The Giver - intro

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Welcome! 

Today's programme: 

1. Dystopia

2. Check if I got everyone's cambridge forms

3. Book titles

Goals: 

- Understand what dystopian literature is and why people read it

What would it take to make your world perfect?

What would you be willing to give up to have your perfect world?

Decide:

Do I agree or disagree with the statement on the screen?

An ideal community would not have any hunger or starvation.

1. Agree!
2. Disagree!

An ideal community would not have any unemployment.

1. Agree!
2. Disagree!

All children should have equal possessions and privileges at a certain age, regardless of the status of their families.

1. Agree!
2. Disagree!

Overpopulation is such a problem that families should not be allowed to have more than two children.

1. Agree!
2. Disagree!

Life would be better and easier if we did not carry bad memories in our heads.

1. Agree!
2. Disagree!

One’s job or occupation in life should be a careful match to one’s interests, talents, and skills.

1. Agree!
2. Disagree!

Utopia and dystopia 

What is dystopia?

A community or society that is in some important way undesirable or frightening. It is the opposite of Utopia.

• Government control
• Environmental destruction 
• Technological contol
• Loss of individualism 

Examples:

The Hunger Games                                            The Handmaid's Tale 

Divergent

I am legend 

Why dystopian literature?

1. To educate and warn about the dangers of today's society/politics 

2. Helps us examine real fears 

3. Can help us think about all these scenarios withous actually having to live through them

-> Dystopian text takes something that already exists in our society and intensifies its effect or power. 

Doomsday Clock

1. Go to Period 3 > 5V Dystopian Literature Reader

2. Watch the video and answer questions 1-5 from C

Doomsday Clock

1. Go to Period 3 > 5V Dystopian Literature Reader

2. Watch the video and answer questions 1-5 from C

Word order

grammar

    RECAP

Woordvolgorde + bijwoorden van frequentie

Voorbeeld

Keith used to watch television in his room at bedtime.

Wie    -       doet       -      wat     -   waar    -     wanneer.

Let op: de kleinere eenheid komt altijd eerst:

Keith used to watch television in the basement at his house.

Helen  arrived  at her appartment  at ten o'clock  yesterday evening

Choose the sentence with the correct word order.

1. He swims every day in the canal.
2. He swims in the canal every day.
3. Every day he swims in the canal.
4. In the canal he swims every day.

Billy / to Manchester/ with his friend / to play VR / five minutes ago / went

1. Billy went with his friend to play VR to Manchester five minutes ago.
2. Billy went five minutes ago to Manchester with his friend to play VR.
3. Billy with his friend went to Manchester five minutes ago to play VR.
4. Billy went to Manchester to play VR with his friend five miutes ago.

her / in town / yesterday / I / met

1. I met her in town yesterday.
2. I met her yesterday in town.
3. I yesterday met her in town.
4. Yesterday I met her in town.

Choose the sentence with the correct word order.

1. My sister got married last year.
2. Last year my sister got married.
3. My sister last year got married.
4. My sister got last year married.

Bijwoorden van Frequentie

woorden die aangeven hoe vaak je iets doet

Waar staan deze woorden in een zin?

De bijwoorden van frequentie 

(bv. always, usually, regurlarly, sometimes, rarely, seldom, never) staan voor het werkwoord.

Behalve .............

Bij de werkwoorden :

Am/ are/ is/ was / were zetten 

we het bijwoord van frequentie 

achter het werkwoord

He is never late

She was always happy

én na het eerste hulpwerkwoord 

(hulpwerkwoorden: will, shall, would, should, must, can, could, may, might, have)

He will always take the blame.

She should never haven taken the bus.

Choose the sentence with the correct word order.

1. We are never in a position to complain.
2. We never are in a position to complain.

Choose the sentence with the correct word order.

1. I already have seen him.
2. I have already seen him.
3. I have seen already him.
4. I have seen him already.

Choose the sentence with the correct word order.

1. Have you read a novel by J.R.R. Tolkien ever?
2. Have you read ever a novel by J.R.R. Tolkien?
3. Have ever you read a novel by J.R.R. Tolkien?
4. Have you ever read a novel by J.R.R. Tolkien?

Choose the sentence with the correct word order.

1. I never will complain about the weather.
2. I will complain never about the weather.
3. I will never complain about the weather.
4. I will complain about the weather never.

Choose the sentence with the correct word order.

1. Who gives never a straight answer?
2. Who gives a straight answer never?
3. Who never gives a straight answer?
4. Who gives a straight never answer?

Correct word order:
summer / we / here / are / in / usually

1. Usually we are here in summer.
2. We usually are here in summer.
3. We are usually in summer here.
4. We are usually here in summer.

Choose the sentence with the correct word order.

1. They go out often in the weekends to the disco.
2. They go often out to the disco in the weekends.
3. In the weekends we often go out to the disco.
4. They often go out to the disco in the weekends.