B1 Halloween 2021

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Today's programme:

• What do you already know?
• Read the text and find the connections
• Mind map
• Story writing

What do you already know?

You are going to read a text with the title Halloween. Look at the title, the headings and the photo. 

What is this text about?
What do the headings tell you about the text?

Now, read the text for the first time. 

Finished? Read the text again, and with your group, try to find all the linking words.

Once you've read the explanation, can you find more linking words (conjunctions/signal words) in the text? Underline or highlight them! Finished? Do the exercises.

1. In the introduction, you find in line 6 a signal word for example. What does the given
example illustrate?

2. Which signal word can replace the signal word Therefore in line 14?

1. but
2. first
3. maybe
4. so

3. a. In lines 18-23, you find a signal word for time. Which word signals time?

3. b. What does the signal word for time refer to?

4. What signal words signal an enumeration in the second paragraph Celebrations?

5. Fill in: the signal word though (line 46) signals the contrast between ____________________
and ____________________.

6. The words for example in line 47 signal an example. Which other signal word in the third paragraph signals an example?

Create a mind map about Halloween.

Try to use different colours for each topic, make drawings and make sure to pay attention to lay-out. 

Finished? Write a scary Halloween story in which you include as many items from your mindmap as possible. Pay attention to linking words. Write 140 - 190 words. You can do this assignment in Classroom. 

Finished? Do the final reading assignments.