Adventures in New Zealand (emotions)

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1

New Zealand

Today we travel to New Zealand. New Zealand was first settled by the Maori peoples before it was discovered by the Dutchman Abel Tasman in 1642. He named it after the Dutch province of Zeeland. It was a British colony until its independence in 1907. New Zealand is a place of outstanding natural beauty. This is why in today’s lesson we head outdoors to go on an adventure

New Zealand: Adventure capital of the world!

What a ride!

What theme park rides have you been on? Which was the most fun or the scariest?

If your friends dropped off a bridge, would you too? 

                                                           Oh yes, I would! And you should too!

Text: Bunjee Jumping

Instructions: 

1. Open the text by clicking here.  
2. Skim the text (To find out  how to do his  look at the next slide)
3. Answer question 1 about the text 

Tips for understanding the text

• Skim the test  to quickly find out what it is about
• Look at the pictures to help you understand new words
• Focus on what the text is about in general. Only look up words it you don't understand the general meaning. of the sentence.

Find out more about how to skim and scan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIbibQDQxd4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIbibQDQxd4

Question 1

What is the text about?

Tips for understanding the text

Now that you have learnt how to skim the text to find out its general meaning, you can start scanning the text to find out the answers to the questions in the next slides. 

Find out more about how to skim and scan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIbibQDQxd4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIbibQDQxd4

Read paragraph 1 .
Why do people Bunjee Jump even though it is scary?

Read paragraph 2
Why do the men of Pentacost Island still keep the tradition?

Read paragraph 3
What were David Kirke and his friends doing when the police arrived?

Read paragraph 4
Where and when was the first commercial bungee site built?

Word match exercise

Match the words with their meaning in this exercise . by typing them into the empty boxes

(right click on the link, when you are finished click on the 'finish' button and check your answers

Extreme sports can make you feel extreme emotions. How do you express those in English? 

Choose one activity from the next six slides and  make a voice recording about how it would feel to do one of the activities on the right.  

Choose from: 

canyoning

walking on a rope bridge

kayaking

horse riding

paragliding

white water rafting

Some feelings to choose from

(but you can also choose your own!)

neutral	strong	very strong
happy	excited	super excited
calm	frightened	petrified
confident	nervous	anxious

If I went canyoning I would feel.... Because...

If I went horse riding I would feel.... Because......

If I went walking on a rope bridge I would feel..... Because.......

how I'd feel if I went paragliding

If I went kayaking I would feel....... Because........

If I went white water rafting I would feel..... Because.....

fun with emojis

Can you match the emoji with the emotion? 

Click here to try on this worksheet

What have you learnt today? 

Well..... Lots!

• How to use the right words to express emotions.
• How to use reading strategies to understand a text
• How bunjee jumping was invented