Introduction period 2

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Introduction period 2

Programme

- Dagopening

- Study guide/ PTA/ Novel

- CAE Wednesday

- CITO Listening practice

- Exam training: CE 2019-II

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Dagopening: Ik laat me niet dwingen

Study guide and PTA period 2

CAE Wednesday

Reading and Use of English Part 6

Cross-text multiple matching

Let's try it!

You are going to read four news reports about an abandoned baby. For questions 1 - 4, choose from the reports A - D. The reviews may be chosen more than once.

Do this assignment in groups of 2 or 3. You're allowed to write on the materials.

Some old-school CITO Listening practice

Exam training

Get started on CE 2019-II

Do texts 1 - 3

Programme

- Literature: The early Middle Ages

- Start SB Unit 20

The Early Middle Ages

(450 - 1066)

From Roman rule to

Anglo-Saxon kingdoms

• From 55 BC to about 450 AD under Roman rule
• 450 AD: Roman left Britain to defend empire on continent
• Attacks by Scots, Irish, Angles, Saxons and Jutes
• Anglo-Saxon community was born; many kingdoms within Britain

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• Kings were surrounded  by young warriors and   rewarded them for their loyalty

• Central meeting point: Mead hall; to eat, drink and listen to stories and poems.

Converting the heathen Anglo-Saxons to Christianity

Latin literature by Christian monks,

illuminated manuscripts

Important literature from this time

1. The Ecclesiastical History of the Anglo-Saxon People, Bede
2. Beowulf
3. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (illustration)
   

King Alfred of Wessex

Alfred the Great (849 - 899), king of Wessex. He prevented England from falling to the Danes and promoted learning and literacy. Compilation of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle began during his reign, circa 890.

Next time: Beowulf

SB Unit 20

Individually or in pairs, work on:

- SB p. 124 Speaking ex. 1

- SB p. 124/ 125 Reading ex. 1 - 4

Try to use the techniques we've just practised in the CAE Wednesday task

- SB p. 126 Vocabulary ex. 1 and 2

Finished?

Work on CE 2019-II texts 1 - 3

Next time

- Make sure you've finished CE 2019-II texts 1 - 3

- Finish SB Unit 20 Speaking, Reading and Vocabulary exercises and check your work

- Bring your Literature Reader and the practice exam to class

- Look for a book!

(deadline for telling me = Nov. 17th)