V6 WR 18.2 Is addiction on the rise?

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 6

Planning DIY listening skills

Please make 25 copies of your questions and bring them to class on the day of your presentation.

Tue 1/12

1) Friso, David, Bram

2) Lieke, Sophie, June

Thu 10/12

3) Romy, Nur, Luna

4) Alisha, Roos, Celina

Tue 15/12

5) Mila, Kyra, Paris

6) Bas, Wessel, Bart

Tue 5/1

7) Lotta, Fleur, Evie

8) Gwenna, Melissa, Robin

Thu 7/1

9) Lucas, Cas, Daniëlle

WR 18.2: Is addiction on the rise?

Assignment 42: pre-listening

Before reading the article, team up with a classmate and discuss the following questions.

1) When you hear the word ‘addiction’, what do you think of? What can people be addicted to? Make a list.

addiction

2. Read the lead of the text:

Video games, TV series, and social media - it seems that many of us are hooked on something. Are things as bad as they appear?

You probably agree that ‘many of us are hooked on something’. Is this always a bad thing? Explain.

3. In your opinion, is being ‘hooked’ the same as being ‘addicted’? What is the difference, if there is one?

4. What do you think is the answer to the question that is the title of this article? Explain your ‘yes’ or ‘no’.

Assignment 43: listening/reading

A.

Keep your magazine closed and listen to the article. Which words are missing? Choose the correct answers.

https://website.thiememeulenhoff.nl/binaries/content/documents/standaardsites/waspreporter/archief/archive/audio-files/waspreporter-volume-18.2/waspreporter-volume-18.2/hobosa%3Aresourcegroup/hobosa%3Aresourcegroupitem%5B7%5D/hobosa%3Afile/WR_18.2_Is_addiction_on_the_rise.mp3?download=true

WR 18.2 Is addiction on the rise?

1.

1. many physicians fear
2. researchers claim
3. the stories make out

2.

1. as unfair as it is shady
2. not surprising
3. quite remarkable

3.

1. boosted dramatically
2. knocked off-­kilter
3. left unaffected

4.

1. any difference
2. problems from doing so
3. violent behaviour

5.

1. comfortable
2. distressed
3. perplexed

6.

1. less susceptible
2. more anxious
3. so obsessed

7.

1. broadly the same
2. much more complex
3. totally different

8.

1. even stronger
2. more undefined
3. unstable

9.

1. ludicrous
2. pleasant
3. risky

10.

1. Even so
2. Furthermore
3. However

11.

1. addicted
2. relieved
3. worried

12.

1. pleased with
2. proud of
3. strict with

Assignment 47: language organiser

Work with a fellow student. 

Look at the Glossary words from this text on page 30. Take turns. Pick a word from the list and throw a dice – you can use an app or a real one. Perform the action that corresponds to the number you’ve thrown. Do this for three words each.

https://www.online-stopwatch.com/chance-games/roll-a-dice/

approximately

behaviour

colloquial

compulsion

deprivation

device

harm

hooked on

on the rise

previous

temptation

Assignment 47: language organiser

1) define (explain what the word means) 

2) use it in a sentence

3) give a synonym (same meaning)

4) give an antonym (opposite meaning) 

5) draw it

6) draw a word web with at least five other words related to it

https://www.online-stopwatch.com/chance-games/roll-a-dice/