Alquin lesson 1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Introduction game 

Program

• Alquin = Reading and Comprehension
•  Text: "Knitting is in the loop"
• Discussion
• Assignments

Text will be read together

Discuss the text; students' comprehension and opinions on the topic

Alquin texts will be discussed across two lessons: Mondays and Wednesdays

Assignments: depending on time (might start on Wednesday)

Knitting is in the loop

• Reading the text
• Background information
• Comprehension and opinions

What do we know about knitting? 

check content, page 2

Read together: max 15 minutes

- If students read their paragraph too slow, take over. 

Quick bg info after reading

- Great Depression: timeline purposes in the text

- war effort: anything done from home to help the soldiers

- avantguard: experimental, peculiar, new (MET-Gala)

- digital first: communication is done via the internet first

Comprehension: Ask students to summarize

Do you know how to knit?

Have you ever knitted before? Maybe your grandmother has shown you. Maybe you have done little projects in elementary school...

Do you know someone that knits?

Who? Are they avid knitters? what do they knit?

Is it only for women? What do you think of men that knit?

Vocabulary

• Word unfamiliar?
• Context!
• Meaning can be deduced 
• Page 3-6 (workbook)

10 minutes

BBQ anecdote

Look at vocab and keywords. Question students about words that stick out to them, that they have never heard of before, words that are peculiar to them. 

Assignment F

Vocabulary.

Make c. and e.

page. 7 (workbook)

Excercise d. (homework)

10 minutes 

Discuss the answers quickly

D is difficult. Could require help from google, an online dictionary. 

The difficulty will make you immerse yourself in vocabulary and never forget the words again. Will be discussed on Wednesday!

(will receive the answers to D; vocab will be part of the exam)

Assignment D

Scanning for information.

Practice finding information quickly.

page. 6 (workbook)

10 minutes

Discuss answers in class

Assignment E

In depth - Open questions

page. 6 (workbook)

10 minutes

- requires close reading

-  answer in complete sentences

Students must answer all questions

In class, discuss only uneven numbered questions (because of time, and if there is time)

Assignment I

In depth - Multiple choice questions

page. 9 (workbook)

10-12 minutes 

discuss the answers

Assignment G

Watching and Listening

"The history of knitting"

page. 8 (workbook)

If there is still time:

Video (4 minutes) assignment

Watch video twice to fill in the column (a)

Then discuss the students' answers

Still time? do b.