Unit 1: Check in + Step 1

• English
• Secundair onderwijs

Unit 1: Me, my selfie and I

Step 1: Describing personality

Step 2: Talking about routines and habits

Step 3: Talking about hobbies and actions going on now

Check in: This is me p. 10

• Fill in the friendship page
• Draw a portrait of yourself!

Step 1: What are you like? p. 11

Read the quotes on p. 11

Be sure you have read them all, there will be questions!

Tell me which quote you like the most.
Use this phrasing:
"I like quote ... because ... "

Does a name say anything about your personality?

Yes, it does!

No, not at all.

What does your name say about you?

Read the blurb on the novel "Stick" by Andrew Smith. What kind of book do you expect this to be?

Reading exercise: p. 12-13

Read the text on p. 12-13

Fill in the questions on p. 12

Do you like your name?

Yes, I love it!

No, I wish I had a different name.

Is there a special reason your parents chose your name?

If you could choose a different name, what would it be?

Writing exercise: write down your conclusions on p. 14 

Graphology: What does your handwriting say about you?

Watch the video the teacher shows you

Fill in the table on p. 14-16

What does your handwriting say about you?

Make ex. 4 & 5 p. 16

When filling in exercise 4, leave open the grey boxes. You will need these for exercise 5!

3/ Couch potato or busy beaver?

ex. 1 p. 18-19

Match the sentences in the green boxes with their correct addition in the blue boxes. Use the illustrations as a guide to find the idioms.

Ex. 2 p. 19

Match the idiom to from ex. 1 to the correct meaning

Ex. 3 p. 20

Complete the sentences with a fitting idiom or complete the idiom.