Reading 11-3

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Good to see you all again!

Schrijvend Leren (p. 170)

• What? Copy the words from the Vocab list in your notebook or make flashcards
• How? Individually, in silence
• Time? 10 minutes

Today's Programme

• Schrijvend Leren
• Homework for this week
• Main idea of a text
• Exc. 1
• Exc. 2
• Fill in the gap
• Exc. 4

Learning goal

• At the end of today's class you can fill the gap in a text with a word that goes with the text.

Homework for this week

• Study: Vocab Lesson 4
• Do: exc. 3, 6, 10 & Test Yourself 4.4

Main idea of a text

• How do you find the main idea of a text?
• How do you do this in Dutch text?
• Would you go about this in the same way for an English text? 

Exc. 1

• What? Read the text and choose the correct main idea.
• How? Individually
• Time? 5 minutes
• Note? If you have any questions, please ask!
• Done? Study Vocab or start on your homework

Exc. 1b

• What? Now discuss with your neighbour why the option you chose is the only correct option.
• How? In pairs
• Time? 3 minutes
• Note? If you have any questions, please ask!
• Done? Study Vocab or start on your homework.

Exc. 2

• What? Read the text again and answer the questions in exc. 2
• How? Individually or in pairs
• Time? 5 minutes
• Note? If you have any questions, please ask!
• Done? Study Vocab or start on your homework

Fill in the gap

• You are reading a text and suddenly you come across a gap in the text. The word that was supposed to be there was left out.
• How can you figure out what word was there originally?
• Discuss in pairs for 2 minutes 

Exc. 4

• What? Using your own strategies for filling in a gap, read the text and choose which word fits best in each gap.
• How? Individually or in pairs
• Time? 10 minutes
• Note? If you have any questions, please ask!
• Done? Write 5 sentences with the words from your vocab list that you find difficult to memorize.

Next lesson 

• Exc. 5
• Grammar: a lot of / much / many