Reading skills 21 March 23

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 6

Welcome!

Road Map

• Some bits and pieces 
• Reading skills 

Some bits and pieces

• Plan your orals / check your appointments
• This week and next: some orals during class, but everyone  reports to me at the start of class!

Lesson goals

As a group you work together so that, at the end of this class, each and everyone of you

• understands the text 'Stan Lee's Legacy' (havo 2022)

Read 'Stan Lee's Legacy'

First, read the text by yourself

When you and your partner have both read the text, discuss it. 

Is everything clear?

Ask each other the 'wh'-questions and discuss words/parts you do not know

'Stan Lee’s legacy'
How is Stan Lee introduced in paragraph 1?

1. by analysing which elements are behind his success
2. by applauding the timeless quality of his creative work
3. by giving an example of an exciting storyline he wrote
4. by highlighting how well he made use of special effects

What becomes clear about Stan Lee in paragraph 2?

1. He contributed to the development of the comic-book genre.
2. He criticised fellow comic-book writers for creating flat characters.
3. He dared to introduce unexpected twists in his comic-book stories.
4. He was the first comic-book writer who appealed to adult readers.

Which of the following fits the gap in paragraph 3?

1. indirectly processing their own issues
2. obsessively acting out their own fantasies
3. publicly denying their own limitations
4. shamelessly justifying their own choices

“Where would Lee be without radiation?” (paragraph 4)
How can this remark best be characterised?

1. surprised
2. playful
3. hypocritical
4. admiring

Which of the following fits the gap in paragraph 5?

1. stubborn
2. optimistic
3. modest
4. impatient

In de tekst zeggen 1. Parker Shaw (par. 3) en 2. Neil Gaiman (par. 6) iets over Stan.
Geef per persoon aan welke uitspraak samenvat wat hij zegt over Stan Lee. (c.f: 1e, 2f )

a He embodies a period in the history of comic books.
b He underestimated how much of his fiction could become reality.
c People can identify with his main characters.
d Rivalling comic writers tended to be jealous of him

How well do you understand the text 'Stan Lee's legacy'?

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This week

Work on eindexamensite.nl

Exam vwo 2019 -1

Should be finished on Wednesday 29 March.