V5C 27-1-2025 90 min

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Welcome!

Program

1. Learning goals

2. Start of the lesson, video + speaking (15 mins)

3. Just a remark about the passive (5 mins)

4. Check previous kennistoets (20 mins)

5. Practise reading & check homework (20 mins) 

6. Watch the news (10 mins)

7. Rounding off together (5 mins)

Learning goals

At the end of this lesson...

- I will have practised speaking (> period 4)

- I will have learned from the previous kennistoets

- I will have practised reading exam texts

Video (4:38 mins)

- School of Life

- Philosophical basis, pros and cons

- Religious / secular

Listen & take some notes

- 2 views of the human mind: what are they & who has them?

- Why is it strange to read your favourite book only once?

- How can we counter 'human craziness'?

Prepare your answers in groups of 4 

1. 2 views of the human mind: what are they & who has them?
2. Why is it strange to read your favourite book only once?
3. How can we counter 'human craziness'?
4. What would they mean by 'human craziness'?

3 mins (in English of course)

1. 2 views of the human mind: what are they & who has them?
2. Why is it strange to read your favourite book only once?
3. How can we counter 'human craziness'?
4. What would they mean by 'human craziness'?

Discuss with your group 

a) Do you remember a favourite book from when you were younger? What was it about? Why did you like it?

- If you could make a children's book that kids could read over & over again, what would it be about?

b) Which topic(s) do you feel strongly about?

- If you could choose, what do you think should be repeated in schools at the start of each day?

a) A children's book about.....
b) Starting the day at school with/by....
(more than 1 answer = okay)

                Active to passive

                     &

Passive: please note

No more get-passive!

• The thieves got caught > were caught
• A parcel was getting delivered > was being delivered

Continuous?

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/passive.html

www.studyandexam.com

The importance of repetitive learning :)

About 8-10 more lessons until the next kennistoets

Use the time you get each lesson to

- study exam idiom

- go through grammar topics

... overcome short-term thinking!

Checking kennistoets period 2

When do you skim a text & how??

When would you scan a text?

Predicting

(look at title/headings, pictures, diagrams, source, use prior knowledge) to anticipate what the text is about.

Skimming 

Reading a text quickly to get its general idea 

Scanning

Reading quickly to find specific details

Reading practice: Woots

Go to woots.nl, use 'entree'

Start working on texts 2017, 1e tijdvak

Work in silence: 5 mins

Do texts 1-5 (= homework)

Which strategies will you use?

How did it go?

How much were you able to do?

How many questions did you get right?

Which strategies did you use?

Checking today's homework

Finish Wasp assignments 46, 47A, 47B

Learn exam idiom! Find the link in Teams

Assignment 47A: 

check your neighbour's work

Well done! You...

- have practised speaking (> period 4)

- have learned from the previous kennistoets

- have practised reading exam texts

Every lesson, please bring: 

• Wasp
• Grammar booklets 
• Notebook / pen
• Working laptop
• Good vibes

www.bbc.co.uk

www.bbc.co.uk

edition.cnn.com

Period 3: tests

1. Week 10 (3-7 March): test grammar / exam idiom (40 mins, 2x)

         - Grammar booklet 1 + 2

         - Exam idiom: E-D only, pp 1-14, list on ELO

2. Week 13 (24-28 March, test week): Reading test (90 mins, 4x)

         - Exam texts

To do:

Finish weektaak: Wasp assignments 46, 47 A + B

Then choose:

• Find extra grammar info/ exercises on ELO 
• Learn exam idiom pp.1-3 on ELO
• Practise exam texts on Woots.nl
• Please note: exam idiom test is words only!!

What to expect in period 3

1. Revision: time to work individually 

         - Grammar booklet 1 + 2

         - Exam idiom

2. Practise reading

         - Reading strategies

         - Wasp

         - Exam texts on Woots

3. Writing / speaking practice (period 4, essay & oral exam)