Week 46 HAVO3 lesson 1 + 2 (A Christmas Carol intro+ch1+ch2)

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Week 46: lesson 1+2

When you think about....

Christmas

...what do you think about?

Write at least 5 things.

You have 1 minute 

& you work alone

Last lesson

You can recognize missing words in spoken and written texts of English songs

This lesson

1. You can read an English text and answer detailed questions about it.

2. You can tell something about English Christmas traditions

Lesson goals

Lesson plan (2 lessons)

1. ...what do you think about?

2. Introducing: "A Christmas Carol"

3 Read chapter 1 & answer questions

4. Read chapter 2 & answer questions

5. What will happen next? (predict the rest of the story)

6.  Lesson goals

Book

The coming weeks we will read "A Christmas Carol" 

by Charles Dickens

Schedule

This & next lesson :read first two chapters in class

At home : Read chapter 3-5  & answer questions in the back of the book

Thursday 2nd of December (1st hour): Discuss the questions in class

Thursday 2nd of December (2nd hour):     Booktest!

When you see the title "A Christmas Carol", what do you think it is about?

Christmas music?

a party in the winter?

changes in someone's life?

a baby girl?

I will handout a copy of the book to you now

Open the book and look at the introduction on the first (red) page.

We will read it together.

Now go to p.60/61

Answer questions 2-5 ("Before Reading)

You have 6 minutes 

& you work alone

Now let's read chapter 1 "Marley's ghost"

I will read the first pages.

Read along with me

Now finish reading Ch.1. Then answer:

A: Questions about ch.1("While Reading" p.62)

B: Why did Marley's ghost come back from the dead?

C: What do YOU think about Christmas? Do you agree with Scrooged? Write at least 5 sentences

You have 10 minutes & you work alone

Now let's read chapter 2 "The first of the three spirits"

I will read the first pages.

Read along with me

Now finish reading Ch.2. Then answer the following:

A: Questions about ch.2("While Reading" p.62)

B: Describe at least 3 characters in ch.2 in at least 2 sentences.

C: How did Scrooged become like this, you think? Write at least 5 sentences

You have 10 minutes & you work alone

What do you think will happen next in this story?

Write at least 8 sentences and think about the following questions:

- What will happen to Scrooge?

- Who will the third ghost be and what will he do?

Finished early? 

Continue reading in ch.3

Let's hear what you wrote!

Finally...what have you learned about English Christmas traditions?

What do they eat?

What do they do?

Anything else?

Lesson goals:

1. You can read an English text and answer detailed questions about it.

2. You can tell something about English Christmas traditions

Homework :

Read chapter 3-5 of "A Christmas Carol" & answer the questions on p.62-67