Adverbs and adjectives h4 24/25

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

The plan for today

Literature: Lord of the Flies (checking chapter 4, reading chapter 5).

Reading strategies: how to find the meaning of a word.

Grammar: adverbs & adjectives.

Lesson goals

You can read a chapter of a novel and recap the main events.

You can determine the meaning of a word using different strategies.

You can describe situations & people using adverbs & adjectives correctly.

Lord of the Flies, chapter 5

Read chapter 5: Beast from Water

= page 81 (book)

 p. 91 - pdf in Classroom.

Keep reading at home.

On Friday: chapter 6 = halfway the book.

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What can you do if you don't know the meaning of a specific word?

Reading strategy: words (1)

1. Scan the letter on the hand-out and the question.
2. Mark (underline, highlight, circle) words that you don't know (exactly).
3. Write down what you could do to find the meaning of those words. (which strategy?)
4. Write down the words and what you think they mean.

Reading strategy: words (2)

Check with the person next to you: 

first your strategy, then the translation/meaning of the words.

Correct and/or complete your answers.

Share your experience with the class.

Reading strategy: words (3)

1. Read the question again.
2. Read the text looking for the answer.
3. Which words are important for answering this question. (are these the words you marked earlier?)
4. Answer the question. 

What does the image of the 'lifeboat' stand for?

1. large-scale rescue operation
2. environmental awareness
3. opportunity to see animals
4. zoo's role in preserving the diversity

Read the new hand-out

Do you understand the explanation of the answer?

Can you use the word guessing strategy?

I don't know. I hope I won't forget

I think I can. I will try next time.

Yes, I can and I already use the strategy.

Yes, I can.

No, I have a hard time understanding it.

Adjectives & Adverbs

Adjective (bijvoeglijk naamwoord)

The tall building.  

Tells us something about a person or thing (noun/zelfstandig naamw). 

Position in sentence:​ Before a noun  > tall building

big car, blue car, fast car, modern car, dangerous car, etc.

 

Adverbs (bijwoorden)

I rarely eat breakfast. He walked carefully.

 

Use: 

Tells us something about a verb or an adjective. 

Position in sentence:​ 

Either before the verb or at the end of the clause.

 

Irregular issues 

• good vs well: He is a good teacher and she teaches well.
• daily, early and more don't change
• hard vs hardly --> different meanings
• sensory perception: taste, look, feel, smell, sound --> adjective in stead of adverb. (so not nicely, greatly, well etc.)

Adverbs (bijwoord) 

Adjectives (bvnw) 

Adverb or Adjective?
    

Tekst

magnificent

frequent

probably

well

sadly

bad

amazingly

horrible

terribly

healthily

happy

fast 

1. Please give me an … answer (eerlijk)

2. What you told me sounded … (interessant)

3. We received a … written letter. (nice)

4. She speaks Italian very … (good)

5. That man can be … impatient (terrible)

6. Ik ken hem nauwelijks.

7. Dit verhaal is waarschijnlijk waar.

8. Ze zingt erg mooi.

Remaining questions? Leave them here.

I can use an adverb and an adjective in a sentence

1. Yes, completely
2. Yes, but I'll need to practise more
3. I'm not sure
4. I still can't. I need more help

The exercises helped me to understand this grammar topic

1. Yes, completely
2. Yes, but I'll need to practise more
3. I'm not sure
4. No, I need more help

I'd like to have more practice material.

1. Yes
2. No

Do exercises 1-5 in the grammar booklet, period 2

Finish these at home!

Homework for Friday

Grammar exercises 1-5. (Adverbs & Adjectives)

Reading chapter 5.

Lesson goals

You can read a chapter of a novel and recap the main events.

You can determine the meaning of a word using different strategies.

You can describe situations & people using adverbs & adjectives correctly.