H4 week 6, dinsdag Jack the Ripper

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Welcome class H4B

Lesson goals:

- Practicing news literacy

- Learning about mysteries

- Practicing your vocabulary skills 

News Project

When you watch a news item, it's important the news item is:

1. only reliable
2. only credible
3. both reliable and credible
4. neither reliable nor credible

The news item

• What kind of news is it?
  
• For what kind of people is this news?
  
• It is relevant/irrelevant because ……..
  
• I would rate this news with a : ………….
  
• Three words from this item to remember are:
  

What kind of news is it?

For what kind of people is this news?

I would rate this news with a:
…………. (1-10)

Three words from this item to remember are:

Stepping Stones

Chapter 3, Mysteries

(Katern 2, beginning)

Text 1

'Why are we obsessed with Jack the Ripper?'

p. 6, Stepping Stones, Katern 2

1. Jack the Ripper murdered ..... women.

1. 3
2. 4
3. 5
4. 6

2. His killings happened more than ..... years ago.

1. 110
2. 120
3. 130
4. 140

3. The suspect's occupation was ........

1. a doctor
2. an artist
3. a baker
4. a salesman

Exercise 2:
Who wrote several books about Jack the Ripper?

Exercise 2:
Who is a criminal who really existed?

Exercise 2:
Who wrote 'A Grim Almanac of Jack the Ripper'?

Exercise 2:
Who was a royal and a suspect?

Exercise 2:
Who is a retired police detective?

Follow Up 

33, 34, 35

Taking turns 

reading the sentences 

out loud.

Homework: 

- Finish the exercises! (Jack the Ripper): 3, 4, 5

- Find a news item, and save the link. Tomorrow, share it with the class in Teams chat. The class will react to it.

Which book are you
reading right now?
Read for 20 mins.

See you tomorrow!

Exercise 3
Tick the correct statements:

1. Jack the Ripper lived in Whitechapel in the 19th century
2. The Whitechapel murders have inspired many people to try and find the killer's identity
3. Whitechapel was a quiet London neighbourhood before 1888