W3 Danny the champion

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Today

• Reading - Explanation Book test
• Stepping Stones - Getting started Chapter 3

Reading period 3 & 4

During this year we are going to read a book together.

• You will get reading planner (2/3 chapters a week)
• We will sometimes discuss the book in class.
• At the end we you will take a test/creative assignment.

The book:

What do you think this book is about?

Write down your guess.

Pre-reading

Let's see if you know these words.

They are important to the story.

What is a 'Gypsy'.

1. someone who likes travelling
2. people who live travelling and (often) have Romanian roots
3. Someone with a broken body part
4. Wizards and sorcerers

What is engineer?

1. ingenieur
2. technicus
3. onderzoeker
4. vertaler

What is an 'engineer'?

1. ingenieur
2. technicus
3. onderzoeker
4. vertaler

Which one is a 'parrafin burner'?

Let's meet the characters

Can you guess their jobs?

Let's read chapter 1 together

Go to Magister / studiewijzer Engels -> Reading: Danny the champion -> download the pdf book.

1. How old was Danny when his mother died?
2. Where does Danny live?
3. List two feautures of the workshop.
4. Why is there no electricity in the workshop?

Reading journal

To help you understand the story and make a summary, we will keep a reading journal. 

Think about chapter 1. What was the most important thing that happened/ that we learnt?

Write two sentences about chapter 1.

What?	Getting started Ch3 (page 132)
How?	alone/together, whisper
Time?	10 min
Done?	Week tasks/ read the book
Results?	summary of the lesson