Week 5

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Havo 2

Week 5

Lesson 1

Learning Goal: 

By the end of the lesson: 

- I can avoid common pitfalls in English.

Lesson Overview: 

- Silent Sustained Reading

- Grammar Explained

- Practice

Silent Sustained Reading

English Pitfalls 

Words often used incorrectly when writing or speaking. 

For example, homophones which are words that sound the same. 

possessive vs. contractions

The possessive is used to indicate that something belongs to a person or thing. 

Contractions are a pronoun and a verb contracted to word. 

                       possessive 

Your website is offline. 

Its leaves were very soft. 

Whose party are we going to again?

Their dresses were very colourful. 

                            contractions

You're (you are) very good at making video.

It's (It is) an honour to meet you. 

Who's (who is) that girl over there?

They're (they are)buying groceries today. 

English Pitfalls (homophones)

                  there

this a place

I work over there. 

                   their

possessive 

That's their new house.

                they're

they are

Where are they? 

Oh, they're late.  

English Pitfalls 

to vs. too

to is a preposition or an action like towards something/someone

too means also or as well. Can also mean more than enough. 

My mom drove me to school. 

I ate too many donuts. 

then vs. than

then is to describe when something happens, like in a list. 

than is used for comparisons

We went to a fast food restaurant then. 

Your phone is smaller than mine. 

Where, were, we're

Where is to describe a location                         Where are you at?

were is a past tense of to be                               We were at the grocery store.

we're is short for we are                                       But now we're at the park.

Practice Time

To do: 

- exercises 51, 52 & 53

Finished?

- Work on Numo

- Continue Reading

Havo 2

Week 5

Lesson 2

Learning Goal: 

By the end of the lesson: 

- I can understand an audio clip about jobs.

Lesson Overview: 

- Silent Sustained Reading

- Listening Practice

- Independent work

Before Listening page 130

Exercise 35

What do voice actors do?

Could you or would you want to do that job?

Listening page 130

To do: 

exercise 36a & 38

Finished?

- Work on Numo

- Work on PO

- Continue reading

Havo 2

Week 5

Lesson 4

Learning Goal: 

By the end of the lesson: 

- I can understand a text about reading. 

Lesson Overview: 

- Silent Sustained Reading

- Discuss text in book

Reading Strategy

Reading page 132

Waterslide Physics

To do: 

Read text

complete ex. 41b/c/d

complete ex. 43

finished early?

read your book

work on PO

Silent Sustained Reading