Curriculum English HAVO 4 2022-2023

Contents

A. Introduction
B. Schedule
C. Explanation Personal File Items:
1. Listening Activity
2. Choosing & Reading Books
2.1  Contents Book vlog
3. Profile Related Article & Presentation
3.1 Requirements & Tips PRA Presentation
3.2 Contents Presentation
3.3  Presentation Coach
3.3 Assessment Grid Presentations
A. Introduction
During the upcoming two years the emphasis will be on acquiring skills; reading, speaking, writing and listening. Skills take practice!
The more you practice the better you will become.

This year you are going to do TESTS: 3 reading tests, 2 listening tests, 2 writing assignments, 3 vocab tests and one presentation
for a mark. Furthermore, you need to do assignments for your PERSONAL FILE in order to become better at your English skills.
These will be assessed whether they are sufficient or not.

Content Personal File at the end of the year:

● 1 book report about the guided book(questions & answers: Learnbeat)

● 1 book report about the book that you read for the book vlog
● 1 book report about the book that you read for the writing assignment
● 1 book vlog: SOM
● 3 listening activities: SOM
● 1 profile-related article: SOM
● 1 form with book titles you’ve read for this year: SOM

Your Personal File must be complete and sufficient for you to pass year 4 and take your seat in year 5.
Please note:
All books that you read in havo 4 and 5 will be discussed during your fluency exam in havo 5. Make sure you write a report of all
books so you have a personal reminder of their contents.

In the table below you will find what to do for each term and whether you will be marked or assessed sufficient/insufficient. Your
Personal File items should be handed in on SOM. This folder will be added to during the following years FOR YOUR EXAMS, so be
sure to create one.

We will work with Wasp Reporter and additional assignments for reading, listening, speaking and writing. You need to bring your
Wasp Reporter files & a notebook at all times.
Vocab Tests test your ability to use words in context. You will be assessed on * and ** star texts from WaspReporter Magazine;
PIFs (Personal Idiom Files) Glossaries and Language Organisers (LO).
B. Schedule
DEADLINE WHAT TO DO RESULT
Term 1
week 39 Listening Test 1 mark 1x
week 42; test week 1 Reading Test 1 (50% VMBO GT and 50%Havo) mark 2x
week 46 Vocab Test 1 (Wasp 21.1 * and ** texts) mark 1x
Term 2
week 50 Listening Activities 1 + 2 + book report 1 (guided) sufficient
week 50 Writing Test: writing an email mark 1x
week 3; test week 2 Reading Test 2 (33% VMBO GT and 66%Havo) mark 2x
from week 4 (additional schedule) Presentation Profile Related Article (2 students, same sufficient
article) mark 1x
week 6 Book vlog about book 2 sufficient
Term 3
week 8 Listening Test 2 mark 1x
week 12; test week 3 Vocab Test 2 (Wasp 21.2 * & ** texts, 21.3 * star texts) mark 1x
Term 4
week 16 PRA + listening act 3 + book reports books 2 + 3 sufficient
week 19 Writing test about book 3 mark 1x
week 22 Vocab Test 3 (Wasp 21.3 ** texts, 21.4 * & ** star texts) mark 1x
week 25; test week 4 Reading Test 3 (two hours) (100%Havo) mark 2x

→ In blue what you need to do (Personal File). Black what we’ll do in class.
C. Explanation Personal File Items

1. Listening Activity
Objective: becoming familiar with the English language & programmes & accessing background information on English speaking
countries. Overall goal, having fun! Listening and watching English programmes.

Name:

Radio/TV/site Channel Date Time Title of programme

Requirements:

● Source: Radio / TV / Internet

● No Dutch subtitles (BBC teletext 888 subtitles are allowed).
● Minimal length of each activity: 30 minutes.
● A minimum of 1 news broadcast (BBC, CNN, BBC World, Sky News, Al Jazeera English).
● Variety (news, comedy, talk show, discussion, documentary, vlogs etc.).
● Write a summary of about 50 words (in English!) of each programme. For news broadcasts: write about 50 words each about
3 items and mention all other items.
● Fill in the form above & HAND IT IN ON SOM.
2. Choosing & Reading Books

 The total number of books you must read during the upper levels your Higher General Secondary Education (Havo) is five.
Three books in Havo 4, two books in Havo 5. That is why it is not permitted to read more books written by the same
author.
 Please note: All books that you read in havo 4 and 5 will be discussed during your Fluency exam in havo 5. Make sure you
write a report of all books so you have a personal reminder of their contents.
 Reading short stories is allowed but you need to read the complete work.
 The books you will read cannot be ‘simplified’ (= vereenvoudigd) or ‘abridged’ (= ingekort).
 Also, children’s books are not permitted and the following books cannot be read:

● The Wave
● My Fair Lady
● Love Story
● The Outsiders
● The Snowgoose
● The Small Miracle
● The Pearl
● The Red Pony
● Of Mice and Men
● The 39 Steps
● The Old Man and the Sea
● Harry Potter 1 / 2 / 3
● Books from the Early Blackbirds series (lijsters)
● The Tenth Man

● If you are wise (which I am certain you are ) you will show your English teacher the books, which are not chosen from the
school library, beforehand.
 2.1 Contents Book vlog

● The book you have read is shortlisted for an important literary prize. As you have voted for this book, you have been asked
by the author and the publisher to convince the literary jury that your book is best and deserves the first prize.
● You do this assignment together with a classmate.
● The duration should be between around 5 minutes.
● Your vlog should contain the title of the book and the name of the author.  
● Upload your vlog on SOM. Do not forget to list both names.
● Your English teacher will award your vlog with either sufficient or insufficient (do again).
● Be Creative !!!!!
3. Profile-Related Article and Presentation
Objective: becoming familiar with reading English articles and doing presentations in preparation for Higher Education.          
● find an article written in English, profile-related (C&M, E&M, N&G, N&T), of about (but at least) 800 words
(newspaper, internet, books etc)
● Prepare and do a presentation about the article in class together with a classmate.

 HAND THE ARTICLE IN ON SOM

3.1 Requirements & Tips PRA Presentation

1. in English
2. in pairs. If your classmate is absent on the scheduled day of presenting, you do your part alone and your classmate
upon re-appearance in class.
3. about your Profile Related Article.
4. 8-10 minutes. For each (rounded) minute your presentation is too short, 0.5 mark will be deducted
5. answers to questions at the end are also part of your presentation
 

3.2 Contents Presentation

1. Publication details:  Where did you find the article? Where/in which (magazine/newspaper) was it originally printed?
2. Who is the writer? background information
3. How is the article related to your profile?
4. Why did you choose this article? Give good arguments.
5. Summary of the content.
6. What point does the writer make?
7. What did you learn from it?

Tips
A few points when you are up there presenting:

● Try to conclude your topic in an interesting way. Use a funny anecdote, some shocking figures or some other device to get
the attention of your audience.
● Use memory cards (A4 size paper or phone are not allowed) with key words, but do NOT! read out your entire
presentation or learn it by heart.
● Try to relax and be aware of your choice. Don’t mumble, talk at good pace: not too slow or too fast.
● Start your presentation with a short overview of what you are going to talk about.
● Mind your body language (eye contact, don’t turn your back on your audience, don’t hide behind the desk etc.)
● You can have a Q&A session at the end of a talk. It’s a good idea to repeat the question. And be honest if you don’t know the
answer.
3.3 Presentation Coach

Most people get nervous when they are asked to give a presentation. However, with the right preparation and plenty of practice,
even speakers with clammy hands and cold feet will be able to pull it off and impress the audience with their presentation skills.

In order to put together a good presentation, you have to follow these steps:

● Determine the goal of your presentation.

● Find out what kind of audience you will be talking to. Are they experts or are they merely interested? Do you already know
these people, or are they anonymous?
● Do some research. You probably know the topic of your speech, but you need information, facts, details, probably a nice
story to introduce the topic.
● Write an outline. Organise your information and decide what you are going to say to introduce your topic, what the main part
of your presentation will consist of and how you are going to conclude the presentation. Put this all in a structured way and in
key words! on one or more memory cards, NO piece of A4 paper. You can use this as a reminder during your talk.
● Think about audio-visual support. Do you want to show a video, dvd, slides or sheets? Then you have to make them. Don’t
forget to check if you will be able to use the technological devices you need and if they really work. The time of your video is
deducted from the total time of the presentation.
● Practise your talk. Do not just read it, but try to use only your memory card(s). Do not just sit behind your desk, but stand up
and ask a friend or family member to listen to you. If no one’s available, use a mirror.

3.4 Assessment Grid Presentations: Grade total points /4

 Criteria
1 2 3 4 5

some useful mostly useful

little some good very useful
information, information,
Content information, information, content and appropriate information,
quite clear and structured clear and structured
little structure a bit structured very clear and structured content
content content
rarely looks
sometimes looks Mainly looks at some people good eye-contact, maintained eye-contact with all
Contact with at the audience,
at the audience and in the audience and uses good use of visual the members of the audience,
the audience rarely uses visual
uses visual aids at times some visual aids aids made effective use of visual aids
aids

student seems very comfortable

Audibility/ Expressivity barely audible, a few efforts to vary the a fairly good flow in the good flow in the
presenting, maintained a good
(intonation) monotonous tone tone presentation presentation
flow throughout the presentation

pronunciation pronunciation not

Pronunciation impedes flawless but pronunciation is fine good pronunciation (nearly) native speaker
understanding understandable

great use of grammar, using

many elementary
grammar some grammar  issues mainly grammatically correct grammatically correct compound sentences and
grammar issues
correct linking words
Language
correct-ness
many elementary good use of a wide range of vocabulary!
vocabulary some vocabulary issues adequate use of  vocabulary
vocabulary issues vocabulary exceeds the average

Criteria fluency 1 3 6 8 10
uses some keywords
reads the recites the
(piece of paper), but presents mainly lively 'salestalk',
Fluency presentation presentation
clearly no reading or in own words inspirational
from paper (learned by heart)
recital