3VWO Poetry and Advertisements

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

3vwo - Poetry and Advertisements

Take your seat

Put your laptop, pen, and workbook on the table

Open your laptop and join the class

What forms of media have a message?

Lesson outcomes

-You will know in what way video editing can affect how the message of an advertisement comes across

-You can indicate words that are typical for a poem

-You can imagine what the poet is seeing

-You explain why certain pictures match with the words that you have found in the poem

Video Time

We're going to watch a short video clip. Working in pairs, watch the video and then discuss the answers to the questions

Who is the main character in the video?

What happens to them in the story?

What effect does the editing have?

In which ways does the editing of advertisements link with the word choice in poems?

Fahrenheit 451

Have a look at the cover

• Why have I chosen this book?
• What does the title represent?
• What does the flame represent?
• What are the lines surrounding the text?

Fahrenheit 451

Have a look at this cover

• How does this cover compare to the previous slide? 

• What does the match represent?

What do you think the book will be about? Be creative

Video Time

Who is the main character in the video?

What happens to them in the story?

What effect does the editing have?

Have a think

Gov. repression - Controlling the people for political reasons

What is the impact of governmental repression?

How do you think it's changed over history?

You may be called on for an answer

Group discussion

In groups of 3-4, discuss the positives and negatives of banning dangerous books and the consequences of doing so

Write your findings on the paper provided

Think of historical books covering events like Tianamon square and Nazi-occupied Germany. What if they were all banned?

Vocabulary list

You have been given a vocabulary list

Have a study of these words and highlight any you are struggling with. You'll need this later

Silent Reading

Read the texts provided - there is an original and adapted version. Make use of both where possible.

Answer the questions as you do so

Questions? Raise your hand

While reading

2 Why would the firemen be picked for their proclivities/preferences?

3 Why was the man taken away?

4 Why could Montag have doubted whether his job was different before?

5 Do you think the mechanical hound is real or metaphorical?

6 The woman speaks. She says "Play the man..." What do you think the significance of that sentence is?

9 What line does he read from the book? What do you think it means?

11 What was the item in her hand? What might she do with it?

12 Why do you think the ride back to the firehouse was silent?

Time to talk

We're going to do a debate on book burning

Why have books been burned?

 Can it be a good thing? When?
When should books be banned or burned? Who should it be for?

What impact does that have on society?

Has your opinion changed since reading the text?

Creative writing

Write a new section of the book on paper:

What discussion did the firemen have after they returned to the fire station? 

Write a section about the woman's life. Include why she was willing to die in the fire

Want to come up with your own? Do so quickly and raise your hand for approval

Time to work

Book A

Writing and Grammar Par I:

Exercises 54, 55, and 56 (pp. 180-184, 

p. 253 category B)

Additional task:

Compare the text from the sourcebook to the text provided

both texts could lead to a "fair" society

Does that make sense?

Yes

No

Time to work

Grammar Exercises 53-55 (pp. 71-72)

Check your answers

Eindexamensite:

Vmbo GT Engels 2024-2 - Questions 34-41

Study for the next lesson:

Repeat Theme words on expressing (dis)agreement on page 76

Vocab G on page 77

Exit card: Which word do we use to ask about the time?

1. What
2. Where
3. How
4. When