Introles - 1 september 2021

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Welcome!

Today's class:

1. Get to know me

2. Highly important information

3. Expectations

4. Refresh your memory 

My name is Miss Aalders.

I am 25 years old. I studied English language and culture at the university of Utrecht. I have a masters degree from Leiden university in Linguistics, which is the study of language. 

Have you noticed anything about my accent?

1. I think it's from England
2. I believe it's American
3. It's definitely South-African
4. It's for sure Australian, mate.

I lived in Australia for about 8 months and 2 months in New Zealand, hence my accent. 

Which outdoor hobby do you think suits me best?

Cycling

Motorcycling

Soccer

Hockey

Which indoor hobby do you think suits me best?

Painting

Doing jigsaw puzzles

Cooking

Play an instrument

Watch Netflix

Do you have a hobby?

Things you would like to do this year in English class

Let's decide our starting point

What do you remember from last year English class?

This period

- Reading book

- Books for class

- Grammar

- Skill

- Tests

- Project

- Domeinuren

Reading book

- minimum of 100 pages

- no graded readers (Graded Readers are books of various genres that are specially created for learners of foreign languages)

- no one in class should have the same

- you can get it from the library (school or home) or download it

https://z-lib.org/   or   https://pdfstop.com/

Studentbook (SB) & Workbook (WB)

- Bring your SB to class (digital or hard copy)

- Use your WB for self study at home. Take it to domeinuren if you have questions.

Grammar period 1

Present Simple & Past Simple

Present Continuous & Past Continuous

Present Perfect

Dynamic & State verbs

Quantifiers

Modal verbs

Irregular verbs

Skill: Listening

- Practice in class

- Practice at home

Project 1

Corlaer Blogging

Every week 1 blogpost

Deadline: 5th of November

More about this next class!

Test dates

- Listening test: October 6, 7 or 8

- Vocab test: October 27, 28 or 29

- Grammar test: November 3, 4 or 5

- Corlaer blogging deadline: 5th of November

Useful websites to practice

Do you need extra help?

- Use the H3 website, link is on the planner

- https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/

- https://meestergijs.nl/

Parse the following sentence

Everyday, I ride my bike to school.

Reminder

- Homework/deadlines/test dates you can find in your studieplanner

- Project 1: Corlaer blogging you do during domeinuren or at home

Next class

- Bring a book to read (digital/hard copy)

- Bring your student book to class (digital/hard copy)

- Refresh the grammar tenses

Would you rather

Would you rather...?

1. always have the hiccups
2. always be itchy

Would you rather...?

1. have a rewind button in life
2. have a pause button in life

Would you rather...?

1. have more time
2. have more money

Would you rather...?

1. be able to talk with animals
2. speak all foreign languages

Would you rather...?

1. win the lottery
2. live twice as long

Would you rather...?

1. explore space
2. explore the ocean

Would you rather...?

1. be too hot
2. be too cold