Thursday 22 April 2021 A2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Road Map

• The Wild Robot Quiz
• The Wild Robot Chapters 1-5
• The Wild Robot  Chapters 6- ?

Lesson goals

At the end of this lesson you can 

- describe who/what Roz the Robot is; 

- describe what, according to you, makes humans human;

- why the author might have given her certain human characteristics;

- describe what it  could mean to be part (or not a part) of a community; 

- give adequate examples from the text or your own life to support your opinions. 

Your ideas about the book:

• I think it is a still boring book actually 
• i guess i still don't really like it, but you never know.
• I don't like reading books and I don't like robots. 
•  I’m still not very excited to read it but my opinion can always change once I am reading it.

Your ideas about the book:

• I think it will be a great book/a bit spooky/a nice book
• I don’t like the fact that is not based on a true story but I think its a very exciting book
• I don't like school books because 90% of the time they have a very hasty ending. But seeing as this book is not a 100 page one and has good ratings, I think it won't be as awful as the last ones I was forced to read. 

Which statement is not true?

1. Peter Brown does not care about climate change
2. Peter Brown is 49
3. He is an American illustrator & author
4. He thinks empathy and kindness are important

Which statement is true?
The story is set ...

1. in New York in the future
2. in a wild forest in the past
3. in New York in 2016
4. in a rugged northern island that was formed by rising seas, far in the future.

Which statement about the word 'robot' is not true?

1. It comes from an Old Church Slavonic word, rabota.
2. Karel Čapek and his brother invented the word “robot.”
3. It comes from a 1920’s science fiction play by Karel Čapek.
4. Robot comes from Latin Rotare Bonus, meaning bones that turn

Which statement is true?

1. The Robot is male
2. The Robot is female

Who is Roz the Robot?

Your ideas about being human:

• We speak languages. We are really intelligent compared to the other animals. We are on top of the food chain.
• We talk in words, we walk upright on two legs and we wear clothes.
• We have a better understanding of emotions. With our bigger intelligence we can build amazing things and understand the universe better.  We went to the moon. Animals did not go to the moon.
• Humans communicate easier by speaking, we wear clothes, we have jobs.
• We humans can think about things and talk and think.

Give one example from the text in which Roz the Robot behaves/acts like a human being.

‘Scattered across the rocks were the broken bodies of four dead robots’ (p.4). Roz is all alone on an island. To what extent (=in hoeverre)
is 'belonging to a group' a human need?

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What do you think are the benefits of a group or a community?

How has the covid-lockdown affected you? Has it influenced the extent to which you felt part of the school group? If so, how?

How was did you like reading and discusing The Wild Robot so far?
What did you like? What not? Be as specific as possible in your answer!

Homework

Read The Wild Robot until chapter 15 (p. 37).

Guiding question: How does Roz deal with adversity (tegenslag)?