Week 01 Alquin No Time for Short Shrift

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 4

I hope you had a wonderful holiday... what was your best moment?

Mine was a long hike in Limburg, sun shining
(Christmas dinner with family was great, too, by the way)

What was yours? Please share. 

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Favourite holiday moment...

This lesson: Alquin intro

Alquin 2: No Time for Short Shrift

About differences between male and female doctors and patients

• Discuss: feminism

• Listen/watch: Emma Watson's speech (yes, speech... :-)
• Alquin: No Time For Short Shrift
  judge statements (workbook I, p 16-17) after watching an item about male / female health issues

What does short shrift mean?

What is feminism?
(your definition / understanding)
Is it a good thing or a bad thing? Why?

Listen & watch

• Watch Emma Watson's speech (11 minutes) on your own device.
• Assignment is on Classroom: Alquin 2 / Emma Watson Speech
• While watching, take notes on the following questions:
  1. how does Emma define feminism?
  2. Emma calls herself privileged. What makes her privileged?
  3. what does Emma say about men?
  4. what examples of gender INequality does Emma give?
• Be prepared to share you answers

Be back in 15 minutes!

Get into Groups

• Compare your answers; formulate a joint answer.
• Speak English...
• Appoint one group member who will share your group answer with the rest.

5 minutes to do this!

Homework for Thursday

• Read: Alquin workbook  page 11 "background information"
• Study: A. Vocabulary - pages 11-12
• Do: exercise F, part c (page 16)
• To get you started: do a puzzle (click the link)

Thursday Lesson - Goals

• You judge statements after watching a clip
• You scan a text (No Time For Short Shrift) for information
• You show understanding of a text by answering questions
• You understand the vocabulary related to the article

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We'll start with a homework check: the background information...

Mention one fact that you encountered in the background or mention something you learned from the background information

Listening Activity

• Part I, Alquin workbook p 16-17. Two minutes to read the statements. Any questions?
• Watch the clip (there's a copy on Classroom).
  While listening: judge the statements: are they true or false?
  Write your answers in your workbooks.

Check your answers

1. true
2. false
3. false
4. true
5. false
6. true
7. true
8. true
9. false
10. false

• 2: it's pain radiating in the arm
• 3: they feel responsible and are  afraid to appear silly
• 5: they are inclined to believe it is not so serious
• 6: you need to dial the emergency number at once
• 9: 140-90 is high blood pressure
• 10: the advice is for women of 60 plus who do not exercise regularly and have certain symptoms

Now do...

• exercise D (workbook p 15): Getting to know the text
• exercise J (workbook p 17): In depth - multiple choice questions
• done? Study vocabulary A on pages 11-12

Homework: 

• study vocabulary A
• finish D and J

There's a link to Quizlet on Classroom...