Wasp 18.4 In the city's shadow

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

** In the city's shadow

This text is about rats... 

Before we turn to the text we watch a video. 

After the video you have to answer a few questions: 

1. Why do rats love living in big cities?

2. What are the 2 reasons that New York isn't able to get rid of rats?

3. What is said about rats near the end of the video?

Answer the questions in English after watching!

1. Why do rats love living in big cities?

2. What are the 2 reasons that New York isn't able to get rid of rats?

3. What is said about rats near the end of the video?

Lesson goals

After this lesson:

* you have learned more about rats

* you know the translations of unfamiliar, difficult words and you are able to use them correctly (ass. 31)

* you know the rules about indicating quantity in English (ass. 33) 

excel

twitchy

transmit

burrow

extermination

rodent

originate

infertility

frolic

dartelen

onvruchtbaarheid

afkomstig zijn

knaagdier

verdelging

hol

overbrengen

trillend

uitblinken

Indicating quantity - ass. 33

Large number 

in questions and negative sentences

Much > uncountable nouns 

(Dit zijn zsnw waar je geen meervoudsvorm-s van hebt)

Many > countable nouns 

With as...as, so, too and very you always use much/many

Indicating quantity - ass. 33

Large number 

in affirmative sentences

Lots of / a lot of > almost always

Can also be used in questions

Indicating quantity

Small number

Little / a little > uncountable words

few / a few > plural / countable words

Ass. 33b
1.

1. a lot of
2. few
3. much

Ass. 33b
2.

1. little
2. lots of
3. many

Ass. 33b
3.

1. few
2. a little
3. many

Ass. 33b
4.

1. little
2. many
3. much

Ass. 33b
5.

1. lots of
2. few
3. little

Ass. 33b
6.

1. a few
2. few
3. a little

Ass. 33b
7.

1. little
2. many
3. much

Ass. 33b
8.

1. a little
2. many
3. much

Ass. 33b
9.

1. a few
2. a little
3. much

Ass. 33b
10.

1. a little
2. few
3. much

Lesson goals

* you have learned more about rats

* you know the translations of unfamiliar, difficult words and you are able to use them correctly (ass. 31)

* you know the rules about indicating quantity in English (ass. 33) 

Homework for Monday May 25

1. Language organizer > ass. 31 a & b 
2. Listening and writing > ass. 34 opdrachten
   
3. Take 2 quizzes via Readtheory.org

Optional: practice for writing test. See files on Teams!

See you Monday! Same time same place :)