H5E - Introduction Lesson + week 2 lesson 2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

H5 - First Lesson

Lesson goals

- You will know what is expected of you in period 1. 

- You will know which tests to prepare for and when. 

- You will have expressed your opinion on English in general and as a subject. 

- You will have practised your active listening skills

- You will have practised your speaking skills

Today's Lesson

>> Seating Plan <<

Hand out: Idiom list 

What to expect period 1

PTA + Planner

Basics

News Presentations

Instructions: Oral Exam

Practise active listening skills

What to expect period 1

• News presentations – start next week 
• Title of your book for Oral Exam - 2 September
• Idiom test – formative – week 38
• Oral exam – weight 25 – test week
  

PTA and Planner

PTA  will be posted in Magister later in the year

Planner is in Magister (save some trees!)

Basics

Materials: 

You will pick a book to read

We speak English in class

Learning English is important
because...

What I like the most about English is...

What I find the most challenging about English is...

What do you hope to achieve this year?

News presentations

• Talk 1-2 minutes about something you read/saw in the news in English (proper news and English sources)
  
• The class and teacher give feedback
  
• A few students per lesson: first presentations are next week
• Sources: The Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post, CNN, BBC, etc.

Do you want to do the News presentation Thursday?
(no one? last 4 to answer are it)

1. Yes
2. No

Instruction: Oral Exam

• Talk about/discuss a specific book
• Individual 
• 12-15 minutes
• 
  
• Prepare: 
• Read a specific book (list is in the planner and next slide)

Read one of the following dystopian novels:

1. Animal Farm  - George Orwell

2. The Circle - Dave Eggers

3. Lord of the Flies - William Golding

4. On the Beach - Nevil Shute

5. Never Let me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro 

What do you think of when you see
the word: change?

Active Listening

We are going to watch a video: Change Your Life

1. You need to take notes about what you hear and what you see

2. After the video I'll ask you what you saw/heard

3. and we will discuss it

IN ENGLISH :-)

Write down what you thought was the most interesting part

Speaking

Video: Change Your Life

Let's talk about it some more in English

In pairs: compare your notes and give your opinion on what you've just watched

How did the watching of the video go?

1. Great!
2. It went well
3. not great
4. badly

More practise?

Practise makes perfect

If you practise skills you'll become better

Continue listening by 

watching videos, listening to podcasts, watching series/films, etc.

Look up the titles, read summaries

1. Animal Farm  - George Orwell

2. The Circle - Dave Eggers

3. Lord of the Flies - William Golding

4. On the Beach - Nevil Shute

5. Never Let me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro 

Have you decided? > go get the book and start reading

Lesson goals

- You know what is expected of you in period 1. 

- You know which tests to prepare for and when. 

- You have expressed your opinion on English in general and as a subject. 

- You have practised your active listening skills

- You have practised your speaking skills

WELL DONE!

Bye!