10th lesson (A2E) - 24/09/2019

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Which season is it?

Autumn (BrE)                Fall (AmE)

 5 Autumn Idioms

to turn over a new leaf

to turn over a new leaf

= to start behaving better; to improve one's attitude

e.g. Apparently he's turned over a new leaf and he's not smoking any more.

to drive someone nuts

to drive someone nuts

= to make someone very annoyed or bothered

e.g. What is that noise? It's driving me nuts!

to squirrel away

to squirrel away

= to save or put things away for another time (like a squirrel collects nuts for the winter)

e.g. She squirreled away money from her paycheck  each month to buy a new car. 

be/feel under the weather

be/feel under the weather

= to not feel well/ to be sick

e.g. I'm under the weather so I won't be able to come to school today.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

The apple never falls far from the tree. 

= When someone looks or behaves like their parents or relatives.

e.g. I heard Sarah is going to the same law school where her parents met. The apple never falls far from the tree. 

Wednesday 25 September

- Learning goals

- Check homework

- Listening skills

- Let's practise

Learning goals

- You are going to improve/practise your listening skills.

- You are going to practise the past simple (regular + irregular verbs) 

Check homework

- Finish ex. 23, 24 & 25 (p. 18-19 WB)
- Study stone 3 (p. 14 TB)

Listening skills

Little Red Riding Hood

Assignment:

Fill in the missing verbs

Let's practise

Four options:

A) Slim stampen grammar 1/2/3

B) Extra listening Theme 1

C) Watch BBC Newsround

D) Study in your book

Learning goals

- You are going to improve/practise your listening skills.

- You are going to practise the past simple (regular + irregular verbs) 

+ reflection

Homework

- Study all words theme 1 (p. 17-19 TB)

- Study grammar 1,2 & 3 (p. 20 TB)

- Study the first 30 irregular verbs (p. 163 TB)