Chicxulub 1 V5 2025

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

Kick off task: Think! What is a metaphor?

Turn&talk 

Together with your neighbour come up with a definition and an example.

Write it down. 

Welcome to Chicxulub 

We'll have a blast! :-)

What do you know about...

Chicxulub? 

Literature time! (My favourite time :-) 

We are about to read a short story with the title 'Chicxulub' by T. C Boyle.

It was first published in (the prestigious) 'The New Yorker' (an American magazine) in 2004.

While reading, keep in mind...

- The title is Chicxulub. (A devastating meteorite that wiped out the dinosaurs. Quite the event!)

- In a short story, the author has limited time to introduce characters and develop the story. Each word matters. 

- In a short story, especially the beginning is important, it needs to hook the readers and set the scene. Pay attention to what happens in this story.

- Always ask yourself: who is telling the story? Is this a trustworthy narrator?

- Keep the literary device metaphor in mind, it will come in useful.   

Now, let's read together! 

As in, literally together.

We will take turns reading out loud.

Keep up with the text and when reading, try to read with your best English pronunciation, intonation and make it vivid. 

How is the story so far?

😒🙁😐🙂😃

How well do you understand this story so far?

0100

Homework Thursday 22-5

Finish reading the whole story 

Need audio? Go to YouTube, search on: Chicxulub by T. C. Boyle. Read together with the audio

(Also, keep studying vocabulary and verbs)

NOTE! You cannot write in the hand-out, neither can you keep it.

Do you want to make notes? Grab a piece of paper and pen! 

Find the story in PDF on its learning (letterkunde)

Grammar recap 

Please participate! 

Type your answers in the lesson. 

1. Please fill the gap:
I won't help you if you ... (keep) on talking!

2. Please fill the gap:
You wouldn't have had such problems if you ... (listen)!

3. Please fill the gap:
I would go to the bahamas if I ... (win) the lottery.

4 Please fill the gap:
I will help if you ... (ask) for it.

5. Please fill the gap:
I wouldn't eat the soup if I ... (to be) you.

6. Please fill the gap:
If I had woken up a little earlier, I ... (to be) on that plane.

Please translate:
Ik zou me geen zorgen maken als ik jou was.

Please translate:
Als ze op tijd had betaald, dan zou ze nu niet in de problemen zitten.

Any questions on the exercises in the grammar workbook? 

Type them on the next slide. 

Any questions on the grammar exercises?

Grammar recap - THINK & write down. What's the rule?

Iets gebeurt zeker -->

Iets gebeurt waarschijnlijk -->

Iets gebeurt waarschijnlijk niet -->

Iets is zeker niet gebeurd -->

Grammar recap - the rules

Iets gebeurt zeker --> if + present simple & present simple

Iets gebeurt waarschijnlijk --> if + present simple & will + hele werkwoord

Iets gebeurt waarschijnlijk niet --> if + past simple & would + hele werkwoord

Iets is zeker niet gebeurd --> if + had + voltooid deelwoord & would have + voltooid deelwoord

Chicxulub
(fill in what you know/ found)

Also important: Metaphor

A metaphor is used in this story. A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly refers to one thing by mentioning another. It can clarify similarities between two different ideas.

Keep your eyes out for this!

Now read! 

For next week's class, make sure you have read the whole story.

Keep an eye out for a metaphor. Also, pay attention to the particular way the story is told (perspective, is it chronological or not, what does this way of stoytelling 'do' to you)