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Goals

Brainstorm

Reading assignment

Listening assignment

Goal(s) for the lesson

By the end of the lesson you will have practiced your reading and listening skills by answering questions about the text and video.

What do you think of
when you hear the word "farming"?

Match the red words to the blue words

Cows

Vegetables

Farmer

Sheep

Seeds

Fruit

Community

Machinery 

Fruit

Boer

Gemeenschap

Schapen

Groenten

Koeien

Zaden

Machines

What do you think of
when you hear the word "community"?

Reading

We will read a text about a community in the Netherlands. 

Pay attention to the details because there will be questions after we finish reading!

5 For Jalil Bekkour, Oosterwold is special because it gave him a new idea. He learned how to grow food and started a restaurant. Now, 80 per cent of the food in his restaurant comes from his garden.

6 The weather is changing in Oosterwold. Jalil says it is now like France’s weather from 40 years ago. This means that plants like avocados and lemons can grow outside. But gardening can be difficult. “You fail, and you try again,” he says.

7 There are some problems in Oosterwold. At first, people didn’t get much help, and some found it difficult to grow food. “Some people do it very well but others don’t. We decided we have to stimulate more,” says Yolanda Sikking, the manager.

8 Oosterwold’s big plan is to grow 10 per cent of the food for the city of Almere. Many people think this

is possible if everyone works together. Jalil has simple advice for people interested in farming: “Start small. Start with the things you love to eat and the easy stuff.”

1. When Marco de Kat makes dinner, it’s easy for him to find fresh food. Outside his house is a big garden with apples, pears, peppers and cauliflowers. In winter, Marco and his wife eat frozen food from the garden. “Yesterday, I forgot to think about what to eat,” he says. “You walk through your garden and you find something and that’s what you eat.”

2. Marco lives in Oosterwold, a special area in the city of Almere near Amsterdam. It is new kind of community that started about 10 years ago. People who live in Oosterwold can design their houses and make important decisions about their neighbourhood. They have to choose street names and build roads and schools. They must also grow food on 50 per cent of their land.

Dutch Suburb Where Residents Must Grow Food On At Least Half Of Their Property.

Hannah Docter-Loeb

28 November, 2024

3. “This rule is very unique thinking in the world,” says Jan Eelco Jansma, a researcher. Rositsa T Ilieva, another researcher, agrees. “There aren’t many cities where farming is one of the rules,” she says.

4. People in Oosterwold grow food in different ways. Some grow a lot of food for their families, while others only have one or two trees. Some people ask farmers to do the work for them because they don’t know how to do it.

5. For Jalil Bekkour, Oosterwold is special because it gave him a new idea. He learned how to grow food and started a restaurant. Now, 80 per cent of the food in his restaurant comes from his garden.

6. The weather is changing in Oosterwold. Jalil says it is now like France’s weather from 40 years ago. This means that plants like avocados and lemons can grow outside. But gardening can be difficult. “You fail, and you try again,” he says.

7. There are some problems in Oosterwold. At first, people didn’t get much help, and some found it difficult to grow food. “Some people do it very well but others don’t. We decided we have to stimulate more,” says Yolanda Sikking, the manager.

8. Oosterwold’s big plan is to grow 10 per cent of the food for the city of Almere. Many people think this

is possible if everyone works together. Jalil has simple advice for people interested in farming: “Start small. Start with the things you love to eat and the easy stuff.”

Over welke Nederlandse stad ging deze tekst?

1. Amsterdam
2. Almere
3. Oosterwold
4. Utrecht

fill in the blank:

In the community, people have to grow food on __________________________ of their land.

1. 80 %
2. 50 %
3. 10 %
4. 22 %

What does Marco de Kat grow on his land?

1. only fruit
2. fruit and vegetables
3. plants and flowers
4. all of the above

De auteur schreef in de tekst dat het weer in Nederland _______ is dan in Frankrijk.

1. kouder
2. warmer
3. hetzelfde als

What new idea did Jalil Bekkour have?

1. to open a restaurant
2. to build a new house
3. to start a farming business
4. to open a candy shop

Why is Oosterwold different from other places?

1. it has farming schools
2. it mixes houses with farming
3. it is only for farmers

How many homes are there in Oosterwold?

1. 5,000
2. 1,000
3. 50
4. 500

01:22

Waarom plaatsen ze een "dark dome" over het zaad?

1. om het te laten lijken alsof het nacht is
2. om het groeiproces langzamer te maken
3. om het te laten lijken alsof het in de grond zit

01:29

How many harvests do they do within 3 weeks?

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4

01:47

Wat betekent "hydroponic farming"?

1. Planten in aarde en water laten groeien
2. Planten veel langzamer laten groeien dan normaal
3. Planten alleen in aarde laten groeien
4. Planten alleen in water laten groeien

02:03

How much land would a traditional farm need to be able to grow the same amount as the company?

1. 15 times
2. 55 times
3. 40 times
4. 50 times

02:14

How many airlines does Bustanica supply to?

1. 115
2. 120
3. 130
4. 150

02:35

Hoeveel maaltijden per dag worden er bij Emirates Kitchen bereid?

1. 200,000
2. 220,000
3. 120,000
4. 122,000

03:15

What factor did Patrick mention?

1. that the food needs to be fully cooked at a specific temperature
2. that the food should NOT be fully cooked so it can be cooked later on the plane
3. that they don't make the portion too big
4. that they don't make too little food

03:43

What is the correct order of the meal preparations?

1. Sampling ingredients – plan the travel – test the food – food tastings
2. Sampling ingredients – test the food – plan the travel – food tastings
3. Sampling ingredients – test the food – food tastings – plan the travel

03:56

How many of the 25,000 premium meals have leafy greens in them?

1. 12,500 meals
2. 50 meals
3. 25% of the meals
4. 50% of the meals