V5B 23-5-2025 45 min

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Welcome! 

You need: book, reading notebook, pen

Programme

1. Programme / learning goals

2. Literary devices

3. Read your book

4. Speaking

5. Round off together

Learning goals

At the end of this lesson...

 

- I will have refreshed my knowledge of literary devices

- I will have read part of my book & talked about it

At the end of the lesson, hand in your reading notebook please

Do you remember....

Literary devices?

A few examples:

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Symbolism

Alliteration

Allusion

Foreshadowing

Literary devices

• Work with your partner
• Read the quotes and decide which literary devices are used
• Also, discuss their meaning and effect
• (all of them)

Style

Style

Word choice

Syntax

Concision

Literary devices

Context

When you read, think about:

Choose a paragraph / part from your book that stood out to you (style / literary device (if possible))

Read it out loud and compare writing styles. What are similarities / differences? Do you have a preference and why (not)?

Reading cycle

0. Go over previous notes

1. Read & annotate

2. Write a short summary (notebook, 3 mins)

3. Discuss your book (different assignment every lesson)

4. Take notes

Extra assignment for students who already finished their book

Blue: the actual reading. The rest is what happens before & after

Read in silence

Get a dictionary if you need one

Finished your book? Complete your notebook

Reading cycle

0. Go over previous notes

1. Read & annotate

2. Write a short summary (notebook, 3 mins)

3. Discuss your book (different assignment every lesson)

4. Take notes

Blue: the actual reading. The rest is what happens before & after

Discuss with your partner:

• A paragraph / part from your book that stood out to you (style / literary device (if possible))
  
• Read it out loud and explain literary device(s) 
• Compare writing styles. What are similarities / differences? 
• Do you have a preference and why (not)?
• Make a note!

Well done! You...

- I will have refreshed my knowledge of literary devices

- I will have read part of my book & talked about it

No lesson on Monday! (new basisrooster)

READ and always check Magister before the lesson

Listening exercise

Video about the demise of pope Francis 

and the conclave in Rome

(4:31)

rare - conclave - papal/papacy

Questions

1. What is the difference between this funeral and the previous ones?
2. Why is it different?
3. Name a few other things pope Francis did differently.
4. Does the journalist think the film 'Conclave' paints a correct picture of a conclave?
5. How many votes does a cardinal need to become pope?

Questions

1. What is the difference between this funeral and the previous ones?
2. Why is it different?
3. Name a few other things pope Francis did differently.
4. Does the journalist think the film 'Conclave' paints a correct picture of a conclave?
5. How many votes does a cardinal need to become pope?

Questions + answers

1. What is the difference between this funeral and the previous ones?

Different location: Sta Maria Maggiore instead of the Vatican
2. Why is it different? Pope Francis wanted his burial to be more quiet and humble.
3. Name a few other things pope Francis did differently. 1 coffin in the ground, simple clothing / shoes, lived in the guesthouse, not the official papal apartments
4. Does the journalist think the film 'Conclave' paints a correct picture of a conclave? Yes he does (secrecy, no communication with the outside world)

5. How many votes does a cardinal need to become pope?                                                                               2/3 majority, OR, after 15 days: 50% + 1.

Essay topic: Why are Americans overweight?

Thesis statement:
Americans are overweight because

What animal makes the best pet?

Thesis statement: ....... are the best pets because

Name the 3 elements of a good introduction:

Can you name the subject, claim and 3 points?

“Going back to college was a complex process that involved researching a school, applying for admission, and enrolling in classes.”

What do you remember?

Essay structure: the elements & what they should contain

1. Think (on your own, in silence)
2. Pair (compare notes)
3. Share (with the class)

Share: teacher writes on whiteboard, using the students' info to make a complete structure:

Title

Introduction

- opening sentence(s)

- thesis statement

Paragraph 1: pros

- topic sentence

- argument(s)

- example(s)

- wrap-up

Paragraph 2: cons

- topic sentence

- argument(s)

- example(s)

- wrap-up

Conclusion

- reference to thesis statement

- short summary

- name most benificial + arguments

(no examples)

(no new information)

The coming weeks, we will address alle these elements and practise