Introduction Lesson

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t, mavo, havo
• Leerjaar 3,4

Jos Romeijn

English Teacher

Married, 2 kids

1st year HVC

15 years in education

questions?

Goals 

At the end of this lesson...

1.  know each other a little bit
2.  what is expected of you
3. You know what you are learning this block and what is important in learning the English language. 

Planning

Attendance
Onze Afspraken (3 min)

Guidelines for English (3 min)

Checking in (10 min)

Tests/Learning goals/Books (7 min)

Booklist
Getting to work (15 min)

Wrap up (5 min)

Onze Afspraken

1. We behandelen mensen en spullen met respect.

2. TELEFOON Thuis of in de kluis

3. We eten en drinken buiten het lokaal.

4. We gebruiken de ruimtes in school waarvoor ze bedoeld zijn.

5. We zetten petten/mutsen af in school. We hangen jassen aan de kapstok of doen deze in een kluis.

6. Steek je hand op. 

Guidelines For English

1. We speak and write in English. Almost always.

2. We make sure everything is in order (books, homework, etc.) 

3a. Listen to each other and

3b. Communicate; ask if you don't know, say if you weren't able to ....
4. We're in this together

IF NOT -Exerdice

• Stand up
• Catch ball
• State name
• What does English mean to you?  1 word or full sentence. Anything else you would like to share?
• Sit down
• Show respect by listening to each other and do not make fun of anyone
• I'll start; A way to communicate (talk, read, write, hear, see etc.) with all kinds of people. 

Test Planning and books block 1

You your book for this block

1 lesson grammar, 1 writing, 1 reading (approx)

Reading list - Modern Blackbirds 2025

https://www.noordhoff.nl/webshop/product/modern-blackbirds-2025-leesbundel-3-titels-9789001063146

Everyone Here Is Lying is a 2023 domestic thriller by Shari Lapena

 about the disappearance of nine-year-old Avery Wooler from a seemingly safe suburban neighborhood. The investigation uncovers a web of secrets, affairs, and deception among the residents, particularly surrounding Avery's father and his affair, and culminates in shocking twists that reveal the disturbing truth about Avery's vanishing and the dark undercurrents of the community.

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a novel by Gabrielle Zevin

about the decades-long, complex friendship and creative partnership between video game designers Sam Masur and Sadie Green. Reunited as college students, they co-create a series of successful video games, but their journey is marked by personal struggles, professional triumphs, intense joy, inevitable conflicts, and profound heartbreak. The story uses their careers in the video game industry to explore themes of love, art, identity, trauma, and the human condition, highlighting the unique bond of play and collaboration.

The Seventh Son is a novel by Sebastian Faulks 

about an ambitious tech billionaire, Lukas Parn, orchestrates a secret experiment through his Parn Institute, using a financially struggling academic, Talissa Adam, as a surrogate for a child designed to challenge human evolution. The child, Seth, is born with unique cognitive abilities and consciousness, prompting the novel to explore themes of genetic ethics, the definition of humanity, and societal responses to difference and prejudice as the world eventually hunts for the unusual boy.

Crazy Comic

What & Why: create a story in comic strip form. Learn to communicate and work together in  English. Get to know each other a bit more

How: groups of 3/4, read your assigned story together, discuss what it is about (moral, ideas, visuals), what are you drawing?,  each person draws 1 frame at the same time, do not look at other people's frames before you are finished, combine

Time: 10 minutes of reading and discussing, 10 minutes of drawing

Help:  What's the comic about, who will draw what, text etc. Ask each other, then meOutput: Share with me, next lesson with class

Outcome: Share with each other - Does it tell the whole story? Is the moral clear?

Finished: Review each other's frames

https://senorachase.com/2018/03/20/the-lucky-reading-game/

https://slideplayer.nl/slide/15263254/

Crazy Comic

Crazy Comic is from the book 104 Activities that Build by Alanna Jones and encourages teamwork, standardization and coordination.

What you’ll need:

Three or more people

Pencils

Paper

How to play:

Depending on how many team members you have, divide them evenly into groups. Each group will create their own comic strip.

Each person is responsible for drawing one frame of the strip, so the comic’s length is based on how many people are in each group (for example, three people make a three-frame comic). Assign a set amount of time for each team to discuss what the comic will be about, what each person will draw, and so on.

The team will begin drawing at the exact same time without any interaction, so everything must be discussed in detail beforehand. The team is also not allowed to see what the other members are drawing. When time is up, have the teams gather to look at and discuss their comics.

The most effective teams organize themselves with minimal help from leaders. This is an excellent game for teams to practice vision cohesion across components.

This game also works well with teams separated across offices or working remotely. They can work verbally over the phone or Skype to create the comic.

Time to Wrap up

3 Things you have learned

2 Things you need to work on

1 Question you might still have. 

Next hours/lessons

Exam texts