Week 45

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Halloween

To do:

• Watching & Listening
  
• Reading

Aims

After this lesson you should be able to:

- find information in a spoken text.

- summarise a text.

Halloween

History of Halloween

Watch the video and write down 3 facts about Halloween that you find interesting.

Fear

What are you afraid of?

Write down your own fears in English.

Are you afraid of .....? 

Yes                           No

Listening

Why is being scared so fun?

Listening 1

What : summarise the video, you need to be able to give three reasons why fear can also be  positive.

             

How:  1. Make notes (keywords)  while you are                                                         listening/watching

            

            

Why is being scared so fun?

Listening 2

What: answer the 6 questions in English. 

1) Explain in your own words what the fight or flight response is.

2) Which brain system is shut down during the flight or fight response?

3) “Doing things that we are afraid of can boost our self-esteem even though we know that we’re not really in danger” How can you explain this?

4) What does it mean to say that emotions can be contagious?

5) Which hormone intensifies the feeling of closeness in times of fear?

6) Why do we not easily forget scary experiences? 

            

Answers

1) Explain in your own words what the fight or flight response is.

2) Which brain system is shut down during the flight or fight response?

3) “Doing things that we are afraid of can boost our self-esteem even though we know that we’re not really in danger” How can you explain this?

4) What does it mean to say that emotions can be contagious?

5) Which hormone intensifies the feeling of closeness in times of fear?

6) Why do we not easily forget scary experiences? 

Dig Deeper

Read the text: Why do some brains enjoy fear?

Try to summarise the answers to the questions in bold in your own words.

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