The World Around Me

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

The 

World

Around 

Me

Mavo 3

English

Project 4

The Project

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 work on during the English lessons.

If you miss a lesson you work on it at home!

JUST FOLLOW THE LESSON-UP

1. Open a new Power Point document, name it 'The World Around Me' and save it in your cloud documents'
   
   
2. Work on this LessonUp
   Follow the instructions and do the assignments. Add to the PowerPoint when this is asked.
   
   
3. Do the reading assignments (don't forget to highlight the part of the text where you found the answer!)
   
   
4. Vocabulary (wrts) are part of this project. Learn vocabulary on wrts when you reach that slide.
   
   
5. Time left during a lessown? READ YOUR BOOK!  Finished book? Work on your 'handelingsopdracht literatuur'.
   DEADLINE INLEVEREN = 12 MAY 2023

•  When you get to the end of this LessonUp you will have finished the project. Upload your PowerPoint on ELO by the deadline (Sunday 11 June). = for a grade
  
• You will have practised exam Reading.
  READING TEST (week 24/25)
  
• You will have learned about different cultures
  
• And last but not least........

We hope you will have had fun during English!

What the teacher expects!

Work hard during class! KEEP UP with the 'studiewijzer'.

A completed PowerPoint handed in via ELO (deadline 11 June)

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

It's time to start!

a. AVATAR

1. Use: 
   https://readyplayer.me/nl/avatar
   
   
2. create your own full body AVATAR.
   
   
3. Click on HUB to save your Avatar. Register 
   to save the avatar (you will need it again)
   
   
4. Cut and paste / take a picture of it and put it in your PowerPoint.

You will need your  - Reading stencils

MEERKEUZEVRAGEN

1. READ 'stappenplan meerkeuzevragen' (page 1)
2. DO reading exercises
   1, 2 & 3 on pages 1 & 2
   (text 1 and text 2)
   highlight in the text where you found the answers
3. CHECK your answers (page 19)
   
4.  YOUR ANSWER WRONG?  
   Can you find it now? Need help? ASK!

MEERKEUZEVRAGEN

b. My name is ...

GIVE YOUR AVATAR A NAME

1. Use: https://7esl.com/english-names/ to choose a first name AND a surname.
2. Find out the meaning of your Avatar's first name. Use Google.
3. Put in your POWERPOINT
   *first name
   *surname
   *meaning of the first name

c. Number of last names

WATCH THE FILM AND THEN:

1. Find out how many people (WORLDWIDE) carry your last name 
                   AND 
2. how many (WORLDWIDE) carry the same last name as your AVATAR?
3. Write BOTH answers in your PowerPoint.

LET OP: The website you need to answer these questions is named in the film. So pay attention!

You will need your  - Reading stencils

MEERKEUZEVRAGEN

1. READ 'stappenplan meerkeuzevragen' (page 1)
2. DO reading exercises
   4 & 5 on pages 3 & 4
   (text 3 - pages 5 & 6)
   highlight in the text where you found the answers
3. CHECK your answers (page 19)
   
4.  YOUR ANSWER WRONG?  
   Can you find it now? Need help? ASK!

MEERKEUZEVRAGEN

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

Mavo-3 

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

LEARN FROM ENGLISH TO DUTCH

d. Character traits

Your AVATAR has its own characteristics and qualities.

Watch:

e. Good and bad 
    character traits

1. Choose 3 good character traits for your Avatar from this list
   
   
2. Choose 3 bad  traits for your Avatar from the list 
   (The good and bad character traits are mixed up in the list)
   
   
3. Make sentences using your chosen good and bad character traits. The sentences have to show you know what the traits mean.
4. Write the 6 sentences in your PowerPoint.
   

Example sentence:

bad character trait: UNFRIENDLY 

People at school always tell me I am unfriendly because I am very unkind to my teachers and classmates.

You will need your  - Reading stencils

OPEN VRAGEN EN CITEERVRAGEN

1. READ 'stappenplan openvragen en citeervragen (page 6)
2. DO reading exercises
   6, 7 & 8 on pages 6 & 7
   (text 4 & 5 - pages 7 & 8)
   highlight in the text where you found the answers
3. CHECK your answers (page 19)
   
4.  YOUR ANSWER WRONG?  
   Can you find it now? Need help? ASK!

OPEN VRAGEN EN

CITEERVRAGEN

f. Character TEST

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

1. WATCH AND

        CHOOSE THE

        ANSWERS THAT

        BEST MATCH

        YOU!

Which character are you?

1. Take a picture  of YOUR score and of the 'Harry Potter' character that matches YOU
2.  Add the picture to your PowerPoint.

g. Character TEST

NO...THIS IS NOT A MISTAKE!  

1. TAKE THE TEST AGAIN, ONLY THIS TIME ANSWER THEM AS YOUR AVATAR! 

Which character IS YOUR AVATAR?

1. Take a picture YOUR AVATAR'S score and of the 'Harry Potter' character that matches YOUR AVATAR
2. Add the picture to your PowerPoint.

You will need your  - Reading stencils

JUIST/ONJUIST VRAGEN

1. READ 'stappenplan 'juist/onjuist vragen (page 8)
2. DO reading exercises
   9, 10 & 11 pages 8 & 9
   (text 6 & 7 - pages 9 & 10)
   highlight in the text where you found the answers
3. CHECK your answers (page 19)
   
4.  YOUR ANSWER WRONG?  
   Can you find it now? Need help? ASK!

JUIST/ONJUIST VRAGEN

h. COUNTRY AND CITY

Your Avatar lives in an imaginary country and city

1. Use: https://www.name-generator.org.uk/country/ 
   to make up a name for your Avatar's country and city
   (use your imagination)
2. Give your Avatar's country a name
3. Give your Avatar's city a name
4. Write the names of the country and the city in your PowerPoint.

i. CITY AND COUNTRY
   poster

1. Watch:
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Make a poster of the city and country your Avatar lives in.
   Add enough pictures to your poster so it gives a good idea
   of where your Avatar lives.
   Add the pictures directly to your PowerPoint or make it
   on Canva and then add the picture of Canva to your PPT
   
   
3. Fill one slide of your PowerPoint completely.

j. Play the game

How many of the states of the USA do you know?

1. go to https://online.seterra.com/nl/vgp/3285
2. and take the quiz.
3. 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/

LEARN FROM ENGLISH TO DUTCH

You will need your  - Reading stencils

ORDENINGSVRAGEN

1. READ 'stappenplan 'ordeningsvragen' (page 11)
2. DO reading exercises
   12, 13, 14 (pages 11 & 12)
   (text 8 & 9 - pages 12 & 13)
   highlight in the text where you found the answers
3. CHECK your answers (page 19 / 20)
   
4.  YOUR ANSWER WRONG?  
   Can you find it now? Need help? ASK!

ORDENINGSVRAGEN

k. CLOTHING

In this video you will see cultural and traditional clothing.

1.  Watch: 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Chooe one outfit from the video (or find one on the Internet) your Avatar will wear to a special occasion/event. 
3. Put a slide in your PowerPoint and include: 
   a) a picture of the outfit
   b) the name of the outfit/traditional costume & the country it is from
   c) Some information about the origin of this clothing (50 words)
   d) What is the event/special occasion that your Avatar will wear it to?

L. AVATAR

1. Use: 
   https://readyplayer.me/nl/avatar
   sign in to your account
   
   
2. give your Avatar a new look
   
   
3. Cut and paste / take a picture of it and put it in your PowerPoint.

You will need your  - Reading stencils

GATENTEKST VRAGEN

1. READ 'stappenplan 'gatentekstvragen' (page 14)
2. DO reading exercises
   15, 16, 17 (pages 14 & 15)
   (text 10 & 11) - pages 15 & 16)
   highlight in the text where you found the answers
3. CHECK your answers (page 20)
   
4.  YOUR ANSWER WRONG?  
   Can you find it now? Need help? ASK!

GATENTEKST VRAGEN

m.   UNUSUAL SPORTS

Watch:

n. unusual sport

1. Google: unusual sports and read about different unusual sports
2. Choose an unusual sport that is played in your Avatar's country
3. In your PowerPoint 
   a) a picture of this unusual sport

       a) what is this sport called?

       b) what are the rules of the game?
       c) why your Avatar is good at it?

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

Mavo-3 

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

LEARN FROM ENGLISH TO DUTCH

o.  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.

1. Open the link and read the text
   https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/habits-customs-and-traditions-how-are-they-different-/5062202.html
   
   
2. Answer the questions on the next two slides
   
   

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

p.  Strange customs & traditions around the world

1. Watch:  
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Which of these customs/traditions will be celebrated in your Avatar's country?
3. Which of them  will definitely NOT be celebrated in your Avatar's country?
4. In your PowerPoint 2 slides (1 for the custom that WILL be celebrated and 1 for the one that WILL NOT be celebrated

        In each slide:

      - a picture of the custom/tradition
       - name the custom/tradition  AND  the city/country it is usually celebrated

       - write why it is celebrated in that country  & how often it is celebrated there

You will need your  - Reading stencils

GEMENGDE EXAMENVRAGEN

1. Use all the 'stappenplannen' you have learned
2. DO reading exercises
   18 (pages 16 & 17)
   (text 12) - pages 17 & 18
   highlight in the text where you found the answers
3. CHECK your answers (page 20)
   
4.  YOUR ANSWER WRONG?  
   Can you find it now? Need help? ASK!

GEMENGDE EXAMEN VRAGEN

q.  Amazing jobs

Your Avatar has hopes and dreams for the future.

1. Watch:
   
   
   
   
   
2. Write the name of  the 'AMAZING JOB' from the film that your Avatar dreams about doing.
   

r.  Dream jobs

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

Watch: 

s.  My Avatar's future

1. Here is a list of dream jobs and their salaries:
   https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/finding-a-job/dream-jobs
2. Which job will 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. 
3. Which MBO or HBO study does your Avatar have to follow in the Netherlands to reach this goal?
4. In your PowerPoint (1 slide):
   a)  name the job/career (add a picture)
   b) which MBO/HBO study do you need for this?
   c) at which MBO school in Leeuwarden/Groningen/Zwolle 
        or HBO in the Netherlands can you study this? Add the 
        link to the study at that school.

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

Mavo-3 

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

LEARN FROM ENGLISH TO DUTCH

t   VOCABULARY 

1.  What were your scores on the LessonUp Vocabulary Quizzes?  Put the scores in your PowerPoint (1 slide):
   Omgeving (deel 1) - score = .....
   Omgeving (deel 2) - score = .....
   Werk en Opleiding (deel 1) - score = .....
   Werk en Opleiding (deel 2) - score = .....
   
   

PowerPoint

• check if your PowerPoint is complete (use stencil)
  
• upload it in ELO Opdrachten (English - The World Around Me)
• Deadline = Sunday 11 June

 

Done? - continue with this LessonUp

Go to eindexamensite.nl 
Your teacher will send you the link to the class 

Do the 'test' (This is practise for the Reading Test)

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