The World Around Me (Project 3)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 3,4

The 

World

Around 

Me

English

Project 3

Project 3 - The World Around Me

This term the focus will be on Reading. You will do reading assignments (exam style). In between the reading assignments, you will work on the project 'The World Around Me'.

The whole project is a LessonUp that you will go through on your own. So you will work at your own pace.

1. Start the reading questions (don't forget to highlight the part of the text where you found the answer!)

2. Open a new Power Point document, name it 'The World Around Me' and save it in your cloud documents.

3. Work on 1 part of the project in this LessonUp. (Each part has a different colour) follow the instructions and do the assignments. Add to the PowerPoint when this is asked.

4. Vocabulary (handelingsopdrachten) are part of this project. Your teacher will give you access to the quiz when you are at that point.

5. After each Reading Part you check your answers via LessonUp. (Your teacher will give you access to the LessonUp when you show her you have finished the questions and have highlighted your text).

* When you get to the end of this LessonUp you will have finished the project. Upload your PowerPoint on ELO by the deadline (Friday 1 April....no...not joking). A good project is complete and will be awarded a 'V' in Magister (handelingsopdracht).

* You will also have finished the Vocabulary (handelingsopdracht).

* You will have practised exam Reading .

* And last but not least........

We hope you will have had fun during English!

What the teacher expects!

Work hard during class!

Per 2 weeks you finish:

1 exam + two project parts + one vocabulary unit

A completed PowerPoint handed in via ELO (deadline 1 April)

If you miss a lesson, or a lesson is (for any reason) cancelled, you work on it at home!

It's time to start!

Go to your LessonUp - Reading PART  1

Mavo 3 questions 1 - 17  & Mavo 4 questions 1 - 14

a. AVATAR

Use: 

https://readyplayer.me

and create your own full body AVATAR.

Take a picture of it and put it in your PowerPoint.

Important: You will have to go back to your Avatar later, so register! 

b. My name is ...

Give your Avatar a name.

• Use: https://7esl.com/english-names/ to choose a first name and a surname.
• Find out the meaning of your Avatar's first name. Use Google.
• Put the first name, surname and meaning of the first name in your PowerPoint.

c. Number of last names

Find out how many people carry your last name and how many carry the same last name as your AVATAR?

Watch:  

Write BOTH answers in your PowerPoint.

First study....then ask teacher to open quiz

Mavo-3 

https://quizlet.com/nl/606896149/omgeving-basiswoordenschat-deel-1-flash-cards/

Mavo-4 & versnellers

https://quizlet.com/nl/608291697/omgeving-vervolgwoordenschat-flash-cards/

LEER JE LIEVER VANAF PAPIER, HAAL DE LIJST BIJ JE DOCENT

Go back and finish your LessonUp - Reading PART  1

Mavo 3 questions 18 - 37 & Mavo 4 questions 15 - 30

d. Character traits

Your AVATAR has its own characteristics and qualities.

Watch:

e. Good and bad character traits

Choose 3 good and 3 bad character traits for your Avatar from this list. (The good and bad character traits are mixed up in the list --->)

Explain what this good or bad character trait means in a sentence. Write the 6 sentences in your PowerPoint.

e.g. bad character trait: UNFRIENDLY

People in school always told me I was unfriendly because I was very unkind to my teachers and classmates.

f. Character TEST

Do the character test!  Take out a pen and paper and then......

WATCH

AND CHOOSE THE

ANSWER THAT

BEST MATCHES

YOU!

Which character are you?

Take a picture of the 'Harry Potter' character that matches you and upload it into your PowerPoint.

g. Character TEST

NO...THIS IS NOT A MISTAKE!  

TAKE THE TEST AGAIN, ONLY THIS TIME CHOOSE THE ANSWER THAT MATCHES YOUR AVATAR!

Which character is YOUR AVATAR?

Take a picture of the 'Harry Potter' character that matches your Avatar and upload it into your PowerPoint.

Check your Reading PART 1! Ask your teacher for the LessonUp 

to check how you could have found the correct answers.

Go to your LessonUp - Reading PART 2

Mavo 3 questions 1 - 17 & Mavo 4 questions 1 - 23

h. COUNTRY AND CITY

Your Avatar lives in an imaginary country and city

• Use: https://www.name-generator.org.uk/country/ to make up a name for your country and city (use your imagination)
• Give your Avatar's country a name
• Give your Avatar's city a name

Write the names of the country and the city in your PowerPoint.

i. CITY AND COUNTRY

What kind of city does your Avatar live in?

Watch:

Make a collage of the city and country your Avatar lives in. 

Fill one slide of your PowerPoint completely.

j. Play the game

https://online.seterra.com/nl/vgp/3285

Write your score (in % and time) in your PowerPoint.

First study....then ask teacher to open quiz

Mavo-3 

https://quizlet.com/nl/608287350/omgeving-basiswoordenschat-deel-2-flash-cards/

Mavo-4 & versnellers

https://quizlet.com/nl/619606160/werk-en-opleiding-vervolgwoordenschat-flash-cards/

LEER JE LIEVER VANAF PAPIER, HAAL DE LIJST BIJ JE DOCENT

Finish your LessonUp - Reading PART 2

Mavo 3 questions 18 - 36 & Mavo 4 questions 24 - 41

k. CLOTHING

Just watch and enjoy:

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l. CLOTHING

• In this video you will see cultural and traditional clothing.

•  Watch: 

• Pick one outfit from the video (or find one on the Internet) your Avatar will wear to a special occasion/event. 
• Put a slide in your PowerPoint and include: 

1.  a picture of the outfit
2.  the name of the occasion/event
3.  Some information about the origin of this clothing (50 words)

m. CLOTHING

• Look up your Avatar on:

https://readyplayer.me

• Give your Avatar a new look, take a picture of it and put this in your PowerPoint.

Check your Reading PART 2! Ask your teacher for the LessonUp 

to check how you could have found the correct answers.

Go to your LessonUp - Reading PART 3

Mavo 3 questions 1 - 19 & Mavo 4 questions 1 - 19

n.                  SPORTS

Watch:

o.  Name the sport

Think of a name for this sport.

Write the name of the sport on a post-it (don't forget to put your name on the back)

and hand it in to your teacher. 

At the end of the project the teachers will reveal the winning (most original) name. 

There will be a winner for mavo-3 and one for mavo-4. Both winners will, of course, receive a prize!

p. unusual sport

• Google: unusual sports and read about different unusual sports
• Choose an unusual sport that is played in your Avatar's country

• Tell us in your PowerPoint:

1. what is this sport called?
2. what are the rules of the game?
3. why your Avatar is good at it?

Use about 60 words and add a picture of it.

q.  sport event FLYER

For some inspiration you Google: English sports flyers

You are organizing a sports day for Avatars and need to design a flyer. This will be one slide in your PowerPoint.

Information on your flyer:

1. Name of the event
2. Name the unusual sport or sports
3. The date & time
4. The place
5. And don't forget: a reason why Avatars should come to the sports day

First study....then ask teacher to open quiz

Mavo-3 

https://quizlet.com/nl/618963523/werk-en-opleiding-basiswoordenschat-deel-1-flash-cards/

Mavo-4 & versnellers

https://quizlet.com/nl/620626936/sociale-contacten-vervolgwoordenschat-flash-cards/

LEER JE LIEVER VANAF PAPIER, HAAL DE LIJST BIJ JE DOCENT

Finish your LessonUp - Reading PART 3

Mavo 3 questions 20 - 39 & Mavo 4 questions 20 - 42

r.  CUSTOMS & 
     TRADITIONS

Every country has its own customs and traditions. Some are well-known and some are very unusual.

In this part of the project you are going to dive into some customs and traditions and choose which belong to your Avatar's country.

Read and answer questions in the following 2 slides:

https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/habits-customs-and-traditions-how-are-they-different-/5062202.html

Habits, traditions and customs are all practiced by many people over a long period of time.

1. true
2. false

The difference between a custom and a tradition is that traditions are older.

1. true
2. false

s. Valentine's Day 

    around the world

Watch, read and learn 

t.  Strange customs & traditions around the world

Watch:  

Which of these customs/traditions will be celebrated in your Avatar's country?

Which will definitely NOT be celebrated in your Avatar's country?

For both:

- name the custom/tradition & where it is celebrated

- write why it is celebrated & how often it is celebrated

Make a slide in your PowerPoint with your answers and a picture of both customs/traditions

Check your Reading Part 3! Ask your teacher for the LessonUp 

to check how you could have found the correct answers.

Go to your LessonUp - Reading PART 4

Mavo 3 questions 1 - 17 & Mavo 4 questions 1 - 24

u.  Ambitions

Your Avatar has hopes and dreams for the future.

Give your Avatar a dream job/career! 

Anything is possible. 

Watch:

v.  Dream jobs

Okay, not anything.... Let's be a bit more realistic

Watch: 

w.  My Avatar's future

Here is a list of dream jobs and their salaries:

https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/finding-a-job/dream-jobs

Which job does your Avatar have? You can either choose one of the jobs from the list or you can choose the job/career you yourself want to do in the future. 

Find out what  you would have to study in the Netherlands to be able to do this job. And find a school in the Netherlands where you would want to study this.

In your PowerPoint (1 slide):

- name the job/career (add a picture)

- what do you have to study for this job/career?  (add the internet link where you found this information)

- name the school (add the link to this study)

PowerPoint

• check if your PowerPoint is complete (use stencil)
  
• upload it in ELO (English - The World Around Me)
• Deadline = 1 April 

 

Done? - continue with this LessonUp

Finish your LessonUp - Reading PART 4

Mavo 3 questions 18 - 30 & Mavo 4 questions 15 - 31

First study....then ask teacher to open quiz

Mavo-3 

https://quizlet.com/nl/618975869/werk-en-opleiding-basiswoordenschat-deel-2-flash-cards/

Mavo-4 & versnellers

SIGNAALWOORDEN (leer stencil)

LEER JE LIEVER VANAF PAPIER, HAAL DE LIJST BIJ JE DOCENT

Check your Reading Part 4! Ask your teacher for the LessonUp 

to check how you could have found the correct answers.

You have reached the End... 

If you have arrived here before 1 April, go to the next slide for a look into the future!

A look into the future: