VWO 4 - week 39 - entl 6 - lesson 1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Wildlife conservation

1. Would you volunteer for a wildlife conservation organization?
2. Would you volunteer for a local conservation group?

Why (not)?

Come up with good arguments/complete sentences

Discuss in groups of 3-4

Today's objectives

First hour:

• Presentations literary devices groups 4, 5 & 6

Second hour:

• Homework review (reading 2 & 3; vocab 5 & 6; grammar 7 & 8)
• Listening ex. 4 
• Reading/speaking ex. 10

Reading lesson 4

Prince Harry on the "Front Line"

Fill in the gap - read. strat. ex. 2

1) Read text around gap carefully

2) Decide on word type: verb/noun/preposition - part of fixed expression /adjective/adverb/linking word (conjunction) etc.

3) Decide on the approximate meaning of the word/phrase 

4) Fill in the word and check if meaning fits the gap by rereading the text

Homework

Ex. 3 - p. 31 - True/False -> T =  quote / F = explain + quote

Ex. 5 - vocabulary

Ex. 6 - hypenated words (i.e. first-hand experience/far-fetched stories)

Ex. 7 & 8 - Past Simple vs Present Perfect (p. 56 & 57 grammar booklet)

Underline the signal word & indicate which tense

Past Simple

Form:

Use:

Signal words:

Example:

Present Perfect

Form:

Use:

Signal words:

Example:

Past Simple

Form: 

• regular: verb + ED
• irregular: 2nd column
• Question/negative: Did + verb; Didn't + verb (verb = hele ww)

Use: 

To talk about things in the past, finished actions. 

When = mentioned 

Signal words:

When, then, ago, last, in 2019, this morning etc.

Example:

We went to the movies last weekend.

She didn't join us then.

Present Perfect

Form:

• regular: has / have + verb + ED  (has = he/she/it)
• irregular: has / have + 3rd column
• Quest./neg.: has/have + verb+ED/3rd form; hasn't/haven;t + verb+ED/3rd form

Use:

• To talk about things that started in the past & are still going on
• To talk about sth. that has just finished (result important; when not mentioned)
• To talk about result (when not mentioned) or experience

Signal words:

so far, yet, already, never, ever, always, up till now, since, just

Example:

I have just done the dishes! Have you cleaned up the rest yet?

Conservation work 

con‧ser‧va‧tion /ˌkɒnsəˈveɪʃən $ ˌkɑːnsər-/ ●●○ noun [uncountable]    

1 the protection of natural things such as animals, plants, forests etc, to prevent them from being spoiled or destroyed SYN preservation, → conserve

 wildlife conservation

 a local conservation group

Viva Veolia - listening ex. 4

 

conservation volunteering for young people

Compare online volunteering brochures

Ex. 10 - p. 34

Pairwork

• Each finds one or two online volunteering brochure(s)
• Summarize: where/what/who (jot down key words)
• Discuss what you've found and which project you would choose

https:

Homework

Review Vocab lessons 3-4

Review past simple vs present perfect

Review irregular verbs

Literary analysis - The Fault in our Stars

Form groups of 5 & Read Chpts 1/2 & Chpts 20-25 of the novel "The Fault in our Stars" (John Green) 

Do a Partial literary analysis & Present using the following:

• The Fault in our Stars (PDF) (in SOM)
  
• Reading file V4 info (in SOM)

Literary devices explanation:

• www.literary-devices.com / www.literarydevices.net
  
• https://www.litcharts.com/literary-devices-and-terms
  

Literature websites to help you with analysis (you need to add supporting examples from novel yourselves!)

• www.sparknotes.com
  
• www.shmoop.com
  
• www.cliffsnotes.com
  

https:

Groups

-> Analyse per group using novel/literarydevices.net/shmoop/sparknotes/cliffsnotes 

& giving plenty of examples from the novel. 

-> Present your analysis in a PPT/LessonUp to class (wk. 37)

Group 1: Setting/Point of View/Conflict

Group 2: Characterisation (main/secondary/round/flat/how does reader find out about characters?)

Group 3: Plot / Beginning & Ending

Group 4 & 5: Themes / Title

Group 6: Style -> symbolism/methaphors/similes/tone (=author's viewpoint/choice of words)

Literary analysis

Handy websites to use:

www.literary-devices.com

www.literarydevices.net

https://www.litcharts.com/literary-devices-and-terms

www.sparknotes.com

www.shmoop.com

www.cliffsnotes.com

What have you learned today?