Chapter 4D: Speaking and stones

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 3

Idiom

To move mountains

Idiom

To move mountains:

to do something so difficult that it seems almost impossible

Learning goals

By the end of this lesson:

You can talk about a country and its nature.

Why?

Waarom is dit nuttig: we oefenen met het stellen van vragen en het praten over een land.

Road map

• Bell ringer
• Learning goals
• Warm-up
• Presentation: Stones
• Practice 1
• Task instruction
• Practice 2
• Production
• Review
• Looking ahead

Warm-up

What is your favourite country to visit?

Why?

My favourite country in the world to visit is South Africa. I think it's great because it's hilly and mounainous in places and it has a warm climate in summer.

What is your favourite country and why?

Vraag aan 2 LL

Presentation - Stone 7

Read all the sentences out loud.

Ask students if there are any words they don't know yet.

Point out possible spelling issues for dyslectics:

beautiful waterfalls (1 L; 2 LLs)

gorgeous

blizzards

Do you remember phrasal verbs from a couple of weeks ago? (main verb + a prepostition)-> samengestelde werkwoorden. Do you recognize any here?

(Last sentence: "closed off")

Practice 1

Find your partner!

Look for the person with the other half of your sentence.

Together, read the sentence out loud.

Prepare the stones on sheets of paper (print & cut); hand half a sentence to each student.

Instructions

Practice 2:

Complete the sentences on the worksheet (on your own!)

Production:

• Write a dialogue in pairs. One person asks a question, the other one answers. Use the stones, theme words on p. 25 and other words you already know.
• Talk about a country of your choice, use the map on p. 26 for inspiration or the information about India on p.27. You can make it up (zelf verzinnen)!
• You need at least 5 sentences each. Write these down!
• Present your dialogue to the class in pairs.

Leg de worksheet uit: complete the sentences (on your own). Laptop students can do this online.

Production: use the stones and other words you already know to create a dialogue. Write this down.

You will present the dialogue to the class.

Vraag SS wat we gaan doen (in NL):

Taak 1 & taak 2

Tasks

Work until: 9h50

Group A	Group B
Complete the worksheet. Create dialogue.	Complete worksheet with teacher. Create dialogue.

Review

Present your dialogue.

Which country did you visit?

How would you describe the country you visited?

What can you tell me about .......?

Als het niet lukt om de dialogen te doen:

Stel individuele SS de vragen volgens de slide.

Feedback and looking ahead

Homework:

Complete ex 24

Write out the dialogue

Tomorrow: 4C Reading