Week 22: Reading and speaking

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 2

Week 22: Reading and speaking

Planning

Week 22	Speaking, reading (signalwords)
Week 23	Final practice

Tekst

Planning this lesson 

Discussing planning	5 min
Checking the homework	10 min
Signal words explanation	10 min
Get to work: reading	20 min
Short break	5 min
Speaking practice	10 min
Checking your reading and more practice	30 min

Homework check 

Reading 

We are going to discuss signal words

What could signal words be and what is their function?

Signal words give direction like the indicators of a car

Which directions am I
talking about?

The directions 

Conclude 

Comparison 

Listing 

Cause -> origin

Contrast 

The directions 

Conclude -> concluderen, vaak op het einde 

Comparison -> vergelijken 

Listing -> opsomming

Cause, origin -> uitleggen  

Contrast -> tegenstelling 

To conclude 

Listing

Comparison

Cause and origin

Contrast

As a result

Secondly

Although

After all 

Likewise

Due to

Therefore

This shows that

However

To conclude 

After all 

This shows that 

Listing 

Secondly 

Furthermore 

Comparison

Likewise 

Hardly

Cause & origin

As a result

Due to 

Therefore 

Contrast

Although

However

Why do I tell you this? 

Sometimes the questions revolve around signal words and it it tricky if you don't know them. 

Until 11.00 

1. Work on the booklet you are given 

2. C reading on pages 132 to 135

3. Homework for another subject 

Break

Speaking practice 

You will have a conversation with the person next to you 

Be prepared to share your answer with the group 

What would be your dream job and why? 

If you would win the lottery, what would you spend the money on? 

What makes you laugh so hard your stomach hurts? 

If you could be a professional at any skill, which would it be and why? 

Let's check the work you did earlier 

Until the end of this lesson

You get to have a look at your test 

Work on C reading / G reading chapter 6 on your laptop 

Practice language village