American vs British

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Recap

What did you learn in the last lesson?

Lesson goal

- At the end of this lesson, I know some differences between British and American.

- At the end of this lesson I am amble to apply correct writing structure

Name some English speaking countries

Varieties of English

- America  

- Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales,)

- Ireland

- Australia

- Canada

- India

and more....

British vs American

We are going to focus on the differences between British English and American English. 

American

• behavior 

• neighbor 

• favorite 

• humor

• center

British

• Behaviour

• neighbour

• favourite 

• humour

• centre

Are you more British or American?

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Are you more British or America?

British

American

British                American  

British or American?
Candy?

1. British
2. American

British or American?
Closet

1. British
2. American

British or American?
Trainers

1. British
2. American

British or American?
Sidewalk

1. British
2. American

British or American?
Cinema

1. British
2. American

British or American?
Autumn

1. British
2. American

British or American?
Soccer

1. British
2. American

British or American?
Potato Chips

1. British
2. American

British or American?
Ground Floor

1. British
2. American

British or American?
Lift

1. British
2. American

What did you think of this lesson?

1. I loved it!
2. It was a nice lesson
3. It wasn't very good
4. I hated it!

American

• behavior 

• neighbor 

• favorite 

• humor

• center

British

• Behaviour

• neighbour

• favourite 

• humour

• centre

Did you achieve the lesson goals of today?

- I know there are a lot of varieties of English.
- I know some differences between British and American.

1. Yes, certainly!
2. Yes, pretty much
3. No, not really
4. No, not at all

Speaking Skills

Now go to Gateway, page 65 and do ex 2, 4, 5 and 6

Writing Structure

• Introduction briefly introduce the topic
• The body paragraph give more details example or arguments for your main point.
• Conclusion that briefly summarises the body of text 

Apply the 3 steps of writing structure with this text 

Writing

You are going to write a blog post aimed at your foreign friends about Dutch habits. Include:

• some background information on Dutch habits andtraditions in general
• a more detailed account of a particular odd Dutch habit or tradition
• Your opinion on this habit or tradition
• 200-250 words

Peerfeedback

Writing structure (+ good - wrong) 

Word order (+good - wrong)

Grammar (underline mistakes)

 Punctuation (underline mistakes)

Closing

Did we achieve our goal?