World book day

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Assignments:

Argumentative essay = deadline 9th March, upload to dropbox on itslearning.

Campaign speech = check the planner for the schedule of when you will give your speech.

KLV (kijk en luistertoets) = moved to period 4.

*You do not have a test for English in test week.

How is your essay writing going?

1. Completed it, mate!
2. Pretty much done
3. Half way there
4. I have a busy weekend ahead of me....

Today: 

- Learn about the evolution of the book 

- Practice listening / watching 

Favourite genre of book?

Which book (or type) do you think should be added to the English course?

The evolution of the book - questions

1. What is a codex? 

2. Who invented the printing press?

3. What is the evolution of book covers?

4. What is a book?

What is a codex?

1. A series of unique characters only understood by societal members
2. Software that contains a secret code
3. A close ancestor of a book; a stack of pages bound on one side
4. A collection of pictures

Who invented the printing press?

1. Johannes Gutenberg
2. Nicolas Jenson
3. Aldus Manutius
4. Johann Fust

What is the evolution of book covers?

1. Millboard has always been used
2. Pasteboard→wood→millboard
3. Pasteboard does not exist
4. Wood→pasteboard→millboard

What is a book?

1. A set of tickets, blanks sheets for notes, checks, etc. bound together
2. An electronic text such as an iPad or Kindle
3. A bound set of pages that are glued or sewn together to one side
4. All of these answers

What does the following mean?

"it is greater than the sum of its parts"

If you had the choice to read your favorite book on an electronic device or in its physical form which would you pick?

Physical book

Electronic device

What are the benefits of digital texts?
Does a digital text offer a different or similar reading experience?

Practice listening skills

- English language Netflix series (English subtitles if you need them)

- Podcasts

- Radio 

- BBC news 

- TEDx / Ted Ed

Podcast tips...

To do...

- Finish essay: deadline = Tuesday 9th March