Week 47 V5A speaking / stepping stones / vocab

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Get out your books

Put away your phone

Put your bag on the floor

goals 

- At the end of this class, you will have practiced for your speaking exam: describing how you feel & describing objects/graphs 

Question of the day:

Do you remember any tips to help you ace  your English speaking exam? 

Your speaking exam

Multiple abilities are asked of you during the speaking exam: 

• Being able to describe objects to someone who is completely unknown to the topic in English. 
• Being able to formulate your weaknesses/strengths, argue for/against statements, ask questions in English. 
• Being able to discuss a play that is known to you (preparation is key!!)

Go to p. 72 & 73 Stepping Stones 

Express how you feel about one topic on the right. Discuss this one in your group. 

Use the strategy (p. 73), handout from last week, the language help box (p. 72) to help you describe your feelings. Take 2 minutes to make notes 

• Foreign food
• The Internet

• Monarchies 

• The World Championship in Qatar

• Christmas Craze 

Describing Graphs 

1. Match the words to each graph. 
2.  Complete the sentences with your own ideas. Make sure you explain your point. You may like to use these aspects of life: hearbeat, blood sugar level, free time, work, energy level. 

Describing Graphs 

1. Make groups of 4
2. Compare and contrast what you have written down. Pick  2 statements that you find interesting and discuss these ones in your group in English. Explain your point. The others have to react to the point that has been raised, you may ask questions/give your own thoughts/disagree/agree etc. 

Describing objects 

1. In your own group: pick out 1 random object from someone's bag. 
2. 2 people are aliens, the other 2 have to explain to the others what this object is. The aliens are asking questions about this object as they do not understand what it is.
3. Done? Pick out a new random object and switch roles. 

Mention 1 thing you liked about today. 1 thing you would like to practice in regards to your speaking exam.

Get out your books

Put away your phone

Put your bag on the floor

goals 

At the end of this class, you will have practiced with the vocab for today: lists 80-81-82 

At the end of this class, you will have practiced with using linking words 

Describing objects 

1. In your own group: pick out 1 random object from someone's bag. 
2. 2 people are aliens, the other 2 have to explain to the others what this object is. The aliens are asking questions about this object as they do not understand what it is.
3. Done? Pick out a new random object and switch roles. 

The words:
And, In addition, As well as,
Also, Too, Furthermore, Moreover, Apart from
In addition to ,Besides
Are used to .......?......information

1. explain
2. summarise
3. add
4. order

The words: In short
In brief, In summary,To summarise, In a nutshell, To conclude
In conclusion

Are used to ......?........information

1. summarise
2. explain
3. order
4. give examples of

The words: The former,
Firstly, secondly, finally, The first point is,
Lastly, The following

Are used to:

1. summarise
2. Add information
3. explain
4. order

The words: Due to / due to the fact that,
Because, Because of, Since, As

Are used to:

1. explain / give a reason
2. order
3. summarise
4. indicate a contradiction

Emphasis

Addition

Contrast

Result

however

in contrast

above all

furthermore

nevertheless

most importantly

on the other hand

consequently

besides

moreover

what is more

due to

therefore

so

that is why

although

in fact

The Handout: Linking Words 

Make exercises 1 until 5 (p. 4-5) 

vocabulary practice 

Translate to Dutch:
to underrate

Translate to Dutch:
scales

Translate to Dutch:
density

Make a sentence using:
to overestimate - increasingly

Make a sentence using:
considerable - population

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