H4F 31-3-2025 45 min

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Welcome! You need: a pen, notebook

Program

1. Program / learning goals (5 mins)

2. Check writing test (15 mins)

3. New Wasp (10 mins)

4. What to expect in period 4 (5 mins)

5. Round off together (5 mins)

Learning goals

At the end of this lesson...

- I will know what to expect in period 4

- I will have learned from reviewing the writing test

Speak English

Explain yourself

Fill up the time

Listen carefully...

..so you can tell someone

else what you've heard

Expectations

1. We come to class prepared. I've done my homework and got all the materials I need for this lesson.

2. We are respectful towards each other. Towards my fellow classmates, as well as my teacher. I help where necessary. 

3. We are focused in class. I focus on achieving the learning goals. 

Period 4 - reminder:

- iedereen draagt bij aan een goed 

leerklimaat

- seating plan

- al je spullen mee, anders kun je de les

niet volgen

- wachten tot de bel gaat

What to expect in period 4

26 May: Grammar / vocabulary test (2x)

    > New & old grammar (booklet) + Wasp

2 June: Literature test (2x)

    > 'Of Mice and Men'

Testweek 4: Reading test (4x)

    > Exam texts

26 May: Grammar / vocabulary test

    > Grammar booklet: Passive, Conditionals, Some, any, no +  

        compound, Much, many, a lot of + 'old' grammar

    > Wasp: - Top 10 most dangerous

                      - A day without plastic

                      - The beauty of Minecraft

                      - Hurtling towards earth

                      - The cleverest escape

Timing in period 4

6 lessons (3 weeks) before the holiday

(2 weeks holiday)

9 lessons (3 weeks) after the holiday > kennistoets

2 lessons > boektoets

4 lessons > reisweek

2 lessons >  reading test in toetsweek

To bring every lesson:

- Wasp

- Grammar booklet

- Book 'Of Mice and Men'

- Notebook / pen

- Working laptop

Background of the novella

What is the American Dream?

America as the land of opportunity:

the idea that anyone can ultimately achieve success, even if he or she began with nothing.

progress / optimism

Background of the novella: video (0-5:10)

1. Name the themes in the book + the underlying theme in all literature according to the author
2. In the 1930s, why did people think the American Dream had come to an end? Name at least 2 factors and explain
3. Name at least 3 groups that were marginalized in the 1930s (and what does 'marginalized' mean?)
4. What is a bindlestiff?

Discuss (3 minutes) 

1. Name the themes in the book + the underlying theme in all literature according to the author
2. In the 1930s, why did people think the American Dream had come to an end? Name at least 2 factors and explain
3. Name at least 3 groups that were marginalized in the 1930s (and what does 'marginalized' mean?)
4. What is a bindlestiff?

A bindlestiff

Someone who carried a bindle.

(Originally a man who had stolen 

another person's bindle, from the 

colloquium stiff, as in steal)

Well done! You...

- know what to expect in period 4

- have learned from reviewing the writing test

& why?

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