5TSO Unit 1, Step 3 First days are never easy

• Engels
• Secundair onderwijs

1/ Yo, Miss!

Graphic novel or comic book?

Comic books

Graphic novels

 periodicals (produced monthly)

 read like a book

usually good amount of action

delve deeper into story lines of characters and history

usually tell the full story in 1 book

usually held together with a staple in the spine

bound in hardback or soft cover

Comic books:

• are periodicals. They are produced monthly.
• usually have a good amount of action that progresses the story line forward to the next issue. 
• held together with a staple in the spine.

Graphic novels: 

• are read like a book. 
• delve deeper into the story lines of characters and history, not just action.
• they complete the full arch of a narrative by the end of the novel (full story in 1 book)
• hardback or soft cover

p. 24

Read the first pages of Yo, Miss and answer the questions.

2. p. 24: Fill in the grid.

a) Write down the names of the characters under each drawing.

b) Add the information.

3. p. 29: Are these statements true or false? Explain your answer with information from the text.

--> 10-12 minutes

Jasmine

Ms Wilde

Nathalie

William

absent on day 3

good at writing

kicked out of a lot of schools

refuses to take cap off

teacher at ‘Wild Academy’

1. John V. Lindsay Wildcat Academy is a school for upper-class kids only.

1. true
2. false

2. Ms Wilde feels really confident on the first day of the school year.

1. true
2. false

3. The first day of school is fun for every student.

1. true
2. false

4. The students already give up on their first day. They have no intention of graduating.

1. true
2. false

5. Ms Wilde is really concerned about her students’ well-being.

1. true
2. false

6. Jeff is the class nerd.

1. true
2. false

Ex. 4 Give each person some advice for the school year. Don’t forget to use the correct modal auxiliary verb to give advice (see Step 1).

Advice for Ms Wilde

Advice for Nathalie

Advice for Jasmine

Advice for William

2/ What's in your bag?

• Prepare ex. 3 and 4 p. 30-32 in your workbooks. Check your answers using the correction key when you are done.
• 5-7 minutes.

What's missing?

Study the picture on the next slide thoroughly. Do you know all the English words to describe the items? 

On the slide after that there will be 1 item missing. Do you know which one? Write it down on your whiteboards.