Reading

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Reading

Sit according to the class plan

You need a pen and a notebook

Planning

What to do when reading a text?

2 videos

Marking difficult words

Gap-exercise

Questions about the text

What to do with a text?

What to do with a text?

- Read the title.

- Look at the pictures (if any are present).

- Look at the source.

- Read the first paragraph.

- Read the first sentence of every paragraph.

- Read the final paragraph.

--> Decide the subject/main idea (onderwerp/hoofdgedachte).

A video!

Explain what an "animated film" is, based on the example shown in the video.

--> Write this down in your notebook.

Another video!

Explain why "Spirited away" is a famous animated film, based on the following video.

--> Write this down in your notebook.

Read the text

Mark any words that are difficult or that you do not understand.

Read the text

Mark any words that are difficult or that you do not understand.

Screenwriter:

Environmental:

Retired:

Pacifism:

Read the text

Mark any words that are difficult or that you do not understand.

Screenwriter: Someone who writes the story for a film.

Environmental: Relating to the environment (condition) in which people, animals, and plants live.

Retired: To have stopped working permanently, usually because of age.

Pacifism: The belief that war is wrong, and, therefore, that to fight in a war is wrong.

Gaps?

In pairs - Fill in the gaps in the text.

Put your answers in the text!!

Gap-exercise

Choose which word fits best in every gap. Choose from:

issues – born – released – manga – love – animated – Japanese – described – drawing – story – founded – biggest – importance

Answer key

(1): manga 

(2): born

(3): founded

(4): animated

(5): released

(6): described

(7): issues

Answer key

(8): biggest

(9): story

(10): love

(11): Japanese

(12): drawing

(13): importance

The Questions

Flip your handout.

Answers

1. Hayao Miyazaki is a world-famous film director, animator, manga artist, illustrator, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for creating animated films with Studio Ghibli.

2. Isao Takahata is the co-founder of Studio Ghibli.

3. Studio Ghibli is an animation studio.

4. The flying island of Laputa from Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels inspired the film Castle in the Sky.

5. It became the biggest film of all time in Japan and won an Oscar for best animated film.

Answers

6. He prefers traditional ways of making art instead of using modern digital tools.

Answers

Way of travelling	Advantage	Disadvantage
Plane	Fast	Expensive
Train	- Faster than by car - More comfortable than car or bus - Beautiful views	- Slower than plane - Chance of delays - Can be very busy
Car	- Slower than train or plane - Convenient	- Faster than on foot - City is difficult - Traffic jams
Foot	- Cheap - Healthy - Good views	- Tiring - Slow

Answers

2. The text mentions Spain and Thailand as popular, non-British holiday destinations.

3. They usually travel by plane.

4.  London, Oxford and Cambridge are mentioned as destinations within England.