waar iets zich bevindt

For example: 

There was a sign above / over the door.

The temperature was below zero (on the thermometer).

To do: make exercises 11 and 12

pages 31 and 32 work book

Let's check!

Exercises 11 and 12

--> in class and Teams

Answers exercise 11

1 within

2 under

3 on

4 over

5 among

6 between

7 over

8 at

Answers exercise 12

1 across     7 behind

2 near     8 under 

3 within    9 between    

4 among     10 in front of     

5 on     11 under 

6 next to      12 on

See you tomorrow!

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