W&L exercise 4H

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Happy 2022!

Road map

• BBC World News 
• MO Reading List
• Listening exercise 

Guiding questions 

1. 

www.bbc.com

Plan your MO

1. Hand in your final reading list (complete list with names of the authors, titles of the books, numbers of pages); 
2. Decide whether you want to do it alone or with a partner; 
3. Plan your MO: 20, 21, or 25 January;  I have shared a document with you to which you can add your name(s). 
4. 1 slot per student, indicate when doing a joint MO 
5. Start preparing!

Basic Preparation:

1. Know your books: what is the main story line of each of the books?
2. Who are the main characters and what are their relations?
3. Where is the story set?
4. In what time?
5. What does the title of the book mean? 
6. What is your own opinion of the book? Explain! 

In this clip you will hear four different people. 

They wil tell you who their hero is and why.  

After the clip, you will be given a number of multiple choice questions on what you have just heard. 

During the clip you will do a matching exercise. 

First read the exercise, then the clip will start. 

My Hero

A

B

D

C

Someone who is dedicated to world peace

Someone who made an important scientific discovery 

Someone who faced strong criticism from big businesses

Someone who has been the victim of violence as a result of their campaigning 

Mary Anning's discovery was important because ...

1. an animal could become extinct
2. the shape of the coast was constantly changing
3. fossils could teach us about the past
4. the earth was older than previously thought

Mary Anning lived in ...

1. south-east Australia
2. the north of England
3. the south of England
4. Southern Europe

Kailash Satyarthi first saw the problems of child slavery when he was ...

1. 6 years old
2. 11 years old
3. 21 years old
4. 26 years old

Because of their work, two of Kailash Satyarthi's ________ were murdered

1. friends
2. children
3. students
4. co-workers

Rachel Carson first specialised in ________.

1. human biology
2. the study of insects
3. marine biology
4. medicine in general

Rachel Carson's book made people realise that ________.

1. birdsong is essential to humans
2. using pesticides is damaging the ecosystem
3. humans cannot control nature
4. humans are less damaging to nature than previously thought

Speaker D likes ________.

1. all the Beatles' songs, not Lennon's solo work
2. only the Bealtes' songs written by John Lennon
3. only John Lennon's solo work
4. both the Beatles' and Lennon's solo work

Looking ahead

Friday 14 January: Alquin words test

Tuesday 18 January:  Watching exercise.

19 -  26 January: Test week.  

Thursday 20 January English W&L, 13.15 - 14.30