Week 40 writing Formal/Creative

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo g, mavo
• Leerjaar 4

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W 40	2/10 - 6/10	Test wordlist 1 + writing practice
W 41	9/10 - 13/10	Letter practice and finetuning
W 42	16/10 - 20/10	Autumn break
W 43	23/10 - 27/10	Letter practice
W 44	30/10 - 3/11	Testweek -> writing

Test Grammar & Vocabulary

This week's content:

• Grammar vocab test; final questions?
• Lay-out Formal letter+Teacher feedback (individual)


• Woordenschat/ dictionary explanation
•  Letter number three/four practice
• Extra: Creative writing assignment

Recap grammar 

      

Present Simple & Present Continuous

Past Simple & Present Perfect    

Testweek Tenses: overview

Present simple

Use: 

- facts, general truths

- actions that happen regularly

- habits

!!! every, often, sometimes, regularly, always, usually,...

Present simple

Form: 

I / you / we / they:   infinitive (hele werkwoord)

he / she / it:   infinitive + s / es / ies

Present simple

Present simple

Practice: 

- exercise 1

- exercise 2

- exercise 3

- exercise 4

- exercise 5

- exercise 6

Present continuous

Use:

- something that is happening at this moment or around this time

- future arrangement: when you have already decided and arranged to do it

Present continuous

Form:

am / is / are    +     verb + ing

Present continuous

Present continuous

Practice:

- present continuous affirmative

- present continuous negative

- present continuous interrogative

- present simple or present continuous?

- present simple or present continuous?

- present simple or present continuous? 

Past simple

Use:

- actions that took place in the past and are completely finished now

- often with expression of time (last, ago, yesterday, in 2002,...)

Past simple

Form:

- regular verbs:  verb + (e)d

- irregular verbs: see list (study by heart)

Past simple

Past simple

Practice:

- past simple affirmative

- past simple affirmative

- past simple negative

- past simple negative

- past simple interrogative

- past simple interrogative

Present perfect

Use:

- an action that started in the past and continues up to the present

- an experience (without expression of time)

- an action that happened in the past, but still has a result in the present 

- often with 'just, yet, (n)ever, already, for, since,...' 

Present perfect

Form:

have / has   +    past participle*   

* (regular verbs:  infinitive + ed, irregular verbs: 3rd column)

Present perfect

Present perfect

Practice:

- Present perfect 

- Present perfect 

- Present perfect mixed

- Past simple or present perfect?

- Past simple or present perfect?

- Past simple, past continuous or present perfect?

Creative writing assignment Okt '23 DM-4

Creative (or free) writing is an important skill. 

You are going to write as much as possible about 1 of the 4 topics in the next slide. Write down whatever you can think of, don't be afraid to think outside the box!

- Use your dictionary (or translate) as many B2/C1/C2 words as possible and make them fit the sentence.

CREATIVE WRITING

1. Write about your passion or favourite hobby. Describe why you love it so much.

2. Write about your future plans. What would you like to do once you graduate from the Willem?

3. Write a short fictional story. This can be anything you want (murder mystery, fantasy, science fiction).

4. Write about your autumn holiday plans. What do you have planned this upcoming week?

Write about one of these topics for 15 minutes. After that, you are going to swap papers/laptops with your neighbour.

CREATIVE WRITING

Email your writing piece to [e-mail]

Giving feedback I will use of the following assessment criteria:

S - Spelling

G - Grammar

WW - Werkwoordtijden

AF - Anders formuleren

WF - Woordfout

WV - Woordvolgorde