H4 Reading Adam Meade/Boy/Adrian Mole

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

H4 P3

Today you need:

- laptop

- English book

Get ready to start lesson

Today's Lesson

Today you will... 

learn about reading and discussing a book

Book

In period 3 you have a speaking test based on a book.

Make groups of 3.

Every group member reads a different book.

- Boy

- Surviving Adam Meade

- The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾

What to read and why?

in pairs/groups: discuss

1. Why should we read books?

2. Are all kinds of books allowed?

3. Do books have a message?

Next: listen to the discussion > take notes: what about?

Feedback

Pairs/groups:

give feedback to class (questions to discuss)

Video: pairs: 

What about? Who is right/wrong and why?

+ feedback to class

Boy

Boy: Tales of Childhood (1984) is an autobiographical book by British writer Roald Dahl. This book describes his life from birth until leaving school, focusing on living conditions in Britain in the 1920s and 1930s, the public school system at the time, and how his childhood experiences led him to writing as a career.

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾

The book is written in a diary style by Adrian Mole, a thirteen year old boy who, although writes confidently, often misinterprets and does not understand the events that go on around him. 

The book follows him through the year of 1981 and a bit of 1982, starting with his new year's resolutions including "stopping squeezing my spots" and "vowing to never drink alcohol... after hearing disgusting noises from downstairs last night."  

His troubles as an adolescent result in a light-hearted and amusing book.

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Surviving Adam Meade

Seventeen-year-old Claire Collins has a plan: get into college and leave North Carolina behind. What she doesn’t have is an idea for how to get rid of the local football star and womanizer extraordinaire—Adam Meade, who she can’t even avoid (despite many efforts), because Claire’s dad is the high school football coach.

While reading: take notes (notebook)

1. Characters? Who?

2. Setting? Where/When?

3. Plot? What happens?

4. Themes? What about?

5. Message? 

Homework

Read 2 chapters of your book:

1. While reading >

- take notes > see worksheet example (online) > each chapter!

- next lesson: discuss these notes in groups