Pitfalls

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2,3

CH6 I Writing & Grammar

Grab your books please!

- Stepping Stones, FLEX-boek Deel B (keep it closed!);

- Whiteboard.

CH6 I Writing & Grammar

• Introduction: activating prior knowledge + lesson objectives;
• Instruction: what are ...?
• Evaluation: have we understood the material?
• Practice: making the exercises;
• Evaluation: closing the lesson.

Denken - delen - uitwisselen

Wat is het verschil tussen deze twee zinnen?

1. I am going to the park today;
2. Will you be going too?

Lesson objectives

1. I can give an explanation about pitfalls;
2. I can avoid pitfalls while writing in English.

Pitfalls

What is a pitfall?

Pitfalls

Pitfalls are common mistakes in words.

Whiteboard - To / too?

• Are you cold ___?
• I'm going ___ France;
• It's way ___ busy here;
• It's fun ___ read books;
• I don't like her, she's ___ arrogant;
• He gave it ___ me.

What's the difference between then and than?

First we went through customs and ___ we picked up our luggage.

1. then
2. than

Today the weather was colder ___ yesterday.

1. then
2. than

It looked like ___ wasn't anything they could do.

1. there
2. their
3. they're

_1_ going to love going _2_,
I heard _3_ food is the best!

1. 1 =their, 2=there, 3 =they're
2. 1=there, 2=their, 3=they're
3. 1=they're, 2=there, 3=their
4. 1=they're, 2=their, 3=there

You made it around the track in under a minute, ____ fast!

1. your
2. you're

___ really hard to tell the difference between a jaguar and a leopard.

1. It's
2. Its

The museum needs to update ___ online schedule for summer.

1. it's
2. its

He went to _____ university.

1. a
2. an

He grabbed ____ apple from the fruit basket.

1. a
2. an

It was ____ wonderful experience.

1. a
2. an

Error analysis

Take a piece of paper and a pen and then correct the mistakes in the e-mail (letter).

Write it like so: 

1. Error - correct spelling

2. Error - correct spelling

And so on...

CH6 I Writing & Grammar

Make the following exercises:

51 - 52 - 53.

Done with your work?

1. Show it to your teacher;

2. Check your work;

3. Homework, reading or studying.

Afsluiting

1. Inhoud

2. Aanpak

3. Beleving