Review articles/ Curious Incident/ Unit 1A

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Monday, September 9th

Programme

- Review articles/ WB p. 5

- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

- Unit 1: Lesson A

- Blooket!

Today's goals

1. You feel confident about using the present simple, present continuous and articles.

2. You understand what the novel is about up until now.

3. You can describe how people are feeling.

4. You know the vocabulary of the introduction unit.

Grammar

Let's take another look at last week's grammar:

- present simple

- present continuous

- articles

Choose present simple/ continuous.
1. Josh ... (score) at least one point in every game he plays.

1. scores
2. is scoring

Choose present simple/ continuous.
2. I ... (believe) that they will give Kate a place on the team.

1. believe
2. am believing

Choose present simple/ continuous.
3. Susan ... (try) to finish her homework today.

1. tries
2. is trying

Choose present simple/ continuous.
4. My dad ... (cook) Chinese food tonight.

1. cooks
2. is cooking

Choose present simple/ continuous.
5. My brother loves books. He ... (read) a book every week.

1. reads
2. is reading

Choose present simple/ continuous.
6. I ... (watch) all of my old 'Friends' DVDs this week.

1. watch
2. am watching

Choose present simple/ continuous.
7. Sam ... (get up) before 7 a.m., even on Sundays.

1. gets up
2. is getting up

Choose present simple/ continuous.
8. Look out of the window. A big storm ... (come)!

1. comes
2. is coming

Complete the gaps with a/ an/ the or -
9. This is ... school where I study English.

1. a
2. an
3. the
4. -

Complete the gaps with a/ an/ the or -
10. She has ... nice car, but she wants a better one.

1. a
2. an
3. the
4. -

Complete the gaps with a/ an/ the or -
11. Do you watch ... TV often?

1. a
2. an
3. the
4. -

Complete the gaps with a/ an/ the or -
12. There is ... interesting article in ... newspaper.

1. a - the
2. an - a
3. the - a
4. an - the

Complete the gaps with a/ an/ the or -
13. I want to go to ... cinema this evening.

1. a
2. an
3. the
4. -

Complete the gaps with a/ an/ the or -
14. I like watching ... baseball.

1. a
2. an
3. the
4. -

Complete the sentences with 'there is' or 'there are'.
15. ... three new students in our class.

1. There is
2. There are

Complete the sentences with 'there is' or 'there are'.
16. ... a great drama class at my school.

1. There is
2. There are

Complete the sentences with 'there is' or 'there are'.
17. ... about 50 laptops in our computer lab.

1. There is
2. There are

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

- Who's Toby?

- Who does Christopher live with at home?

- Who is Siobhan? Is she a friend?

- Christopher leaves the police station with a caution. What does that mean?

SB p. 8 Unit 1A Feelings

Write your own tweet followed by #(feeling)

SB p. 9 Exercise 10

Let's test your knowledge of the Introduction vocabulary!

Have you reached today's goals?

1. I feel confident about using the present simple, present continuous and articles.

2. I understand what the novel is about up until now.

3. I can describe how people are feeling.

4. I know the vocabulary of the introduction unit.

Thursday

- Bring your copy of The Curious Incident to class

- Make sure you've finished reading up until chapter 47.

- Study vocabulary list 1.1

- Do exercises 4 + 6 on WB p. 7