Recap words lesson 1 (Module reading) + word-guessing strat.

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 4

TL4's  English Lesson

Today

*show what you know! (words that you had to learn for today's class)

*Guessing the meaning of unknown words

*practise some listening on 'Woots' for the national 'kijk-luistertoets'. 

Words:The roof is made of upcycled wood. You can say that the materials are ____________.

1. mainentance
2. sustainable
3. restricted
4. predator

Words: The area that was flooded in Valencia became a
1. _______ zone. People were not allowed to enter because rescue workers were busily removing all the debris. The entire 2. __________ helped to remove all the mud and dig out the cars that had been completely buried under it.

1. 1. community 2. restricted
2. 1. adapt 2. to assess
3. 1. restricted 2. community
4. 1. to intend 2. community

Everybody knows a person who doesn't finish his or her dish when you are eating out at a restaurant. Lots of people actually do this. 1. ______________, a lot of food is thrown away. At some restaurants,people are charged money when they do not finish their plates. You would expect these restaurants to be less popular. 2. ____________, these restaurants are actually quite popular nowadays.

Vocab Extra: put the linking words in the right gaps to finish the story. Choose from:
'on the contrary', 'nevertheless', 'whereas', 'consequently'.

Guessing the meaning of unknown words 

Whenever you are reading a text / book or watching a film (or listening to a person from an English-speaking country), you'll try to make sense of what someone is saying. This is how our brain works, our brain always wants to make sense of what is being said. That's why our brain always subconsciously looks for extra information when we hear something that we don't immediately understand. 

without looking on the internet

*Any idea what these words underneath mean? 

- vehemently 

- exasperated 

- dreary

 

and now? Translate the (words) in bracket from English to Dutch

- The woman was (vehemently) trying to find her child. She was clearly stressed out and busily searching the place she last saw him.
- He was (exasperated) after sitting on the plane with the child that had been crying non-stop. He had to listen to calming music when he arrived at his hotel.
-It was a very (dreary) story. I nearly fell asleep because it was so incredibly boring.

Examentip

je hele eindexamen bestaat uit leesteksten. Je hebt toestemming om een woordenboek Engels-Nederlands te gebruiken. Om tijd te besparen, zou ik eerst goed kijken of je de betekenis van een onbekend woord ook kan raden zonder in het woordenboek te kijken. Je woordenboek kun je gebruiken om het extra te controleren. 

Get your earphones out please

I have prepared a woots practise test for you: 

magister -> leermiddelen -> woots -> CITO Kijk-luistertoets 2014

Good luck!