[H5] Period 2: WR A Longer Life

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

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Today's lesson

Discussing WaspReporter text 1: A Longer Life

Pre-reading assignment 1

Skill: Speaking

Discuss in English:

1. Who is your oldest living relative? Have you known anyone older?
2. Are any illnesses frequent in your family? Which, and what is the effect on your family?
3. Do you know any adults who are far older than they look? Describe them.
4. Would you want to live to be ... (a) a hundred? (b) a hundred and fifty (c) two hundred and fifty? (d) alive forever? Why or why not?

Pre-reading assignment 2

Skill: Vocabulary training

Assignment:

• 10 minutes
• In your groups
• Assignment 42 on page 14 of your Student's file
• Dictionary is allowed
• Discuss in English

Answers

Reading/listening

Listen to/read the text in your magazine on pages 16-17.

Underline important parts

Circle unknown words

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1. The experiments done on worms can’t be directly translated to human lifespans.

1. True
2. False

2. We should just accept not surviving past 73 years in the future.

1. True
2. False

3. Extending human lifespans has already led to serious increases in pollution.

1. True
2. False

4. One-third of all children in Great Britain is set to reach 100.

1. True
2. False

5. The ethical thing to do would be to first help people in poor countries live longer.

1. True
2. False

6. The examples mentioned from Silicon Valley are just dreams.

1. True
2. False

7. Ageing problems would be reduced if we got rid of all diseases.

1. True
2. False

8. Research on lobster DNA is showing promising results for the near future.

1. True
2. False

9. Even if we manage to live longer, we will still have the same desire to live even longer.

1. True
2. False

Post-reading assignments

• Skill: speaking
  
• Goals: practising how to discuss this text
• How: in pairs (Flippity) discuss the questions from assignment 44. Use your article in case you need help. 2 rounds, 5 minutes each.

Answers

Final assignment

• Skill: speaking
  
• Goals: practising how to discuss this text
• How: in pairs (Flippity) discuss the questions from assignment 45C. 1 round, 5 minutes.