H5 - week 6- lesson 2 and 3

• Middelbare school

Today's objectives

• Listening - mark in som
  
• Reading battle
• Writing an informal letter/essay

Reading Battle

Form 9 groups of 3 students

Read texts 1-6 of havo exam 2019

Answer questions 1-16

Final step: answer in socrative 

Winning Group gets a prize

Specific feedback informal letter no. 1

• to move abroad

• to happen -> to occur (How do you feel about earthquakes occurring regularly/constantly in your country?)
  

• to reduce/lessen the emission of carbondioxide/ CO2 emission

• public health (not: the health of the people)
  

• their vs they're (their homes = possessive / they're = they are) - your vs you're (your home = possessive / you're = you are)

• a + consonant(consonant sound) = a tree / a uniform ("j" sound) VS an apple (a = vowel sound)

• disaster area / these circumstances / these surroundings / nuclear power plant

Linking words paragraphs (essay)

First of all, second of all, thirdly etc. (to orden/sum up)

One example, for instance, also (to give examples)

Furthermore, moreover (to stress additional information)

Even though, although, however, nonetheless (to stress a contrast/contrary information)

Coordinating/subordinating conjunctions sentences  (letter/essay)

Between two main clauses (main clause = subject + verb, expresses a complete thought)

F = for

A = and

N = nor

B = but

O = or

Y = yet

S = so

• Nuclear power plants have been around for ages, yet the public safety is often an item of discussion
  
• I am opposed to nuclear power, for it puts the public at risk.
• We could go shopping in Amsterdam, or we could visit the local museum in my city.
  
• Nuclear power plants offer an environmentally-friendly/sustainable source of energy, but at the same time they are rather dangerous.
  

Subordinating conjunctions sentences  (letter/essay)

To add a subclause (does NOT express a complete thought)  to a main clause.

Subclauses before the main clause -> separated by a comma.

• As long as nuclear power plants strictly adhere to the safety rules, the public health won't be at risk.
  
• Provided that nuclear power plants striclty adhere to the safety rules, the public health won't be at risk.
• As soon as I had learned about the disasters in Japan, I decided to write you.
  
• I decided to write you as soon as I had heard about the disasters

Essay writing

• Structure - intro/3 paragraphs/conclusion (= 5 paragraphs)
  
• General topic (controversial) / short stories
  
• Formal language
  
• Avoid personal pronouns
  
• Use linking words (also, moreover, even though, nonetheless etc.)
  
• Use an general example ending in your topic statement (=thesis)
  

Assignment

Write a formal essay about a controversial topic/Write informal letter no. 2 - hand in!

Preparing your Essay

• Think of a controversial topic (i.e. Soccer players are overpaid = THESIS)
  
• Think of 3 arguments to support your opinion
  

• Come up with two examples to support each argument
• Write a rought draft of 5 paragraphs: Intro/3 arguments & examples/Conclusion (in which you repeat your thesis & your main argument