Unit 2: Once upon a time...

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Unit 2: Once upon a time... 

Fairy tales and myths?

Lesson plan: 21 October

1. Getting started with the unit:

- Formatives and summatives

- Google drive

- Quizlet 

2. Fairy tales: basic vocabulary

3. Task: Present a story from your culture 

Unit 2: Once upon a time...

Inquiry question: What makes a story a fairy tale or a myth? 

Getting started with the unit...

--> Until the Winter Holiday

--> 2 formatives + 2 summatives: Criterion B (Reading) and criterion D (Writing) 

--> Google drive: make a new folder: Unit 2 - Once upon a time... 

--> Quizlet: Join the classroom and add your new words to the list 

--> Once a week: The Big Newsquiz 

Lesson plan: 25 October

1. Weekly newsquiz

2. Speaking exercise: Tell a story from your country

3. Reading exercise: Newsarticle

Unit 2: Once upon a time...

Inquiry question: What makes a story a fairy tale or a myth? 

Present a story from your culture

1. Try to find a fairy tale, myth or other story from a country where you have lived. 

2. Summarise the story and make sure you can tell the story to your classmates

-->  Present in English, but use the words from your vocabulary list

Reading exercise: News article

1. Read the news article about Eliud Kipchoge. 

2. Highlight the words you do not know and look them up.

3. Add the words to the shared Quizlet list

4. Summarise the article (be comprehensive!) in your own words.

- Phase 1/2: In English

- Phase 3/3+: In Dutch

Lesson plan: 28 October

1. Reading exercise: Newsarticle

2. Differences between a fairy tale and a myth 

Unit 2: Once upon a time...

Inquiry question: What makes a story a fairy tale or a myth? 

Reading exercise: News article

1. Read the news article about Eliud Kipchoge. 

2. Highlight the words you do not know and look them up.

3. Add the words to the shared Quizlet list

4. Summarise the article (be comprehensive!) in your own words.

- Phase 1/2: In English

- Phase 3/3+: In Dutch

5. Phase 2 + 3: Give your personal opinion about the newsarticle (in Dutch)

Done? Exercise - differences between a fairy tale and a myth

Differences between a fairytale and a myth

1. Find a fairy tale and a myth on the internet in Dutch 

 (Phase 1: English)

2. Read the stories 

3. Make a list with the characteristics (in Dutch) of a fairytale and a myth. Use examples from your text. 

4. Write down the similarities and the differences between a fairytale and a myth 

Lesson plan: 31 October

1. Reading exercise: Newsarticle

2. Differences between a fairy tale, a myth and a horrorstory

Unit 2: Once upon a time...

Inquiry question: What makes a story a fairy tale or a myth? 

Reading exercise: News article

1. Read the news article about Eliud Kipchoge. 

2. Highlight the words you do not know and look them up.

3. Add the words to the shared Quizlet list

4. Summarise the article (be comprehensive!) in your own words.

- Phase 1/2: In English

- Phase 3/3+: In Dutch

5. Phase 2 + 3: Give your personal opinion about the newsarticle (in Dutch)

Done? Exercise - differences between a fairy tale and a myth

Differences between a fairytale, a myth and a horrorstory

1. Find a fairy tale, a myth and a scary story on the internet in Dutch (Phase 1: English)

2. Read the stories 

3. Make a list with the characteristics (in Dutch) of these tales.  Use examples from your text. 

4. Write down the similarities and the differences between a fairytale, a myth and a horrorstory 

Lesson plan: 11 November

1. Writing exercise: Roodkapje 

2. Finished? Listening exercise 

Friday: Reading formative

Unit 2: Once upon a time...

Inquiry question: What makes a story a fairy tale or a myth? 

Roodkapje

1. In the Dutch B folder (google drive) you will find a document with pictures of the fairytale 'Roodkapje'. 

2. You are going to write the story. 

- Phase 1: Write one short Dutch sentence for every picture (explain what you see on the picture).

- Phase 2: Write 2 Dutch sentences for every picture and make sure that all the sentences together is a full story.

- Phase 3: Schrijf jouw eigen versie van 'Roodkapje'. Zorg dat je verhaal de typische kenmerken van een sprookje heeft. --> minstens een half A4

Lesson plan: 18 November

1. The weekly newsquiz

2. Speaking exercise: Dilemma

- Phase 1: Find the meaning of the dilemma, you can talk in English

- Phase 2 + 3: Talk in Dutch 

3. Task: storytelling (myth)

Unit 2: Once upon a time...

Inquiry question: What makes a story a fairy tale or a myth? 

Lesson plan: 18 November

1. The weekly newsquiz

2. Dutch vocabulary + writing sentences 

3. Watch the video about 'doornroosje' (link on managebac)

--> Write in English a summary about what you've understood!

Unit 2: Once upon a time...

Inquiry question: What makes a story a fairy tale or a myth? 

Lesson plan: 18 November

1. The weekly newsquiz

2. Speaking exercise: Dilemma

- Phase 1: Find the meaning of the dilemma, you can talk in English

- Phase 2 + 3: Talk in Dutch 

3. Task: storytelling (myth)

Unit 2: Once upon a time...

Inquiry question: What makes a story a fairy tale or a myth? 

Task: storytelling (myth) 

1. For this task you have to collaborate. The higher phases have to help the lower phases. I will divide you in groups. 

2. Together you choose a tale from the Greek mythology. 

3. Write the myth in Dutch and make sure that everyone in the group understands it. Use simple language and only use google translate to translate words, not full sentences!

4. Divide the story and give everyone a part. You will tell the story together the next lesson. 

Task: storytelling (myth) - MYP1

1. For this task you have to collaborate. I will divide you in groups. 

2. Together you choose a tale from the Greek mythology. https://owlcation.com/humanities/top-10-greekmyths

3. Write the myth in Dutch and make sure that everyone in the group understands it. Use simple language and only use google translate to translate words, not full sentences!

4. Divide the story and give everyone a part. You will tell the story together the next lesson. 

Lesson plan: 21 November

1. Speaking exercise: Storytelling

2. Phase 1 + 2: Doornroosje

Watch the video about 'doornroosje' (link on managebac)

--> Write in English a summary about what you've understood!

Phase 3: Werk aan de opdrachten bij je leesboek. 

Unit 2: Once upon a time...

Inquiry question: What makes a story a fairy tale or a myth? 

Lesson plan: 22 November

1. The weekly newsquiz

2. Writing sentences: vocabulary 

3. Watch the video about 'doornroosje' (link on managebac)

--> Write in English a summary about what you've understood!

Unit 2: Once upon a time...

Inquiry question: What makes a story a fairy tale or a myth? 

Task: storytelling (myth) 

1. For this task you have to collaborate. The higher phases have to help the lower phases. I will divide you in groups. 

2. Together you choose a tale from the Greek mythology. 

3. Write the myth in Dutch and make sure that everyone in the group understands it. Use simple language and only use google translate to translate words, not full sentences!

4. Divide the story and give everyone a part. You will tell the story together the next lesson. 

Lesson plan: 24 November

1. Test review per phase: Reading formative

2. Phase 1 + 2: Vocabulary exercise + making sentences 

--> Add the new words to the Quizlet list!

Phase 3: Leesvaardigheid --> Opdracht

Unit 2: Once upon a time...

Inquiry question: What makes a story a fairy tale or a myth? 

Lesson plan: 24 November

1. Test review: Reading formative

2. Watch the video about 'doornroosje' (link on managebac)

--> Write in English a summary about what you've understood!

Phase 3: Leesvaardigheid --> Opdracht

Unit 2: Once upon a time...

Inquiry question: What makes a story a fairy tale or a myth? 

Lesson plan: 2 December

1. Writing formative:

• Choose your favourite fairytale
• Write in English (Phase 1 + 2) or in Dutch (Phase 3) a short summary about the story. Include the ending of the story.
• Write a new ending to the story in Dutch. 

Word count: Phase 1: 100 / Phase 2: 150 / Phase 3: 200 

Unit 2: Once upon a time...

Inquiry question: What makes a story a fairy tale or a myth? 

Lesson plan: 9th January

1. Preparation for the summative

- On the summative you have to write a few shorts texts in Dutch. The topics will be the movie we've watched and/or Unit 2 (Vocabulary) 

- Look at the feedback I gave you on your formative and resolve the comments

- Work on the task: 'De vijf legendes'

--> Phase 1 can bring this preparation to the summative

Unit 2: Once upon a time...

Inquiry question: What makes a story a fairy tale or a myth? 

De vijf legendes: Task

Make a new Google document with the name 'Film: De vijf legendes' and put it in your Dutch B folder

1. Make a wordlist of atleast 10 Dutch words you have heard/ seen in the movie. Add these words to the Quizlet list

2. Describe your favourite character in the movie in Dutch (appearance and character)  

3. Choose your favourite holiday and explain why it is your favourite holiday in Dutch. (Phase 1 & 2: Short sentences) 

--> Phase 1 can bring this preparation to the summative!