Les 2: unit 1 lesson 1

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

Welcome! 

Today's lesson: 

• Pre-reading exercise
• Video
• Reading 
• Working individually 
• Checking the answers
• Grammar - present simple  

Pre-reading

What do you already know about the state of California?

Think about your answer.

Don't share it just yet.

1.1 Crossing borders

• Go to page 8 of your workbook.
• Read the introduction "The golden state" 
• After you've finished reading the intro, do exercise 1B.

Video

We're going to watch a video about the state of California. 

Write down these questions and answer them while you're watching the video:

1. How many people live in California?

2. Why do so  many Hispanics live there?

3. Which places can you visit in California? Name a few.

Checking the answers

•  How many people live in California?
  
• 40 million
• Why do so many Hispanics live there?
• Because of its history with Mexico and Spain/ Because of the war between the US and Mexico.
• Which places can you visit in California? Name a few.
• Beaches, deserts, lakes, national parks, mountains.

Let's read!

- First check the 'words to help'

- Then we're going to read the text.

- Afterwards you can work on the exercises. 

Working individually 

- You have about 15 minutes to finish exercises 2 and 3 

on page 9

- Afterwards we will check the answers together. 

- Did you finish working on the exercises? then check out page 42.

Hints for exercise 3 

1. She didn't realize is at first, but her small bakery in the tourist town was sitting on a goldmine.

2. During the gold rush, many people raced to California, hoping to strike a claim and make their fortune. 

3. After years of struggling with this startup, he finally struck gold when a major investor decided to back his project. 

4. Lots of people suffered from gold fever and were hoping to become rich when they moved to California. 

5. The concert tickets were like gold dust. They were sold out within minutes.

Checking the answers: exercise 2

a. Sutter and Marshall didn't want people to find out about the gold. [false]

b. This statement is correct. [true]

c. The president confirmed that gold had been found in California. [false]

d. Towns abandoned by gold miners are called ghost towns. [false]

e. This statement is correct. [true]

f. This statement is correct. [true]

Checking the answers: exercise 3

a. you have got something very valuable.

b. show people that you believe something is yours.

c. become rich, happy, or successful.

d. is looking for someone rich, so they can live in luxury.

e. very excited by the idea of finding gold.

f. difficult to get because everyone wants them.

Ending the lesson 

- Name 2 things you've learned from this lesson. 

- Name 1 thing you would like to know about California.

- Any other questions? 

Homework

Study p. 42 and the words to be-to hit. p.270

Je krijgt over een paar lessen een SO over de onregelmatige werkwoorden van p. 270!