CAM 5 Lesson Monday October 10

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

This week individually:

 Check on itslearning:  progress test + GOLD unit 6 :  ex 3/4 + 7 page 58/59 +

Do GOLD page 60 exx 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 + check on itslearning

Write a review  (hand in next week)

read novel

Study for idioms test

This week in class:

Listening practice: making notes

 Comparisons 

Information on writing a review

LISTENING PRACTICE CITO

a great video / total scumbags / the best language / the best words / total disaster / a fake language / the best ponypark / a great wall / an entire ocean / nobody builds oceans better than we do / the greatest miniature town / it's tiny but it's great / scandalous traditions / the most offensive, the most racist thing you have ever seen / a disabled politician / a great impersonation / very important people /  the best tax system God ever created / a great dependency on the US / make our problems great again / we totally understand / we've got the best wishes

Adjectives: ONE syllable:

•   ER - EST                                                                        
• A fast car. - A faster car. - The fastest car.
• A tall guy. -  A taller guy. - The tallest guy.
• A happy couple. - A happier couple. - The happiest couple.*
  
• A big building. - A bigger building. - The biggest building.*
• A fat child. - A fatter child. - The fattest child.*
• A cruel woman. - A crueller woman. - The cruellest woman.* 

*mind your spelling!

Adjectives: TWO syllables:

• Adjectives ending : -le / -er/ -ow/ -y:

• noble - nobler - noblest                &       gentle - gentler - gentlest
• clever - cleverer - cleverest         &       dapper - dapperer - dapperest
• narrow - narrower - narrowest   &       shallow - shallower - shallowest
• happy- happier - happiest            &       easy - easier - easiest

Adjectives: TWO or MORE syllables:

•                                                                                                                                                                              
• An awful mistake. - A more awful mistake. - The most awful mistake.
• An exciting adventure. - A more exciting adventure. - The most exciting adventure.     
• A beautiful painting. - A more beautiful painting. - The most beautiful painting   

Adjectives: TWO or MORE syllables:

•                                                                                                                                                                              
• An awful mistake. - A   less awful mistake. - The least awful mistake.
• An exciting adventure. - A less exciting adventure. - The least exciting adventure.     
• A beautiful painting. - A less beautiful painting. - The least beautiful painting   

ADVERBS more ... / most .....

• Adverbs ending with -ly                                                                                                                                 
• slowly - more slowly - most slowly
• happily - more happily - most happily

• The adjectives well & badly :                                                                                  
• You have done well.  Peter did better. John did the job best. 
• Patricia performed badly. Manu performed worse. Axel performed worst.

Intensifying and modifying comparisons.

• Intensify                                                                                                                                 
• considerably/far/much/a lot/ a great deal  more interesting than ...
• very much  larger / better than
• more and more  difficult / uncomfortable

• Modify                                                                                  
• a bit / slightly / a little    higher than   
• no  better / worse   than
• not any  higher / quicker
• just / quite / easily   as interesting as
• almost / not quite  as crowded as
• not nearly / nowhere near   as useful as

LIKE

• Similarity                                                                                                                                 
• He is tall like his father.
• It looks like an apple.

• Emphasis on the difference between two things: nothing like as.                                                                               
• Driving is nothing like as fast as going by train.
• The interview was  nothing like as  bad as I thought it was going to be.

CAE Writing formats

Formal

Semi-formal

Informal

Essay

Formal letter

Informal letter

Review

Report

Proposal/Article

Writing in general

• No contractions → can’t = cannot / won’t = will not
  
• Formal language
  
• Empty line between each paragraph
  
• Use linking words
  
• Show your vocabulary!

Write a review of your school trip. (The good, the bad and the ugly)

Use 220 - 260 words.

Target audience: peers, teachers and parents.

(see Gold pages 194 -196)

HAND IN NEXT WEEK (Oct 18)

Introduction:

- give an idea of the structure of the review

- start with raising a question in your readers' minds.

Body: (2 paragraphs)

Give your assessment of what you've seen and done. Do make comparisons. 

Conclusion:

Do include a final recommendation or evaluation at the end of your review.

This week individually:

 Check progress test on itslearning + GOLD unit 6 :  ex 1 - 5 + 7 page 58/59 

Do GOLD page 60 exx 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 + check on itslearning + 

do VWO 2022 I texts 1 - 5 for Monday

Write a review  (hand in next week)

read novel

Study for idioms test