After christmas

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Welcome!

Today's session:

-  Reading: your choice

- Holiday picture contest

- quizlet: your words

- Grammar: how questions

-  writing: agony aunt

Goals: understanding your own words. Using much/many correctly. Practise speaking and writing.

Reading: your choice

Read one (or more) of the articles. Write a short summary in a word document.

Article: schools closing in the UK

Article: Brexit, what happens now?

Simple English Wikipedia: Donald Trump

Short story: 22nd century, new nose

Agony Aunt: My friend stole my baby's name for her own child

Hand in your photo

Vote for your favourite photo

Quizlet

With your letters to your tutor (mentor) I have made a quizlet set.

- some words you don't know

- some words that you do know and other should learn too

Do not look at the set. Go to write/schrijven and fill in the answers. Write down which ones you had incorrect.

Fill in...

In the next slides, fill in what you think should be on the dots. 

We have so ..... money!

There are .... reasons to go to college.

There are ..... more things you can do here besides swimming in the pool all day.

I got so ..... milk at home, do you want a carton?

I didn't get ..... sleep last night.

Much/Many

Or "a lot of"? Yes, but....

Much: used for things you can't count

  - We had so much fun!

  - There isn't much milk left

Many: used for things you can count

 - There are so many things to do on holiday!

 - We have many houses for sale

Practise here

How questions

How + much + uncountable

   - how much money do you make?

How + many + countable

   - how many houses are there on your street?

How + adjective

   - how often, difficult, hot, serious

How + adverb

   - how well, often, quickly, quietly

It is $7.50

It will take approximately 4 hours

There should be 3 litres of water in there

I've known him since year 3, so pretty well.

He is 13 years old

I have three brothers

Agony aunt

One of the articles at the beginning of the lesson was an "agony aunt" article. This is an article in a magazine where people ask from help from a  wise lady.

You are going to write your own agony aunt question and answer one of your classmates.

- write your question, be as specific and crazy as you want to

- write a response to one of you classmates questions

     - first, sympathyse with their question/feelings. Explain you understand

     - Then give advice, explain why you recommend this.

     - Round off by summarizing and wishing the person luck