Insight Advanced lesson 6D

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Lesson 6D

Goals (whole class)

•  To identify and use vocabulary for  describing the characteristics of freedom fighters and leaders
• To practice scanning  a text for information and reading  closely to identify the order of  information
• To gain some understanding about the relationship between Scotland and England
• To consider the issues in the debate for Scottish Independence

Classroom group

• Speaking: To discuss the topic of the benefits and drawbacks of Independence for Scotland

Home group:

•  Listening to a video and taking notes of  key arguments in the debate for Scottish Independence

Quick fire: Name some famous leaders or freedom fighters in history

What did they achieve?
(Give the name of the person and the achievement)
(2 minutes)

characteristics
of leaders

What do you know about the Scottish hero William Wallace?

Qualities of William Wallace

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King Edward 1 made himself King of Scotland

Wallace decisively defeated the English army at Stirling

Wallace returned from Europe and continued resistance against the English

Wallace tried to gain military support from European countries

Wallace was captured by Edward and taken to London

Wallace studied to become a priest

Wallace destroyed he town of Lanark and murdered the English Sheriff

The Scottish nobles acknowledged Edward as their King.

Wallace's father and brother were killed by English soldiers

00:40

What do they call the election system in Great Britain?

1. first past the post
2. first in gets it
3. first come, first served
4. first past, first post

00:57

Why might Scottish people find it unfair that the Conservatives rule Scotland?

02:00

Why did they decide to make it a yes/no vote?

1. they didn't think
2. they thought the third option was too confusing
3. they didn't think anyone would vote No
4. they didn't think anyone would vote Yes

03:44

Discuss in pairs

• What do you know about the Scottish referendum in 2014 ?
• What were the arguments on both sides? If you don't know try to guess !

• What are the advantages and disadvantages of Independence

Name 3 things you have learned today
Name 3 things you still need to learn

Homework

S/B P74/75

Ex 5 and 6  collocations

Ex 7 and 8 Additonal work on conditionals. Standard phrases using if.

Adding additional vocabulary and definitions to your vocab file

Group at home

Finish watching the video and bring your notes to the lesson