Reading Tik Tok Shants

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t, mavo
• Leerjaar 3

Welcome

- goal

- Introduction reading topic

- vocabulary

- reading

- exercises / homework

Goal:

I know how to use reading strategies in order to better understand a text.

I can make a summary about the most important information from the text.

TikTok

What is a TikTok Shant?

A quiz about sea shants

A sea shanty is...

1. an old famous ship
2. a song originally sung by sailors whilst working
3. a sea creature
4. a house in the middle of the ocean

Why did sailors, fishermen and whalers sing sea shanties?

1. to keep warm
2. It would help attract fish to the boat while fishing
3. When there was fog singing would help other ships hear them
4. When there was fog singing would help other ships hear them

What was the role of the 'shantyman'?

1. He would clean the deck every day
2. He would perform a special dance when the sail went up
3. He would lead the singing of a sea shanty
4. He would make sure the other seamen were dressed properly

Finish this popular sea shanty lyric: "What shall we do with the drunken...?"

1. Deckhand
2. crew
3. whale
4. sailor

True or False: Steam ships led to fewer people singing sea shanties.

1. True
2. False

Reading strategies

Where is the most important info in a text?

- beginning and ending of a paragraph

- the first paragraph (want het is een intro)

- last paragraph (vaak een korte samenvatting)

Please read the text

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/55705425 

Don't leave the lessonup yet!

Translate the following words by using the text: knowledge, chorus, collaborating

Exercises / homework

Google classroom assignment about TikTok Shanties: https://classroom.google.com/c/NDE4OTc1OTg5MTVa/a/MzE3NjkzMjE1MDA5/details