Sinterklaas

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Today

Learning goal: I can talk & write about Sinterklaas.

- Sinterklaas clip

- Creative Sinterklaas assignment 

Rules: 

1. Only 1 person is talking
2.  Be prepared!!
3.  Don't react at eachother.
4.  Respect each other

Which words come to mind thinking of Sinterklaas and Black Pete?

Sinterklaas clip

Pay attention! 

If you hear a word you don't know, try to guess the meaning.

Clip 1: the history of Sinterklaas

Clip 2: people from other countries talking about Sinterklaas. 

Is zwarte piet racist? What is your opinion?

Sinterklaas refers to two things:

1. his birthday and pakjesavond
2. his name and to the pakjesavond holiday
3. the day he died and we celebrate now
4. pakjesavond and surprises

When does Sinterklaas arrive in the Netherlands?

1. mid November
2. beginning of December
3. end of October
4. end of November

What is a chimney?

What is a wardrobe?

Writing assignment

Write a short letter to Sinterklaas

How to write a short letter (informal)

- Dear sir, madam or name

- introduce yourself really short: name, age, where you are from

- what is the purpose of the letter: do you have a question, do you need help, do you want to compliment somebody and so on...

- maybe give some examples

- thank the person and end the letter properly

- kind regards,  name

For example

Dear Sinterklaas,

My name is Donald Trump and I am 73 years old. I lived in the White House for four years.

The reason that I am writing you is because I am looking for a job.

I heard you always need helpers who can clean your boat.

I would be really interested to help you with this and live with you in Spain afterwards.

Sinterklaas, thank you for reading this letter and hope to hear from you soon.

Kind regards, Donald

Now...write a short letter to Sinterklaas. You can be anyone.

Creative writing assignment

You can choose to write (in English) :

- Poem (gedichtje)

- short plea ( kort betoog ) 

- Short story ( kort verhaaltje) use past simple/ continuous

- Sinterklaas song 

- anything else you can come up with!

 Earn extra points on your test! max +0,5. 

Discussion!

Rules: 

- Everyone is entitled to their opinion! Don't get angry. 

- Express your opinion with respect.

- No rascist jokes.

- No laughing at each others english or opinion.

Discussion!

In groups of 4 discuss the following:

The netherlands should ban zwarte pieten.

Nederland zou zwarte pieten moeten verbieden.

Homework

Finish your creative writing assignment. 

Hand in during next class or send me an email.

Deadline: thursday 23:59