Week 50

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

English

To Do:

• Planning Term 2
• Reading Workshop
• Work on your Language Portfolio

Planning Term 2

Week 47: level assessment reading

Week 48: level assessment listening + writing

Week 49: Explanation Portfolio+ Setting Goals

Week 50: Work on your Portfolio + Workshop Reading

Week 51: Christmas Activity

Week 2- 4: Work on your Portfolio + Workshops

Week 5: Progress Review

Aims

After this week's lesson you should be able to:

• quickly scan and understand the main points of newspaper reports and other articles about familiar topics . (Reading B1)
• read information in order to explain it to another person (Reading B1)

Previewing a text

- subject

- pictures

- main title

- subheadings

- authors

Main Ideas

• The main idea is the central, or most important, idea in a paragraph or passage. It states the purpose and sets the direction of the paragraph or passage. 

•  The main idea may be stated or it may be implied.
  
•  When the main idea of a paragraph is stated, it is most often found in the first sentence of the paragraph. However, the main idea may be found in any sentence of the paragraph. 

•  The main idea may be stated in the first sentence of a paragraph and then be repeated or restated at the end of the paragraph.

Main Ideas

• The main idea may be split. The first sentence of a paragraph may present a point
  of view, while the last sentence presents a contrasting or opposite view. 
• To find the main idea of any paragraph or passage, ask these questions:
  

1. Who or what is the paragraph about?

2. What aspect or idea about the ‘who’ or ‘what’ is the author concerned with? 

Main Idea?

"It is often said that lightning never strikes twice in the same place, but this isn’t true. Go ask the forest rangers. Rangers who spend their summers as fire-fighters will tell you that  every thundershower brings several bolts of lightning to their lookout stations. "

Main Idea?

"Costs were low that year and the output high. There was a good person for each job and the market remained firm. There were no losses from fire. All in all it was the best years  in the history of the company."

Main Idea?

"Do you wear glasses? Make sure your glasses fit well. The earpieces should be at eye level. Don’t try to adjust the earpieces yourself. Take your glasses for adjustments to the place  you bought them. Keep your glasses in a case when you’re not wearing them. This will  prevent scratches. Keep the lenses clean. A soft cloth is best for cleaning. "

Reading 

What: Text 1 - Text 11

How: Individually

Finished: Look up a news article, read it and summarise the main idea in English. Write down words that you don't know in your vocabulary file.

https://www.bbc.com/news

https://edition.cnn.com/

https://www.theguardian.com/international

Language Portfolio

• Language Biography
• Dossier: collect or create content you can use to show that you've reached your learning targets.

Reading B1: quickly scan and understand the main points of newspaper reports about familiar topics.

Content:  "Reading Workshop" + Text 1-11  > Add it to your portfolio.

Next Week:

Christmas Activity