Unit 2.7 Texas (2 December 24/25)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Planning 

• Monday 2-12 (today:)      -  Literature (2.7)
• Wednesday 4-12:           -   Formative test irregular verbs + study time                                                                       (extra instruction grammar if needed)

• Monday 9-12:                 -    Review Unit 2/Test jezelf + study time
  

                                                  (extra instruction grammar if needed)

• Thursday 12-12:               -  Test Unit 2

Unit 2.  TEXAS

1. Welcome & lesson goals 
2. Literature
3. Reading book
4. TASK  (if there is time left)

Today: literature

Goal: 

- Students learn about the novel ‘Holes’ in relation to Texas.

- Students learn how to analyse a character. 

(It provides insight into the book's themes and helps readers connect with the story on a deeper level).

Literature: HOLES

• Camp Green Lake (juvenile detention centre)
  

1998/ Louis Sacher

Literature: HOLES

• Camp Green Lake (juvenile detention centre)
  

Literature: HOLES

• Camp Green Lake = a juvenile detention centre;
  
• made into a movie: 2003;
  
• evil warden forces camp detainees to dig holes;
  
• fiction: Green Lake is a dried-up lakebed in Texas;
  
• reality: there is a lake near the town of Green Lake;
  
• film location: a dried-up lake in the Mojave Desert
  

Literature: HOLES, page 85

• Read along while the text is read (by Mrs. Shoemaker).

• Before we start, is this an active or a passieve sentence?

Work in pairs, write down your answers (2-3 minutes)

1. The main character is Stanly Yelnats. What is so special about his name?
2. Stanley is innocent of the crime for which he was convicted. Which choice was Stanley given by the judge?
3. Discuss: Did Stanley really have a choice?

Discuss in pairs write down your answers

"If you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, it will turn him into a good boy".

1. Do you agree or disagree? Explain.

2. What other kind of punishment or treatment in Camp Green Lake might help the 'bad' boys become better boys?

The main character is Stanly Yelnats. What is so special about his name?

Stanley is innocent of the crime for which he was convicted. Which choice was Stanley given by the judge?

Discuss in pairs: Did Stanley really had a choice?

Literature character analysis

Analysing a character:

Explicit: what does the writer tell you about this character? 

Implicit:  what can you read between the lines? 

PEE in character analysis

P = Point               (1st sentence)  state your main point

E = Evidence        (2nd sentence) evidence to back up your main point.

                                                       refer to the text/use a quatation.

E = Explanation   (last few sentences) explain the evidence, 

                               how it relates to your point, what you think about it

                               yourself. (how you read between the lines)

PEE in character analysis

P = Point              

E = Evidence       

E = Explanation   

Exercise 2, pg 87: Fil in the grid, use the PEE method.

Exercise 2 

Poin t	Evidence	Explanation
As a young child, Stanley was lonely	Many times, as a child, Stanley played on his own: ‘When Stanley was younger he used to play with stuffed animals, and pretend the animals were at camp’.	The writer shows how toys became Stanley’s little friends. It is evident that Stanley was lonely. Playing like this, I think he probably fel less lonely

Exercise 2 answers

Poin t	Evidence	Explanation
At school, Stanley felt insecure and had no real friends.	He didn’t have any friends at home. He was overweight and the kids at his middle school often teased him about his size. Even his teachers sometimes made cruel comments without realizing it.	The writer indicates that at school Stanley was teased by many children, maybe even bullied. And apparently the teachers did not help him either. This way, it must have been almost impossible for Stanley to make real friends at school and to feel good about himself.

Exercise 2 

Poin t	Evidence	Explanation
Stanley happens to be in a bad situation, but he is a positive person and is going to make the best of it.	Maybe he'd make some friends, he thought. At least he'd get to swim in the lake.	Stanley has to go to a juvenile detention centre, but instead of worrying, he is thinking about making new friends and having a good time in the lake.

Today: literature

Goal: 

- Students learn about the novel ‘Holes’, the relation with Texas

- Student know how to analyse a character in a novel

Please write down:  what was difficult for you in this lesson.

                                           think of one thing you've learned today.

Let's read ...www.readtheory.org

10 minutes

Passive:

https://www.liveworksheets.com/w/en/english-second-language-esl/887938

If you need extra instruction on the grammar, please let me know!

Possesive

https://engelsklaslokaal.nl/en/english-grammar-exercises/miscellaneous/possessives-s-of/#google_vignette

Conjunctions: in your book

Study for the test: 

words, expressions Unit 2

Practise grammar: Unit 2

Study irregular verbs

If you need extra instruction on the grammar, please let me know!

Past perfect: https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/past_perfect_simple_past.htm

Past tenses: https://engelsklaslokaal.nl/