V5B 14-4-2025 45 min

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Welcome! 

You need: laptop, (new) notebook, pen, BOOK

Programme

1. Learning goals + warming up (10 mins)

2. Evaluate speaking English every day + new goals (5 mins)

3. Formal language (25 minutes)

4. Round off together (5 mins)

(If time: read your book)

Learning goals

At the end of this lesson...

 

- I will have evaluated my speaking challenge and set a new goal

- I can differentiate between formal and informal writing

Coming up:

3x "Would you rather" questions

- Discuss with your neighbour, in English

- Name at least 2 arguments

- Answer the question

1/2 minute

Would you rather...
......own a flying car or a personal robot?

1. Flying car
2. Personal robot

Would you rather...
................have socks that are always slightly wet or an itch on your back that you can never quite reach?

1. Slightly wet socks
2. An itch you can't reach

Would you rather...
......have to listen to only Taylor Swift or
only Ariana Grande for the rest of your life?

1. Taylor Swift
2. Ariana Grande

Spill the beans - NL: uit de school klappen

Speak English every day, for 1 week.
How did it go?
Positives / negatives?

Goal: speak English at least 4 times a week between today and our first lesson after the holiday

- Choose a way to achieve this (or more than 1 way)

- Write your goal + strategy in your notebook

- Also write down: how will you check your progress 

along the way?

Homework for today:

Make a schedule

 for reading your book 

1st week of June: at least 2/3 of your book 

> how many pages per week do you need to read? 

Please note:

Your feedback form, speaking plan and reading schedule

should be in your notebook

Also: summaries, annotations (e.g. about main character)

Your notebook and participation in class 

will form a part of your final grade

A phrase that best describes Pi

A phrase that best describes the priest

Who is most relatable & why?

Formal language

Why? 

To prepare for essay writing (+ academic/business writing)

What do you think of when you hear 'formal language'?

Formal writing in a nutshell

• Formal language → more 'expensive' wording
• No contractions → can’t = cannot / won’t = will not
• Do not use questions
  
• In an essay → do not use ‘I’ or 'we'
  
• Use linking words
  
• Focus on lay-out: Empty line between each paragraph

Make more formal:

Study the language (left: informal right: formal)

Also very useful for CITO texts

Well done! You...

- have evaluated your speaking challenge and set a new goal

- can differentiate between formal and informal writing

Homework for after the holiday: 

• Read your book + annotate
• Speak English at least 4 times a week
• Always check Magister if there's more

What are your holiday plans??