H5 - week 6- lesson 2 and 3

Today's objectives

  • Listening - mark in som
  • Reading battle
  • Writing an informal letter/essay
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Middelbare school

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Today's objectives

  • Listening - mark in som
  • Reading battle
  • Writing an informal letter/essay

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Reading Battle
Form 9 groups of 3 students

Read texts 1-6 of havo exam 2019
Answer questions 1-16

Final step: answer in socrative 
Winning Group gets a prize

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Specific feedback informal letter no. 1
  • to move abroad

  • to happen -> to occur (How do you feel about earthquakes occurring regularly/constantly in your country?)

  • to reduce/lessen the emission of carbondioxide/ CO2 emission

  • public health (not: the health of the people)

  • their vs they're (their homes = possessive / they're = they are) - your vs you're (your home = possessive / you're = you are)

  • a + consonant(consonant sound) = a tree / a uniform ("j" sound) VS an apple (a = vowel sound)

  • disaster area / these circumstances / these surroundings / nuclear power plant

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Linking words paragraphs (essay)
First of all, second of all, thirdly etc. (to orden/sum up)

One example, for instance, also (to give examples)

Furthermore, moreover (to stress additional information)

Even though, although, however, nonetheless (to stress a contrast/contrary information)

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Coordinating/subordinating conjunctions sentences  (letter/essay)
Between two main clauses (main clause = subject + verb, expresses a complete thought)
F = for
A = and
N = nor
B = but
O = or
Y = yet
S = so

  • Nuclear power plants have been around for ages, yet the public safety is often an item of discussion
  • I am opposed to nuclear power, for it puts the public at risk.
  • We could go shopping in Amsterdam, or we could visit the local museum in my city.
  • Nuclear power plants offer an environmentally-friendly/sustainable source of energy, but at the same time they are rather dangerous.

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Subordinating conjunctions sentences  (letter/essay)








To add a subclause (does NOT express a complete thought)  to a main clause.
Subclauses before the main clause -> separated by a comma.
  • As long as nuclear power plants strictly adhere to the safety rules, the public health won't be at risk.
  • Provided that nuclear power plants striclty adhere to the safety rules, the public health won't be at risk.
  • As soon as I had learned about the disasters in Japan, I decided to write you.
  • I decided to write you as soon as I had heard about the disasters

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Essay writing

  • Structure - intro/3 paragraphs/conclusion (= 5 paragraphs)
  • General topic (controversial) / short stories
  • Formal language
  • Avoid personal pronouns
  • Use linking words (also, moreover, even though, nonetheless etc.)
  • Use an general example ending in your topic statement (=thesis)

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Assignment

Write a formal essay about a controversial topic/Write informal letter no. 2 - hand in!

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Preparing your Essay


  • Think of a controversial topic (i.e. Soccer players are overpaid = THESIS)
  • Think of 3 arguments to support your opinion
  • Come up with two examples to support each argument
  • Write a rought draft of 5 paragraphs: Intro/3 arguments & examples/Conclusion (in which you repeat your thesis & your main argument

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