Fantastic Mr. Fox

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 1

Fantastic Mr. Fox

• Reading project.
• Read together with assignments after every chapter.
  
  
• Improve reading skills, expand vocabulary and recognize grammatical structures.
• Mostly: Enjoy reading!

What are we going to do?

• Start reading together for 15 minutes, every lesson.
• After every two chapters, one assignment.
• Mediafile; all assignments together.
• At the end of the book -> class discussion. 
• Questions?

Today

• Start reading together and discuss the first chapters.
• First assignments.
• Short discussion at the end of class.
  
  
• While reading - mark or underline words you find difficult!

End of class

• What do we think of the book? Discuss in your group for one minute.
• Share your opinion in English!
• See you tomorrow! 

Today

• Reading chapters 3 to 6.
• Questions and assignment of choice.
  
  
• Improve reading and listening skills. 

Assignments

- Work on the assignments for the time that is left.

- Hand in at the end of class (does not need to be finished yet).

End of class

What do we think of the book so far? Any comments or questions?

See you tomorrow!

VTO

• VTO Group 4: Quinn, Ecrin, Rose-Ann, Chris
• Listening assignment; Freaky Eaters.
• Monday: Finish Mr. Fox assignments.
  
  
• I can listen for specific information. 

Today

• Reading chapters 6, 7 & 8.
• Bijwerken opdrachten + nieuwe challenge.
  
  
• I know what the story is about and I can give a short summary in English. 

To do

• Werk je opdrachten bij die nog niet af zijn.
• Daarna nieuwe challenge, die zal ik zo uitleggen.
• Discuss the book so far at the end of class. 

Challenges

1: Imagine you were Mr. Fox. What would you be thinking right now? Draw Mr. Fox with a thought bubble and fill in what you think his thoughts might be.

2: Collect all of the adjectives (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) used to describe the farmers and the foxes on these two chapters.

3: Magazines often have advice pages. On those pages, experts help to solve people’s problems. Write an advice letter to Bean to help him improve his

behaviour and appearance.

End of class

What do we think of the book so far? 

Who is your favorite and least favorite character and why?

We will round of the book next week.

Today

• Reading Mr. Fox chapters 10 - 14.
• LessonUp Mr. Fox + telling time
• Time Bingo.
  
  
• I can describe characters from a book in English
• I can tell time in English. 

Describe your favorite and least favorite character from the book.

Schrijf een korte samenvatting over het boek tot nu toe, hoe denk je dat het af gaat lopen?

Telling time: Hoe zeg je een half uur in het Engels?

1. halve hour
2. half our
3. halve past
4. half past

Telling time:
What time is it?
03:50

1. It's ten to four.
2. It's fifty past three.
3. It's four o'clock
4. It's twenty past half four.

Telling time:
What time is it?
05:30

1. It's half past five.
2. It's half past four.
3. It's half four.
4. It's 30 past five.

Telling time:
What time is it?
07:15

1. It's seven to fifteen
2. It's fifteen to seven.
3. It's a quarter past seven.
4. It's a quarter to seven.

Time Bingo!

Let's play a game to learn to tell time in English.

End of class

• Next week; read final chapters.
• Focus on listening skills and chapter 2.