Lesson 3 period 7

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 3

Welcome!

Guess...

Can you guess in pairs what this lesson will be about? I will give you ten words on the next slide...

Brain

Picture

Story

Repeat

Remember

Connect

Place

Group

Imagine

Practice

From 08:30-10:30 we speak English, also to each other.

General school rules

• Be on time at the start of the lesson, bring your laptop, books, clothing and materials with you.

• Show respect for your fellow students, the staff of the school, the building and environment. 

•  Mobile phones are not visible and are on silent mode during lessons.

•  Together we make sure that our school is safe and clean.

• We only eat and drink in the designated areas in school. In class you can drink water. Students take responsibility themselves for their laptops.

• In school/class our faces are recognizable so this means no wearing of caps, hats and helmets in the school.

• Only with permission of the person(s) involved we take pictures or film each other.

Today's programme

- looking back and forward
- reading and listening exercise
- grammar; the Oxford comma
- video exercise inside the mind of the master procastinator 
- working online/ video  Finnish students?

Week 1 2-6 February	introduction, last period's test, listening exercise and Finnish video exercise
Week 2 9-13 February	expanding our vocabulary, working online and speaking exercise
Week 3 16-20 February	oxford comma and listening exercises and working online
Week 4	HOLIDAYS
Week 5 2-6 March	presentations, conjunctions and Claridges hotel exercise
Week 6 9-13 March	Review writing and reading
Week 7 16-20 March	Conjunctions and demonstrative pronouns
Week 8 23-27 March	Electives
Week 9 30-03 April	Listening exercises
Week 10 6-10 April	test period 7 during class
Week 11 13-17 APRIL	BUFFERWEEK no exams

Memory tricks

memory tricks

Exercise 1:
You will have 1 minute to memorize this row as good as you can

* Washington
* Adams
* Jefferson
* Madison
* Monroe
* Adams
* Jackson
* Van Buren
* Harrison
* Tyler

Now write them all down...

How easy or difficult was the task?

What method did you use to memorise this list?

Do you feel like you have a good memory?

Which things are easy for you to remember? And which things are hard for you to remember?

Listening exercise

Go to exercise 2 on your worksheet

https://www.linguahouse.com/esl-lesson-plans/english-for-teenagers/memory-tricks

Where is the Oxford comma most prevalently used?

1. United States
2. Russia
3. United Kingdom
4. Canada

Which of the following are arguments against using the comma?

1. You shouldn’t ever use commas
2. It is superfluous (the conjunction already denotes a list)
3. You should use a conjunction after every item in a list
4. None of the above

In which of the following fields is the extra space taken up by an Oxford comma a problem?

1. Law
2. Fiction writing
3. Grammar textbooks
4. Journalism

Where would you put the comma(s)?

Rachel Ray finds inspiration in cooking her family and her dog.

Working online

You are now going to work online on your planning.