Mavo3_week49

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 3

Welcome!

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This week

We are halfway through the block -> time to reflect and practice writing

Reading practice

Working for yourself 

Homework for this week

Week 49 in the workpath 

Study the irregular verbs list 

When is the test and what do you have to do?

How are you going to prepare?

Is there something you are going to do differently this time? (if yes, what?)

Writing 

Write a letter to a penpal in America. The holidays are coming up and American habits are different than ours. 

You are going to write a letter telling about Christmas in the Netherlands ands asking about an American Christmas

Task

Write a letter of half an A4 long. 

Tell your penpal about Christmas traditions you have

Share your plans for the Christmas break 

Ask about American Christmas

Share what you expect of an American Christmas

Write in English

You must hand in this letter at the end of the lesson

Done with your letter? 

Hand it in 

Work for yourself

What do you know?

We talked about reading a text and how you could handle it.

Now it is your turn and show what you know.

Good Luck

Reading

For this part there are two texts and 13 questions, total.

Text 1: questions 1-7

Text 2: questions 8-13

Text 1

Read the text and answer questions 1 to 7

Click on the image on the question slide if you want to read the text again.

1. Complete the sentence:

Alberto was adopted .......... he was born.

1. right after
2. a few months after
3. a couple of months after

2. Choose the correct answer

1. There are 17 children in the family
2. Alberto has 17 siblings
3. Alberto has 14 siblings
4. Alberto has 13 brothers and sisters

3. "Sometimes I wish I was an only child…" Translate 'only child'.

4. Who adopted Alberto?

1. A family from Portugal.
2. A family from Los Angeles.
3. A poor family
4. A small family

5. Alberto is happy with his big family.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

6. Why is it funny that people tell Alberto that he looks like his brothers?

7. All the kids in the family are

1. sure of themselves and noisy
2. sure of themselves and quiet
3. insecure and noisy
4. insecure and quiet

Text 2

Read the text and answer questions 8 to 13

Click on the image on the question slide if you want to read the text again.

8. What is the main reason for this text? Choose the correct answer.

1. to criticize
2. to inform
3. to invite other musicians
4. to make people laugh

10. When will Gavin Glass join the Villagers for the last time? Choose the correct answer.

1. May 20th
2. May 21st
3. May 23rd
4. May 24th

13. "A limited number of tickets are available..." What does 'limited' mean?

1. speciaal
2. goedkoop
3. beperkt
4. onbeperkt

For the rest of the lesson

Option 1: Work on eindexamensite

Option 2: Work on the 'test yourself'

Option 3: Study for the test

Option 4: Read an English book