Lesson 11 - Fake News

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Fake News - Conspiracy Theories

LESSON 3: MOON LANDING

Lesson Goals

By the end of this period, I will be able to:

• determine important factual information in short reports and articles.
• understand main theme and main arguments in simple texts.
• understand the majority of what is being shown/talked about.
• express or ask for personal views, comments and opinions.
• gather, record, summarise and comment (with some confidence) on factual information.

Task:

Mini-task in pairs:

• Find a conspiracy theory (excluding the 3 we have discussed in class).
• Name 3 arguments given in the conspiracy theory (include sources).
• Find 3 sources to debunk the conspiracy theory.
• Write an introduction: Explain the conspiracy theory and say why it is not true.
• Explain the 3 arguments that support the conspiracy theory.
• Give the 3 arguments to debunk the conspiracy theory.
• Write a conclusion that sums up what the conspiracy theory is not true.

Task Goals:

To be able to:

• do research on a given topic.
• find factual information from credible sources and cite these sources correctly.
• clearly and simply state relevant arguments and counter-arguments.
• draw a conclusion and explain it based on the information you have collected. 

Close your laptops!

• You do not need them for this part of the lesson.
• Take out your textbooks and a pen.

The passive, what was it again?

Active vs. Passive

The police arrested people at the protest yesterday. - Active

Several people were arrested at the protest yesterday. - Passive

• You use the passive when you can't or don't need to say who did something.

Active vs. Passive

The police arrested people at the protest yesterday. - Active

Several people were arrested at the protest yesterday. - Passive

• You use the passive when you can't or don't need to say who did something.

The passive Form

• One in ten fish is eaten in Japan.
  
• Students who are not in school are phoned immediately.
  
• Andy Murray was knocked out of the third round of Wimbledon.

What is the form of the passive if you look at these sentences?

The passive Form

• One in ten fish is eaten in Japan.
  
• Students who are not in school are phoned immediately.
  
• Andy Murray was knocked out of the third round of Wimbledon.

Vorm van to be + voltooid deelwoord (past participle)

Think - Pair - Share

• First, you will work on your own.
• Then you will try and correct yourselves in pairs.
• Then we will share with the class.

Open your book on page 283

Which column do you think is important here?

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Homework instructions

• Work on Lesson 4, exercises 10 and 11.
• You may listen to music.
• First 5 minutes in silence.
• Finished? Work on the grammaticatrainer.

Open your laptops!

You may now open your laptop again to work on the homework.

Time to work

•  Work on Lesson 4, exercises 10 and 11.
•  You may listen to music.
•  First 5 minutes in silence.
•  Finished? Work on the grammaticatrainer.

• You may now discuss with your neighbor.

Blooket

• Vocabulary game.
• You join with a code I'll give you in a minute.
• You will get a random name.
• Go to the website with the link on the next slide.

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How well do you think you now understand the passive?

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Next lesson

Homework:

Lesson 4, exercises 10 and 11