Reading a book - Lesson 1.1 - Introduction & Orientation

Reading Log / Book Project

HV2 2024-2025

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Reading Log / Book Project

HV2 2024-2025

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Reading Log/Book Project (HV2)

Today:
Lesson 1.1: Introduction / choosing a genre/book

Coming up:

Lesson 1.2/1.3: Reading motivation

Lesson 2.1/2.2: Emotions & Context (Moodboard)

Lesson 3: Example presentation + Rubric

Lesson 4: Practice presentations / give feedback

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Schedule for the coming weeks

You have 6 weeks to read a book
Week 1 and 2: Choosing a book; Reading motivation
Week 3: Motivation and Setting
Week 4: Grammar and Vocabulary
Week 5: Example presentation
Week 6: Work independently + practice your presentation
Week 7: Hand in your reading assignment

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Where do I start in order to pick a good book???

Well, it starts with asking yourself what kind of genres you like... Genre?... What's that?

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Different Genres

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Which genres do you know?

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Quiz time!

Click on the link on the next page and take a quiz to find out which genre suits you best!

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www.buzzfeed.com

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Time to start thinking about which book you would like to read...

On the following slides, you will start getting an idea about different books in different genres.

If a title looks interesting, write it down.

Start making a list of books (minimum of three) that you might find interesting to read.

On the next pages, you'll already get some ideas...

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Mystery / Thriller

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Action / adventure

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Action / adventure

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Realistic fiction

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Realistic fiction

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Comic book / Graphic novel

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Historical fiction

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Fantasy

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Science fiction

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Romance

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The Reading assignment

The assignment consists of three parts:

Emotions chart

You will keep track while reading and fill it in during class and at home.

Moodboard (setting/context)

You will collect pictures that match the setting while reading

Presentation

After finishing the book, you will use the Emotions Chart and

Moodboard to present the story of your book.

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In SomToday under Vakken / Engels / Leermiddelen, you will find a file with a list of book titles that could be of interest.

Open the file "ENGLISH BOOKS MEDIATHEEK (overzicht niveaus)"

On the next page, you will see some websites you can go to

to get more information about books.

Read a short summary, see what age group is recommended for a specific book, check how many pages it has...

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Websites that can help you find information on books

Go to one of the following websites to have a look at book ideas. Pick three books from the list in SomToday that you think you might find interesting. Note the title of a book if you think you might like to read it.

www.goodreads.com

www.bol.com

www.amazon.com
www.novellist.nl
www.bibliotheekzuidkennemerland.nl

https://practicumeducatief.myonline.store/c-4755272/leesboeken-engels/

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Remember to send your book choice before class next Tuesday, Nov. 12th via the Microsoft Forms link which can be found under Homework in SomToday on Nov. 12th (or in the Studiewijzer)

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