Unit 2: Relative clauses - Speaking activity

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

 It's quite easy this week. Do you know what it is? 

It's a pencil sharpener! Well done if you guessed correctly. 

Agenda

1. Relative clauses

 2.International Womens Day - 

3. Speaking activity: practice of relative clauses

International Women's Day 2017

The theme for International Women’s Day, 8 March, 2017, focuses on 

“Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030”.

 Speaking Activity

• You will be given two photos 
  
• You will be asked to talk about and compare these photos (1 minute)
• Important: Don't just describe what you see but hypothesise about the photos and look for comparisons between them.

Today all the photos follow a theme:

“Women in the Changing World of Work

Every woman should enjoy her right to decent work.  

When you are looking at today's photos, bear in mind; What do we need to get there?

Good childcare provison / good education / safe working environment / equal pay, etc

In pairs: Person A describes the photos to their partner, you have one minute (no prep time allowed). 

Person B: Take notes of the vocabulary they use, give feedback 

Answer the following:

What is the link between the women in the pictures and the World of Work?

How might the women in the pictures be feeling? 

REMEMBER: TRY AND USE RELATIVE CLAUSES.

handy phrases:

• It looks as if ............
  
• It appears to be.......................
  
• You would probably think ..................
  
• It reminds me of ..............................
  
• REMEMBER: Take place ( is used to talk about events)
  

Take part in (is used to talk about people participating in something)

It looks as if the shop, that sells cloth, is run as a family business. 

It appears as if the women, who seem to be migrant workers from the Philippines, have formed a support group. 

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Thanks for participating

Think about one thing that you have learnt in today's lesson.