V5 Practice Essay

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2,3

Welcome! You need your laptop, notebook + pen.

Program

- Learning goals

- Oral exam pairs

- Tips speaking exam

- Work on the Power & Glory questions

- Reflection/Evaluation 

- Homework

Learning goals

At the end of this lesson...

- I will have worked on the questions for the oral exam.

- I can understand on what level I will be graded. 

Oral exam: pairs

- Have you considered who you'd like to work with?

- Have you told your teacher? 

Oral exam: form -> how will you be graded? B2/C1-level

- Tips & tricks

- Info/tips available in ELO. 

Translate these sentences to English

1. Als je rijk wilt worden, dan moet je solliciteren bij Apple.

2. Peter smeekte haar om te blijven.

3. De moeder zag haar kind in de menigte verdwijnen en barstte in tranen uit.

4. Als ik jou was, zou ik een vent met veel geld trouwen.

5. Als ik had geweten dat Mark Rutte vrijgezel was, dan had ik hem om een date gevraagd.

Translate these sentences to English

• In pairs: check your sentences and explain which grammar rules are applicable and why.

• Also discuss which grammar you think is difficult and why.

• How can you work on improving your skills?

Statements for discussion

In pairs, choose and discuss 1/2 of the following topics:

1. Celebrating national holidays is important for our national identity
   
2. We should abolish St Nicholas because of its controversial aspects, such as race issues
   
3. Marketing should be restricted to protect people from buying too much.
   
4. Greed is the root of all evil, so we should not give each other presents.
   

Work on questions P&G

1. See documents in ELO. Download both and work on these questions.  
2. While reading, make notes of important events, names, characters, themes, symbolism. 
3. Work on these questions; save them, you will need your notes for the speaking exam! 

Tip: on the day of the oral exam, you cannot use your laptop, so either write the notes or print them out later. 

Reflection/Evaluation

At the end of this lesson...

- I will have worked on the questions for the oral exam.

- I can understand on what level I will be graded. 

Homework

Read the book and work on the questions.