V5B 11-4-2025 45 min

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Welcome! 

You need: (new) notebook, pen, BOOK

Programme

1. Learning goals

2. Penguin news (2 mins)

3. Reading: intro + reading + discussion (30 mins)

4. Round off together

Learning goals

At the end of this lesson...

 

- I will know more about penguins

- I can describe and talk about my main character

- I will have read a part of my book

0:00-1:55

Switches:

Boulders:

Menace:

Remote:

Pristine:

Mammal:

0:00-1:55

Switches: changes

Boulders: large rocks

Menace: threat, possible danger

Remote: far away, distant

Pristine: unspoilt

Mammal: zoogdier

  About planning your 

reading

- V5

- Have something to talk about

- 1st week of June: deadline

- 1 month to process all the extra info & practise

Reading cycle

0. Go over previous notes

1. Read & annotate

2. Write a short summary (notebook, 3 mins)

3. Discuss your book (different assignment every lesson)

4. Take notes

Blue: the actual reading. The rest is what happens before & after

Character:

Which item in this chart do you think would be most important? (how the character changes)

Time to read

While reading, annotate:

- words / phrases that describe your character

- phrases / passages that stand out to you

- difficult words / passages

1. On your own: write a short summary of what you've just read (+ pages), 3m

2. Explain to your partner what your main character is like, citing

    evidence from the text (partner: ask for clarification)

3. Compare the 2 characters and decide: which one is more relatable? Why?

4. Take notes

While speaking, think of your own speaking goals!

A phrase that best describes Pi

A phrase that best describes the priest

Who is most relatable & why?

Well done! You...

- know more about penguins

- can describe and talk about your main character

- have read a part of your book

Homework for Monday: evaluate 1 week of speaking English every day (yay)

and always check Magister if there's more

What are homophones?

What are homophones?

Homophones are words that are pronounced the same as another word but differ in meaning or in spelling. 

- Spelled the same: rose (flower) and rose (past tense of "rise") 

- OR spelled differently: rain, reign, and rein.

The poem gradually increases its use of homophones, which a spell checker would treat as correct. 

According to Zar, 127 of the poem's 225 words are incorrect, though correctly spelled!

About your notebook

Your notebook should....

• have a cover
• look neat
• contain information that will help you remember

(themes, literary devices, emotional responses, questions/ difficult passages, turning points, ...)