## Listen and read

## Input - articles about tidying up the classroom

Now that you have thought about the subject of tidying up you will move on to working on your own language skills at your own level (B2 level).

You choose one of the following texts (alone/pair/group). Read the text and write down three things from the text that you found interesting (positive or negative) and why it caught your interest.

Article 1: Children clean classrooms to save a Devon school money

Article 2: Marie Kondo in the classroom

## Vocabulary

Go through your chosen text again and write down words that you find difficult; through a(n online) dictionary youcan find a definition of the word. Preferably an English language dictionary such as Merriam-Webster but otherwise, if the definition is still not clear, a translation to your mother tongue (such as Dutch) can be included.

As preparation for the next exercise: after you have made your list, write down the five hardest words on small individual squares of paper (one piece of paper for the word and one for the definition). If you do this exercise with classmates make sure you all have similar squares of paper.

For example: