6.4 Reading

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome AMGM2

 Please take your seat

 Put your phone and earbuds in your bag. 

Guess today's Wordle

Done? Work on your logbook.

DEADLINE: 

June 13 or 15

WHAT: sept, oct, nov, dec, jan, feb, mar,

apr, may + end review. 

WHERE: in your logbook.

WHEN: show me today/Wednesday.

NO GO: writing the same thing multiple times --> reflect on pages, reccomend book.

DONE: show me your logbook --> O/V

Class rules

Try to speak as much English as you can

Be quiet when someone is speaking 

Be nice and have respect for each other 

Five free minutes if the teacher decides it's okay

No homework --> you study at home

No laptops or phones without permission.

Today's planning

1st hour: 

• Wordle + logbook time
• Reading practice

6.4 Reading

I can scan a short text to locate specific information.

Talk about these questions:

1: What do you know about Saint Patrick's day, April Fools and Christmas in the summer?

2: What's your favorite holiday?

6.4 Reading

Read the three texts and follow the steps below:

1: Start by looking at the (sub)title and pictures.

2: Read the first and last sentence of the text. 

3: Read the questions.

4: Read the text and answer the questions. 

Done? Make sure you answered everything and work on the reading log.

Tips to R-E-L-A-X

Answers

Assignment one: Saint Patrick's day

A. He is the national patron saint, because he brought Christianity to Ireland.

B. C                C. 1. He converted pagans to Christianity. & 2. He set up churches.

D. A missionary is a person who spreads Christianity in other countries.

E. The Shamrocks are very common in Irish nature. Saint Patrick used it to explain

the Christian faith to his followers. A four-leaved shamrock is called a

‘klavertje vier’ in Dutch.

F. Bacon, beef, cabbage, Irish coffee, Irish bread, potato pancakes.

G. It's the national color.

H. Singing, dancing, dressing up in green, painting shamrocks on their cheeks, watching the Saint Patrick’s Day parade

Answers

Assignment two: April Fools'

A. Annual                                                  E. C

B. American usually ... fool yourself.         F. C

C. A

D. A long time ago people thought that April 1st was the first day of the year instead

of January 1st . People who didn’t think that April 1st was the first day of the year

were called April Fools. That is why April 1st is also called April Fools’ Day

Assignment three: April Fools'

Answers

Assignment four: Christmas in summer

A. A

B. Drinking and eating green foods, watching the Saint Patrick’s Day parade. 

C. We have Christmas dinner inside. The Australians have their Christmas dinner

on the beach having a barbecue.

D. Because they are each on a different side of the equator.

E. Monsoon season. 

F. Because of the high humidity.

G. Because there is no rain.

H. The humidity builds up until the rain starts to fall in the wet season.

How well did you do?

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Have you / Do you ...

... practiced your reading skills?

... know how to follow the step by step plan?

... know what to do so that you can hand in your logbook?

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