V4 P1 W6 finish up 1 & 2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Basic rules

• We do our work when we should
• We are silent during explanations and raise our hands for questions
• Our phone is in our "zakkie" in our bag
• We don't eat, drink, or chew gum in class

learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org

learning goals

- I know how to use words to do with relationships

homework check

question 1

Beowulf is set in a period when Christianity had yet to become established all across Western Europe. 

Nevertheless, there are many references to God in the poem.

Can you suggest why this might be?

answer question 1

At this time, monks and others within the church were almost the only people who When the poem was written, the Anglo-Saxons had been Christians for about a hundred years. could read and write. What they wrote was naturally dominated by Christian thinking. Whoever wrote down or copied Beowulf adapted it by removing heathen elements and/or adding more contemporary elements.

question 2

At the start of the first quoted passage. Grendel is introduced as a bloodthirsty monster. 

Give a number of examples from which his nature is apparent.

answer question 2

Grendel is described as greedy, the curse of the human race, spurned, etc. etc. 

In addition, a lot of attention is paid to his rage and the demonic pleasure he takes in killing people.

- ‘his rage boiled over, he ripped open / the mouth of the building, maddening for blood’

- ‘and his glee was demonic’

- ‘he would rip life from limb and devour them / feed on their flesh’

Finish up 1 & 2

Relationships

A word that tells you something about an object or a person. For example what it looks like. 

A word that usually describes an action, it is something you can do.

A word that identifies people, objects, ideas, places etc.

A word that is used to change the meaning of a verb, an adjective or another adverb

ADJECTIVE

VERB

ADVERB

NOUN

noun

verb

adjective

adverb

znw

ww

bnw

bw

beauty

noun  --> beauty

verb --> to beautify

adjective --> beautiful

adverb --> beautifully

Go to list 1

indicate for each word whether it is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb.

go through list 2

Do I know what it means?

Can I write a sentence with the word?

Write sentences with the following words.

- Both words should be used in the same logical, meaningful sentence.

- Use at least 8 extra words.

- The words should stay the same type (i.e. noun or verb)

Write a sentence with
spouse - adultery

Write a sentence with
parental - minors

How to finish a sentence with the correct linking word.

1. What is the context that's already given in the sentence?
2. What is the link between the two parts of the sentence? 
3. Which linking words from that category do I know?
4. Check whether your sentence is grammatically correct.

I really like Lord of the Rings, ______ I don't like the Hobbit.

1. liking a certain film/book and not liking another
   
2. contrasting linking word
3. but, however, in contrast...
4. all options are fine.

Fill in the right words on the worksheet.