Unit 6: Life Choices Lesson 1

• English
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo
• Leerjaar 2

Unit 6: Life Choices

What is the meaning of the phrase "life choices"?

Let's find out what this unit is about:

Some examples of
Life Choices

BE CURIOUS

Look at the photo on page 62 of your student's book, 

what do you see? 

Think about the following questions and answer them in a complete sentence.

Where is the boy? Why do you think this?

What is he trying to decide, you think?

What big decisions will you need to make in your life?

What's the plan today?

You can...

• use new vocabulary for different life events.
• talk about what you'd like to do in the future.

Do you like taking photos at important moments in your life?

Yes, love it!

Nope, not a photographer.

How often do you look back at the photos that you take?

Never

Every now and then

All the time

Do you have an Instagram account? Or perhaps another social media platform on which you share photos?

Yes

No

How often do you update your socials?

Hardly ever

Once a week

Every day

All the time

Selfies

What do you think about selfies?

Raise your hand to give your opinion.

Getting to work

• Go to page 63 and look at the photos.
• Work together to match the life events with the right photo.
• Done? Order the life events the way they usually happen. 
• Are there any differences between you and your partner?
• Why do you think it's important to learn complete phrases? 
  
• Work on exercise 3,4 and 5.
• Finished? Study the vocabulary bank on page 113.

Homework

• Complete exercises 1,2,3 and 4 on page 57 of the workbook.
• Finished already?
• Read this article about Life Choices and write your own paragraph.

Wrapping up

You can...

• use new vocabulary for different life events.
• talk about what you'd like to do in the future.

Find a photo for one of the life events you have learned and upload it here.