Week 35: introduction English

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 3

Hey there! 

Please have a seat! 

This will be your teacher this year: 

Mrs Knetemann-Koolwijk

[e-mail]

I work on: 

Monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday

and friday

Houserules for classroom 110

• DO NOT TOUCH THE PLANTS >:(                   Some are fragile 

• Laptops closed during explanation 
• Do you have a question or comment? Raise your hand 
• Please keep quiet when I explain stuff
• Clean up after yourself 
• Watch your language, respect towards everyone
• Want to go to the bathroom, ask if it is convenient (handy)

Write down 3 short English sentences to introduce yourself

Small exercise 

Make a small collage of things that you like or define you

You get 5 minutes 

You find an example on the right side

Present your work to others 

You get 15 minutes to present your work ( in English) to at least 3 pupils 

who are not sitting next to you

What will the year look like? 

+ 4 vocabulary & grammar tests

What will you need this year? 

Positive attitude

Willingness to work 

Homework

A notebook!

Planning for today 

Choosing a book

Read a part

How do you practice
reading?

Improve vocabulary 

Practice reading -> concentration, speed

See proper sentences being used 

What do you know about
this book already?

How does this work? 

You start the lesson as usual (enter classroom, phone in hotel ect) 

You grab a book from the crate 

You wait for the right page and read along

End of the lesson -> you carefully put the book back into the crate

Which one will it be?

Harry Potter

Diary of a whimpy kid

Matilda

Warm up question

If you had all the time in the world, absolutely nowhere to be

What would you do? 

Planning for today

What is the plan for today?	5 min
Exploring the new book	15 min
Recap	10 min
bridging the gap	10 min

Stepping stones 

Important things: 

• Find the learning corner 
• We start with book A
• Post-it notes can help
• People with dyslexia may use the laptop

The world around you?
What could that be about?

You are going to learn: 

New words to use

Present simple & continuous

Some/any/every/no

Gerund + to infinitive 

Work on bridging the gap 

Homework for next lesson: Finish getting started chapter 1 on pages 34 & 35