[P3, Wk2, L2] If I were a boy

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

To start

1. Go sit in your seat.
2. Put your phone in your bag.
3. Take out your inequality reader and notebook.
4. Be ready to begin.

Today

• Discuss homework
• If I were a boy
• Time to answer questions
• Reading practice: true or false

Lesson objectives

• You can describe your reaction to and thoughts about two poems.
• You can understand the deeper meaning behind song lyrics.
  
• You can identify with someone else and think about their struggles and opportunities.
  
• You can locate key information in a text.

Homework check

Take out your homework

and let's see how you did

Poem questions, page 9

You can describe your reaction to and thoughts about two poems.

If I were a boy

• Released in 2008.
• Not originally written for Beyoncé.
• "If I were..." ... "I could understand"; what does this grammar structure imply?
• While listening try to answer the following question: "What is Beyoncé's message in this song?"

<ul><li>You can understand the deeper meaning behind song lyrics.
</li><li>You can identify with someone else and think about their struggles and opportunities.</li></ul>

Now that we have listened

• Answer the questions on page 12 in your reader.
• Please give your individual answers first.
• Afterward, discuss answers with your neighbour(s).

<ul><li>You can understand the deeper meaning behind song lyrics.
</li><li>You can identify with someone else and think about their struggles and opportunities.</li></ul>

Reading practice True/False

• Go to page 66-67 in your reader.
• Read the exercise.
• Look for the statements in the text.
• If you find them, highlight/underline them.

You can locate key information in a text.

Lesson objectives Check

• You can understand the deeper meaning behind song lyrics.
• You can identify with someone else and think about their struggles and opportunities.
  
• You can locate key information in a text.

Lesson objectives Check question

If you were the other gender, what struggles or opportunities would you have?

Next lesson

Finish the If I were a boy and reading exercises.