The Oral Exams are nearing, now is the time to start preparing the contents!
For VWO-6 the contents of the oral exam will be:
To prepare speaking about the books you read a good start is to find basic information on these books. Here are a few websites that may be of help:
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“Like as the waves make towards the pebbl’d shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end.”
From now on we will mainly concentrate on two skills: reading and speaking. In the last testweek you will have your oral exam and of course at the CSE your reading comprehension will be tested.
H5B-en7 / 10-04-2012 + H5C / 11-4-2012
H5B-en7 / 20-3-2012 + H5C / 21-3-2012
H5C-en6 + H5B-en7 / 15-3-2012: Preparation Oral Exam
H5C-en6 + H5B-en7 / 8-3-2012: VOCABTEST 3 (Chapters 6-15)
H5B-en7 / 6-3-2012 + H5C / 7-3-2012
H5C-en6 + H5B-en7 / 23-2-2012
The Black Literature Project should be handed in on:
H5B-en7 / Wednesday 14-12
H5B-en7 / Tuesday 13-12
H5C-en6 / Friday 9-12
H5B-en7 + H5C-en6 / Wednesday 30-11: Hand in your BOOKREPORT
H5B-en7 / Tuesday 29-11
H5C-en6 / Friday 25-11
H5B – en7 / Wednesday 23-11-2011
H5C – en6 / Wednesday 23-11-2011
H5B – en7 / Tuesday 22-11-2011
In classs we will do the second part of the Listening test. The homework for today:
H5C-en6 / Wednesday 16-11
H5B-en7 / Tuesday 15-11
H5C-en6 / Friday 11-11
EXAM 2008-I:
H5B-en7 + H5C-en6 / Wednesday 9-11
H5B-en7 Wednesday 26-10
H5C – Friday 9-9-2011 / H5B – Tuesday 13-9-2011
H5B + H5C – Wednesday 7-9-2011
Study Idiom Ch.1 (you can download the first 3 chapters here: Idiom HAVO-5 Chapters 1-3).
H5C – Friday 2-9-2011 / H5B – Tuesday 6-9-2011
Find information on the NAACP
H5C – Friday 26-8-2011 / H5B – Tuesday 30-8-2011
Find information on the ‘Civil Rights Movement’ (history, names, etc.)
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During the third period all VWO-5 students have to do a presentation on one of the books they have read this year. The grade for this presentation is the first grade that counts for the schoolexam (MT1 = 10%).
The presentations take place during the English lessons. Each student chooses the book he or she wants do to a presentation about and informs the teacher at least a week before the presentation which book he or she has chosen.
The student will be judged on these elements:
So, a good preparation is absolutely necessary!
I. These are the elements your presentation should contain:
The total time of the presentation should not exceed 8 minutes.
II. For each presentation of your fellow students you collect information on the book that is going to be presented. Together with the assignments in class you create a file which has to be handed in at the end of all presentations.
For extra information on how to do a presentation, click on: http://hwgand.wordpress.com/presentations/
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Starting the New Year of 2011 I would like to add a new and hopefully interesting item: an overview of other blogs that might catch your attention. Please share your ideas if you come upon a site that could be worthwhile looking at by others!
Glassdoor.com, a venture-backed online career and workplace community, has self-reportedly culled through tens of thousands interview questions that job seekers have shared on the site in 2010, and selected a number of weird ones. Some of them are pretty bizarre, some are downright hilarious: http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/top-25-oddball-interview-questions-2010/
At http://grindingdown.wordpress.com/2010/12/30/the-top-10-games-i-didnt-get-to-play-in-2010/ you can read about someone who reflects on the games he has missed out on in 2010.
Want to know about the sound of snow crunching under your boots? Or about illegal naps? Or about that last, crumby triangle in a bag of potato chips? If you are that curious, go to http://1000awesomethings.com/ and be amazed how daily life events can be something very special!
About what we did before the digital age had started: http://pacelinebiz.wordpress.com/2011/06/27/what-we-did-for-fun-before-the-computer/
About how to say ‘Hello’ http://studentdesignblog.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/saying-hello-its-not-that-hard/
All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages.
(from: As You Like It, Act 2 Scene 7)
For other Shakespeare quotes, see http://www.enotes.com/shakespeare-quotes/
William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564 – died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s preeminent dramatists. He is often called England’s national poet and the “Bard of Avon”. His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of 38 plays,154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.
If you would like to gain information on The Bard, check out these sites:
Other interesting links:
This year we will again give a crash course ‘Literary History’ in VWO-6. We will guide you along the timeline of British literary history towards the start of the 20th century. From then onwards we will introduce a number of writers who have played an important role in the development of British literature.
These are the contents of the course (and of ST-3):
One of the first assignments was to find a timeline of English literary history and I can tell you that some interesting sites were found (as you can check out for yourself: VWO6B-Timelines). The best one is probably the timeline Yordi found at the British Library-site: http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/timeline/index.html
Click here for information on Modernism…: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modernism
…and have a look at a presentation on Modernism: Modernism in Literature
Click here for information on Joseph Conrad: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Conrad
Click here for information on D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930): http://www.dh-lawrence.org.uk/ or listen to one of his fine stories: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b007k2kc/Short_stories_by_DH_Lawrence_Goose_Fair/
Forster’s views as a humanist are at the heart of his work, which often depicts the pursuit of personal connections in spite of the restrictions of contemporary society.
2 main works:
They explore the irreconcilability of class differences (East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet!)
Another key theme: sexuality (like with D.H. Lawrence)
It has been argued that a general shift from heterosexual love to homosexual love can be detected over the course of his writing career.
Another key theme: the use of symbolism and mysticism.
Imperialism: to create a huge empire (other examples: Germany (WWII); Rome; Napoleon; Egyptians; Russia; Ottoman; Persian; Britain; USA!!!)
Jingoism: The empire has collapsed but its people still think they live in a world empire.
Click here for information on the First World War: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Click here for information on Wilfried Owen’s poem ‘Dulce et Decorum Est:
Click here to download the extra information on the War poets: Voices from World War I
Click here for the inauguration of John F. Kennedy and the poetry of Robert Frost: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf6k7fZCTrg
Click here for information on George Orwell: George Orwell Author Background
Click here for information on Sir William Golding: Sir William Golding
Click here for information on Samuel Beckett: Samuel Beckett or watch part of Waiting for Godot on http://www.youtube.com/user/scottl82
Other useful sites:
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In the first period of this year we will continue our quest of English Literature and we will research one of the most interesting periods: the Eighteenth Century and before, not only the time of the first novels but also the time of the greatest British Writer of all times: William Shakespeare. The booklist I handed out in class can be found here: Reading List 18th century
If you cannot find a book to read I strongly advise you to visit this website: http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
Most of the books written before the 19th century are copyright free and most of them can therefore be found on the internet.
Another good starting point would be http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/novel_18c/index.html
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Before the novel became fashionable (around 1900), short stories were immensely popular. Writers like Oscar Wilde, Somerset Maugham, D.H. Lawrence and Elizabeth Bowen have written stories that are still more than worth reading. Nowadays still a lot of wonderful good short stories are written and on this wonderful website you can find a lot of them : http://www.short-stories.co.uk/
Below are 3 short stories written bij HAVO-4 students. The assignment of the first story was to write a holiday report in the past tense. The assignment of the other two stories was to write a story of no more than 200 words using a number of irregular verbs. Have they succeeded or what?
1. A Beautiful Summerday by Victor Gerdt (H4D-2009/2010)
Two years ago I had a really nice summer holiday. I went to France with my mum and little brother to visit my grandma and dad. The weather was very nice. When we arrived I stepped out of the car and I could smell the beautiful nature around me. I was really happy to see my grandma and dad. Grandma had already cooked a terrific meal, so we went inside and ate as much as we could. We talked about a lot of things and before we even noticed it was already dark inside and so I went to bed.
The next morning we had a really good breakfast and after that we took a walk to the nearest small village. When we arrived there we drank a nice icecold coca-cola. After that we went back home. Once we were home we took the car to visit an old castle. It was so beautiful I could not believe what I saw. It was large and beautifully built. A few hours later we went back home again. It was already late so I took a shower and went to bed. When I was sleeping I was dreaming what a nice day I had had. I could not wait to wake up and have another beautiful day.
2. Big Bad Butterflies by Merel Donia (H4E – 2009/2010)
Last week, I had the weirdest dream I’ve ever had! I dreamt about a big container which came alive! On top of the container was a big, evil butterfly. The butterfly was angry (don’t ask me why) and he wanted to eat all the people in the street. He flew to the street and started eating a big fat lady. She screamed out loud and was very scared. Actually it was kinda funny. She is my neighbour and her ugly dog always eats my plants. But, back to the point, the butterfly started eating a new man. It looked awful, so I closed my eyes and ran away. The butterfly saw me and tried to get me. I walked into a small street but it was too late. The butterfly took my leg and ate it. I bled and it hurt like hell. I was so scared and crawled to another street. The last view I had was the butterfly, which was trying to eat my other leg. At that moment I woke up. I swore and swore. I came out of bed and I noticed I was shaking. Actually it made me laugh. I didn’t know a dream could do such things with you. I smiled and walked to the shower. I took a shower and went downstairs. My girlfriends was making breakfast. “Oh, you’re finally out of bed!”
I laughed and told her about my dream. She said she dreamt almost exactly the same things. It shocked me but I knew it couldn’t mean anything. I drank my milk and watched TV. At that moment the bell rang. I opened the door and there was my neighbour (yes! the big fat lady again!). She called: “Please come with me! There is a big butterfly and he’s destroying the town!” I was shocked, but I didn’t know if I had to believe her. I smiled, it couldn’t be true. But when I saw her leg, I did believe her! She had only one left!
3. Imagine… by Simone Altena (H4E – 2009/2010)
I was under the shower I. I dreamt I flew for the first time in my life and it hurt so much because I drank too much and I had gotten drunk. I flew against a tree and then I bled and that hurt as well. Then I landed on the ground and there was a dog. It was a big dog and I tried to run away but I was so drunk that I fell and the dog bit me. And then I started to laugh because it didn’t hurt so much anymore and the dog wasn’t that big: it was just my imagination!
I walked to town and got to the first café I saw and ordered another beer. After a couple I passed out on the floor and I woke up in the hospital. I was poisoned by alcohol. I had to stay for a couple of hours in the hospital. In the mean time I ate an apple and crept down the floor. When I got out of hospital I went to my mother’s house and told her the entire story. She was so mad at me! I told her that it wasn’t my fault because I was cursed by a bad witch who lived up in the mountains. She didn’t believe me and I got grounded. Then I woke up because the water of the shower was getting cold. I got dressed, went to bed and fell asleep again…
Here you’ll find all the information on the Units of Unicom Finals for HAVO-4. For this year’s PTA click on: PTA HAVO-4 2011-2012
UF Unit 1:
TEXT 1 - One-Eyed Monster: check out http://www.londoneye.com/
For info on Wales, read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales
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“ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL!”
The third bookreport of this year (on a pre-19th century book) will be due on 16-3-2012.
On Wednesdays we will do READING SKILLS, on Fridays we will practice for the Oral Exam.
Wednesday 14-3-2012
Wednesday 7-3-2012: Idiomtest 3 (Chapters 11-15)
Wednesday 22-2-2012
Wednesday 15-2-2012
Wedenesday 11-1-2012:
Study the chapters on Orwell, Golding & Salinger and do the given assignments of these chapters.
Study the information on Utopias and Dystopias from the reader. Do also read this document: Over Dystopieën (en de Utopie)
Wednesday 14-12: Idiomtest Chapters 1-10
Check out here to prepare even better!
Friday 9-12
Wednesday 7-12
Wednesday 16-11
Wednesday 9-11
Wednesday 12-10 / Friday 14-10: Literature
Study Chapter 1 on Joseph Conrad + do the assignments
Friday 7-10-2011: Idiomtest Ch.1-5
Wednesday 14-9-2011
Read the sheets on literature that were handed out in class.
Friday 9-9-2011
Friday 2-9-2011
Wednesday 31-8-2011
Friday 26-8-2011
You can download the TB grammar surveys here: UF Grammar Survey 9+10+11 and the exercises here: UF WB ex242-247
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Thanks to V6 students I feel obliged to update you on some really terrific entertainers. Enjoy!
Johann Lippowitz with Natalia Imbruglia:
Jeff Dunham:
Eddie Izzard:
Taylor Mali:
For the upper echelons the English department at Melanchthon have created an up-to-date reading list. Download it, make your choice and start reading! Feel free to ask for more information on the books on this list: Reading List HAVO-VWO 2011-2012 new
For more information on Medieval, 17th century, Renaissance and Restoration literature, go to: http://www.luminarium.org/
For writing your bookreport you will need this NEW! file: Reading File 2011-2012
Listen, America–
I live here, too.
I want freedom
Just as you.
From “The American Dream” by Langston Hughes
Read an interesting article on Racism in the 20th century: White Riots
Here you’ll find interesting information on the project of black literature. To start with, first click on: http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/resources/overview.htm . On this page click on “Roads to Freedom”…
Or read the original “I have a dream”-speech of Martin Luther King: http://www.usconstitution.net/dream.html
Or watch and listen! http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1732754907698549493
The assignment for this project has been discussed in class. Here are the main points:
Make sure your file looks fantastic! So:
…and don’t forget:
HAND IN DATE: 11-2011
Replacement Assignment for students who have done this project before:
LITERATURE LIST
For the Black Literature project you will have to read 2 books on Afro-American and African Literature themes. This is the list you can choose from. You are allowed to choose another book yourself but then you will have to discuss this with the teacher first. A good starting point for your work would be: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American_literature
Poetry
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This year we will continue our quest on English Literature. The next step will be to have a look at the literature of the 19th century, a marvellous period in English literature.
To be read:
These assignments will be dealth with in class and have to be studied for the literature test: 1a, 2a-d, 5a-c, 11a-d, 13a-d, 21a-d, 29a-d, 33a-c, 41a-f
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In the first weeks of this schoolyear we will continue our quest on English Literature. The second step will be to delve into the Renaissance, a remarkable time in which we will see the apocalypse of an old era and the birth of a new one.
To be studied:
Forn general info on the Renaissance, check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance and http://www.renaissanceconnection.org/main.cfm
For general info on the Renaissance in English Literature, check out: http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/
For general info on sonnets: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonnet
For info on Thomas Wyatt’s Whoso list to hunt, click on: http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/whosolist.htm
For a guide to understand Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare, click on: http://shakespeare.about.com/od/sonnetsandpoems/a/sonnet130guide.htm
Sting has used the first line of this sonnet for his wonderful song Sister Moon, just click and listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Hgqsx3F3Hs
For a guide to Milton’s Paradise Lost (including numerous pictures!), visit: http://www.paradiselost.org/novel.html
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Here you’ll find all the necessary information on the Units of Unicom Finals for VWO-6. For this year’s PTA click on: PTA VWO6 2011-2012
Unit 7-12:
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Here you’ll find all the necessary information on the Units of Unicom Finals for VWO-5. For this year’s PTA click on: PTA VWO5 2011-2012
Unit 1
Text 1 (The Buffalo Soldiers and the American Civil War) can be found on: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4narr5.html
Text 9 (Mars Special) can be found on: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/mars-special-loving-the-alien-536618.html
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
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The fourth and last bookreport of this year must be handed in before or on 08-06-2012. You are kindly requested it to send it in digital form to: hwgand@gmail.com
PERIOD D: In this last period the focus will be on writing and reading
Here you can find the details on Essay Writing: Essay Writing
Tuesday 29-5-2012
Tuesday 15-5-2012
REMINDER: ass.106 (+ improved version of ass. 101) – send them both in before the weekend of 12/13-5
Thursday 10-5-2012: VT-7
Before the May-break: send in your improved version of “Practising sports at elite levels” and send in WB ex.106.
Thursday 19-4-2012
Tuesday 17-4-2012
Thursday 12-4-2012
Tuesday 10-4-2012
Thursday 5-4-2012: TEST 19th Century Literature
Thursday 15-3-2012
Again, I am asking you to study the pink reader again. Be fully prepared because the steam train of the 19th century has already left the station!
Tuesday 13-3-2012
Today the last presenters will perform their utmost best. After that we will continue with 19th century literature. Up till now you have thorougly studied the reader and dealth with the chapters on Jane Austen, Mary Shelley and the Brontës. You also gave the best possible answers to the accompanying assignments.
Tuesday 6-3-2012
Although there will be presentations today this is the homework for today:
Today the following presentations will take place:
| 6 March 2012 | |
| Tessa | Persuasion / Jane Austen |
| Jubair | The Da Vinci Code / Dan Brown |
| Donald | Island / Aldous Huxley |
| Neidy | Dear Nobody / Berlie Doherty |
| Anne | On Beauty / Zadie Smith |
| Nena | The Scarlet Letter / Hawthorne |
| Elise | The Fifth Child |
Thursday 23-2-2012
Today the following presentations will take place:
| 23 February 2012 | |
| Robert-Jan | Cal / Bernard MacLaverty |
| Delano | The Comfort of Strangers / Ian McEwan |
| Jaimy | King Solomon’s Mines / Rider Haggard |
| Sheida | Oliver Twist / Charles Dickens |
| Sarah | Persuasion / Jane Austen |
| Femke | Black Orchids / Gillian Slovo |
| Fabia | A Clockwork Orange / Anthony Burgess |
Tuesday 14-2-2012
Today the following presentations will take place:
| 14 February 2012 | inschuifrooster |
| David | Merde Actually |
| Ronnie | Daisy Miller |
| Laura | Heart of Darkness |
| Rosalie | Pride and Prejudice |
I am really looking forward to them, especially because Pride and Prejudice is a book that is part of the 19th century literature course.
Homework for today: from the Eldorado WB, read the Chapter on Pride and Prejudice
Tuesday 13-12-2011: VT-3 Unicom Finals-toets VEN1019
(click on VT3-December 2011 Contents for the contents of this test and the extra vocabulary)
Thursday 12-1-2012
Texts done this week: TB 11 / TB 16 / 18 / 22
Thursday 8-12-2011
Thursday 1-12-2011: LISTENING TEST + prepare VT-3 (do all the exercises!)
Thursday 24-11-2011
Tuesday 22-11-2011
Tuesday 15-11-2011
Thursday 1o-11-2011
Tuesday 08-11-2011
Thursday 03-11-2011
Tuesday 01-11-2011
Thursday 27-10-2011
Tuesday 25-10-2011
Thursday 13-10-2011
Study Chapter 3 par.1 Eldorado Workbook
Tuesday 11-10-2011
Thursday 6-10-2011: VT-1
Tuesday 4-10-2011
Prepare for the test coming Thursday so you can ask questions in class about thingsthat are still a bit unclear.
Thursday 22-9-2011
Tuesday 20-9-2011
Thursday 15-9-2011
Tuesday 13-9-2011
Thursday 8-9-2011
Tuesday 6-9-2011
Thursday 1-9-2011
Tuesday 30-8-2011
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UF Chapter 5 – Ex. 94
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In April Geoffrey Chaucer at the Tabard Inn in Southwerk, across the Thames from London, joins a group of pilgrims on their way to the Shrine of Thomas à Becket in Canterbury. He describes almost all of the nine and twenty pilgrims in this company, each of whom practices a different trade (often dishonestly). The Host of the Tabard, Harry Bailey, proposes that he join them as a guide and that each of the pilgrims should tell tales (two on the outward journey, two on the way back); whoever tells the best tale will win a supper, at the other pilgrims’ cost when they return. This is how Chaucer’s Tales start:
1 Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote
When April with its sweet-smelling showers
2 The droghte of March hath perced to the roote,
Has pierced the drought of March to the root,
3 And bathed every veyne in swich licour
And bathed every vein (of the plants) in such liquid
4 Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
By the power of which the flower is created;
5 Whan Zephirus eek with his sweete breeth
When the West Wind also with its sweet breath,
6 Inspired hath in every holt and heeth
In every holt and heath, has breathed life into
7 The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne
The tender crops, and the young sun
8 Hath in the Ram his half cours yronne,
Has run its half course in Aries,
9 And smale foweles maken melodye,
And small fowls make melody,
10 That slepen al the nyght with open ye
Those that sleep all the night with open eyes
11 (So priketh hem Nature in hir corages),
(So Nature incites them in their hearts),
12 Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages,
Then folk long to go on pilgrimages,
(from: “The Canterbury Tales – General Prologue” by Geoffrey Chaucer)
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Famed was this Beowulf: far flew the boast of him,
son of Scyld, in the Scandian lands.
So becomes it a youth to quit him well
with his father’s friends, by fee and gift,
that to aid him, aged, in after days,
come warriors willing, should war draw nigh,
liegemen loyal: by lauded deeds
shall an earl have honor in every clan.
First check out Mr. Blonk’s site on Angles and Saxons: http://sites.google.com/site/angelenensaksen/
A wonderful timeline on British history: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/timelines/language_timeline/index.shtml
For good information on The Battle of Maldon:
For good information on Beowulf:
For good information on The Canterbury Tales:
For good information on Morte d’Arthur and King Arthur:
The following parts from the ELDORADO basisboek have to be read:
Hoofdstuk 1 – Voorgeschiedenis:
Hoofdstuk2 – De Late Middeleeuwen:
The following ASSIGNMENTS have to be done:
Details PROJECT-FILE:
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Here you’ll find all the necessary information on Units 1+2 of Unicom Finals for 4VWO. For this year’s PTA click: PTA 2008-2009 V4
Unit 1
For information on The Donner Party and forthcoming activities:
For information on recipes: http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/
Link to the internet-assignment of Unit 1: http://www.unicomfinals.nl/unicomfinals/pagina.asp?metnaam=unicomfinals&pagkey=33204
Unit 2
For information on the game of QUOITS: http://www.quoits.info/history/history.html
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Unit 7
Unit 8
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Here you’ll find all the information on Units 7+8 of Unicom Finals for 5HAVO. For this year’s PTA click on: PTA 2008-2009 H5
The Eden Project: http://www.edenproject.com/
On Human Cloning: http://www.globalchange.com/clonlink.htm
Link to the internet-assignment of Units 7+8: http://www.unicomfinals.nl/unicomfinals/pagina.asp?metnaam=unicomfinals&pagkey=32731
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Check out this file to learn why English is so hard to learn:
reasons-why-the-english-language-is-hard-to-learn.doc
