Reading books

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

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Today's programme

- planning period three

- introduction reading a book

Reading a book

We are going to read a book for English.

If you would like to read something else, please ask me for permission first!  

Make sure to choose a book that fits your level of command in English! So not too difficult, but also not too easy.

Knowledge organizer & poster

While reading your book, you will fill out a knowledge organizer to prepare for the poster you are going to make when you have finished reading the book.

What is your favorite book ever?

What are your favorite topics to read about?

Have you ever read an English book? If so, which one?

How are you feeling about having to read a book in English?

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What is a challenge for you when you have to read in English?

Books & writers

Read the list with book suggestions for year 1 and/or check the BookFlix.

You can find both documents in the "jaarbijlagen" in SomToday.

Can you find a book that you'd like to read?

Write down a couple of authors (writers) and/or titles that you think you will like.

Find information

Find information about (at least) one of the authors. On an English site, so your information should be in English!!! 

If you need help: use the name of the author and the term “children’s books” in Google (or see slides 18 & 19 for tips).

Write down at least 3 interesting facts about the writer.  For example: Where does he/she live, what did he/she study, what are his/her interests/hobbies, a list of the books he/she has written, or other funny facts. You can type your answers in the next slide.

Note down the 3 interesting facts about your writer here, please.

Now find information about (at least) one of this writer's books.

Write down 3 interesting facts about one of this writer’s books.

You can note down the information you found in the next slide, please.

Note down the 3 interesting facts about one of the books here, please.

Upload a picture of the writer and/or one of his/her books here, please.

Helpful tips for searching information

Does the writer have his/her own website? Start searching there. If not, you can often find information on the site of the publisher (uitgeverij) or the English Wikipedia site.

If you don’t know which writer to choose, choose one of the four links on the next slide.

Helpful tips

- Francesca Simon

- Roald Dahl

- David Walliams

- Peter Bunzl

Have you already found a book you'd like to read? Which one?

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