Adjectives + reading strategies

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• Leerjaar 3

Reading strategies + adjectives

Lesson goal:

- I will have practised the reading strategies skimming and scanning.

- I will have practised writing adjectives

Time to dance!

What? Listen to the song and choose your level:

1. write down words you hear.

2. Write down word combinations (get up, lay down, incredibly rich etc.)

3. Write down the gist (kern) of the song in 1-2 sentences

1. write down words you hear.

2. Write down word combinations (get up, lay down, incredibly rich etc.)

3. Write down the gist (kern) of the song in 1-2 sentences

A colourful heritage

A colourful heritage + London?
What is the text about?
B So, what is "skimming a text"?

Find the following facts in the text on page 37:"
A Who burnt the city to the ground in the ninth century?
B When was William crowned king?
C In what period did the population explode to six million?
Extra: Name the two disasters in the 17th century

Reading strategies: what is scanning a text? (You have just finished a scanning exercise)

Assignment

What? Do ex. 3, 4 and 5.

Who? 3 and 4 individually, ex. 5 together. Make sure you write alle the answers down though.

Time? 10-15 minutes.

Ready? Do ex. 6.

Adjectives

A beautiful, big, old castle

Adjectives: order

What is correct?

1 A big, stone, round castle.

2. A big, round, stone castle.

Yes, there is a difference and we all need to use the correct order of adjectives.

Correct order of adjectives

Opinion - size - age - shape - colour - pattern - nationality - material, followed by the noun

Size - colour - material

opinion - age - nationality

size - shape - material