## Alice in Wonderland; Lesson 1

Today we're going to start exploring Wonderland by reading the first two chapters of 'Alice in Wonderland'. Read the questions before you start reading the text - this helps you focus on what is most important. Good luck and have fun!

But remember: We're all mad here!

Chapter 1 - Down the Rabbit-hole Alice and her big sister sat under a tree one sunny day. Alice's sister had a book, but Alice had nothing with her. She looked at her sister's book. There were no pictures or conversations in it. 'Why is she reading a book without pictures or conversations?' she thought. 'I'm bored. I know! I'll look for some flowers.' Then she thought,' No, it's too hot for that and I feel sleepy' Suddenly, a white rabbit ran past her. It took a watch from its jacket and looked at it.' Oh! Oh ! I'm going to be late!' it said. 'That's strange! A rabbit with a watch!' said Alice. She jumped up and ran after the animal. It ran down a large rabbit-hole, so Alice went down the hole too. She didn't stop and ask,' How am I going to get out again?' Alice fell down and down. But she fell very slowly and didn't feel afraid. 'What's going to happen next?' she wondered. She looked round. There were cupboards in the walls of the rabbit-hole. Some of the cupboards were open, and there were books in them. Sometimes she saw pictures. She looked down, but she couldn't see any light. Down, down, down. 'When will the hole end?' she wondered. Perhaps I'm going to come out in Australia! I'll have to ask the name of the country. " Please, madam, is this Australia or New Zealand?" No, I can't do that. They'll think I'm stupid.' She thought about her cat, Dinah. 'What's Dinah doing? Will they remember her milk tonight? Oh, Dinah! Why aren't you here with me ? Perhaps there's a mouse here and you can eat it!' ♦ Suddenly, Alice was at the bottom of the hole. 'That didn't hurt' she said and sat up quickly. She could see the White Rabbit and she ran after him again. They were in a different rabbit-hole now. 'Oh, my ears and nose!' the White Rabbit cried.' It's getting very late!' He ran faster and vanished through another hole. Alice followed him through the hole. Now she was in a very long room. She looked round for the White Rabbit, but she couldn't see him anywhere. There were four doors in the room, but Alice couldn't open them. Also, she couldn't see the hole anywhere. 'How am I going to get out ?' she wondered. Then she saw a little table. It had a very small key on it. 'Perhaps it will open one of the doors,' she thought. She took the key and tried to open each door with it. But it was no good. The key was too small. 'This key has to open something,' she thought. Then she saw a very small door about 40 centimeters high. The little key opened it. She put her head down and looked through the door into a beautiful garden. She tried to walk through it, but she was too big. Sadly, she shut the door again and put the key back on the table. 'Why can't I get smaller?' thought Alice.' This is a very strange place - so perhaps I can.' She looked at the table. There was a little bottle on it. 'That bottle was not on the table before,' thought Alice. The bottle had ' DRINK ME' on it in large letters. Alice looked at it carefully. 'Is it all right to drink ?' she wondered. 'I'll drink a little,' she thought. She had some and it was very nice. So she had some more.' This feels strange,' said Alice.' I'm getting smaller and smaller!' - After a short time, she was only 25 centimetres high. 'Now I can go through that door,' she thought. She went to the door, but could not open it. The key was on the table. She went back to the table. But Alice was too short and she couldn't get the key. She tried to climb the table legs, but it was too difficult. The little girl sat down and cried. 'Alice! Alice!' she said after some minutes. 'Don't cry. It isn't going to help you. Stop now!' Then she saw a little box under the table. She opened it. There was a cake inside. On it, she saw the words,' EAT ME'. 'Yes, I will eat it,'Alice said. 'Perhaps I'll get bigger and then I can get the key. Or perhaps I'll get smaller. Then I can get under the door into the garden.' She ate some cake. 'Will I go up or down?' she wondered. She felt the top of her head with her hand. But nothing happened — she stayed the same size. So she finished the cake.

Task 1 - Questions about Chapter 1
Beantwoord de onderstaande vragen in volle zinnen - als de vraag in het Nederlands is, antwoord je in het Nederlands. Als de vraag in het Engels is, antwoord je in het Engels.

1. Alice zit samen met haar zus in de tuin. Haar zus leest een boek maar Alice vindt het boek maar niets. Waarom zou Alice dit boek zelf niet willen lezen?

2. Geef twee redenen waarom Alice toch geen bloemen wil gaan plukken. Ze wil geen bloemen gaan plukken omdat, ... en ... .

3. Wat haalde de witte haas uit zijn jaszak?

4. Op een gegeven moment gebeurt het volgende: 'It ran down a large rabbit-hole, so Alice went down the hole too. She didn't stop and ask,' How am I going to get out again?'. Hoe zou je het karakter van Alice omschrijven nu je het bovenstaande leest? Omschrijf haar karakter in het Nederlands.

5. What does Alice see when she falls down the rabbit-hole? Name two items in English.

6. Wat vraagt Alice zich af zodra ze aan het einde van het konijnenhol vier deuren ziet die ze niet openkrijgt? Ze vraagt zich af of...

7. De sleutel die op tafel ligt opent geen van de vier deuren. De sleutel opens wel een klein deurtje van ongeveer 40 cm groot.
a) Wat ziet Alice als ze door het deurtje kijkt?
b) Waarom gaat Alice in eerste instantie niet door het deurtje?

8. Alice finds a little bottle labled 'drink me'. Describe, in your own words, what happens when she finished the drink.

9. Waarom kan Alice alsnog niet door het deurtje na het drinken van het 'drink-me' drankje?

10. Waarvoor denkt Alice dat de 'eat-me' cake is? Zou het werken denk je?

Task 2 - Past tense; de verleden tijd
Het eerste deel van het verhaal is in de verleden tijd geschreven. Als iets in het verleden gebeurd is, en er staat in de zin wanneer dit was, gebruik je de Past Simple. Als iets in het verleden gebeurd is, en er staat niet in de zin wanneer dit was, gebruik je de Present Perfect.

1. Bekijk de Uitlegvideo van de Past Simple en de Present Perfect. Gebruik je oortjes of koptelefoon!

2. Vul, in je eigen woorden, het onderstaande schema aan. Kopieer en plak het schema in je Word of Google Docx document:

| Past Simple | Present Perfect
Wanneer gebruik je deze vorm? |  |
In bevestigende zinnen (+) | hele ww + ed of tweede rijtje van de onregelmatige ww voorbeeldzin: | voorbeeldzin:
In ontkennende zinnen (-) | voorbeeldzin: | Haven’t of hasn’t + voltooid deelwoord (ww+ed of 3e rijtje onregelmatige ww) voorbeeldzin:
In vragende zinnen (?) | Did … + hele ww? voorbeeldzin: | voorbeeldzin:

3. Vul in de onderstaande zinnen de juiste vorm van de Past Simple of de Present Perfect in. Let op: je kan maar één van deze tijden gebruiken om de zin juist te maken - het schema dat je bij vraag 2 gemaakt hebt kan je helpen bij het kiezen van de juiste tijd en werkwoordsvervoeging.

a) Alice and her sister ... (lezen) a book in the garden yesterday.
b) Alice ... (vallen) down the Rabbit Hole.
c) The mouse ... (wilde niet) to talk with Alice about cats or dogs.
d) ... Alice ... (weten) that she would grow bigger at the end of the day?
e) ... I ever ... (vertellen) you that this is my favourite story ever?

4. Now it's your turn! Tell me about your day yesterday - maak drie zinnen over wat je gisteren gedaan hebt. Bedenk goed of je hiervoor de Past Simple of de Present Perfect moet toepassen.

Chapter 2 Alice's Tears 'Oh! What's happening?' cried Alice. 'I'm getting taller and taller!' She looked down. 'Goodbye, feet! Who will put your shoes on for you now? I can't do it! I'll give you some new shoes for Christmas. I'll have to send them to you!' In a short time, Alice was more than three metres high. 'I want to go into that garden!' she thought. She took the little key from the table. Then she went to the door and opened it. But she was too big and couldn't go through it. She sat down and began to cry again. Because she was very big, her tears were very big too. 'Alice, stop it this minute! Don't cry!' she said. But she couldn't stop the big tears and after a time there was water everywhere. ♦ She heard the sound of small feet. She looked down and there was the White Rabbit again. He had his best clothes on, and in one hand he had a white hat. 'Oh, the Duchess, the Duchess!' he said.' She'll be angry with me because I'm late!' Alice wanted to ask him for help. 'Please, sir — ' she said very politely. The White Rabbit jumped. He ran out of the room and his hat fell from his hands. Alice took the hat. 'Am I different?' she wondered. 'I was Alice yesterday, but everything is different today. Perhaps I'm not me now. So who am I? That's the question.' She began to think about her friends. 'Perhaps I'm one of them,' she thought.' I'm not Ada because her hair is different to mine. I don't want to be my friend Mabel, because she doesn't know very much. I know more than she does.' Then she thought, ' Do I know more ? Let me see. What's four and four ? Eight. Eight and eight is sixteen. Sixteen and sixteen is .. . Oh! I can't remember!' And she started to cry again. But this time her tears were small tears — she was small again! 'Why ?' she wondered. Then she understood. She had the White Rabbit's hat in her hand. 'I'm smaller because I've got the hat in my hand!' she thought. She put the hat on. It was the right size for her head. Am I smaller than the table now ?' she wondered. She went to the table and stood next to it. She was smaller than the table.' I'm getting smaller all the time!' she cried.' I'm going to vanish!' She quickly took the hat off. 'Now I can go into the garden!' thought Alice, and she started to run to the little door. But before she got there, she fell into some water. She tried to put her feet on the ground but she couldn't. She had to swim. 'I'm in the sea!' she thought. But it wasn't the sea. The water was her tears. ♦ Something was in the water — Alice could hear it.' Perhaps it's a big fish or sea animal,' she thought. She looked round. There, very near her, was a mouse. 'I'll speak to it,' thought Alice. 'Everything is strange here. Perhaps it can speak and understand me.' 'Oh Mouse,' she said. ' Do you know the way out of this room?' The Mouse didn't answer. 'Perhaps it doesn't understand English. Perhaps it's a French mouse,' Alice thought. She remembered some words from her schoolbook, so she spoke to the mouse in French. 'Where is my cat ?' she asked. The Mouse moved quickly away from her. 'Oh, I'm sorry,' said Alice. 'I forgot. You're a mouse, so you don't like cats.' 'Don't like cats!' cried the mouse. 'I'm a mouse. Of course I don't like cats!' 'No,'Alice said. 'No. But I think you will like Dinah. She is a nice, dear thing. She's very quiet and good. She catches a mouse every day - Oh! You're angry again! We won't talk about Dinah any more - ' ' We!' cried the Mouse.' I never speak about cats! Our family hates cats! I don't want to hear any more about them.' ' No, no,' said Alice quickly.' Perhaps — perhaps you like dogs ? There's a very nice little dog near our house. It likes playing with children but it works too. It kills all the m — Oh! I'm sorry!' The Mouse looked angrily at her and swam quickly away. 'Dear Mouse!' said Alice softly. ' Come back again and we won't talk about cats or dogs.' When the Mouse heard this, it turned round. It swam slowly back. 'All right,' it said. 'I'll talk to you, but let's get out of the water.' They climbed out and Alice looked round. There were a lot of animals and birds in the water. When they saw her, they got out of the water too.

Task 4 - Questions about Chapter 2
Beantwoord de onderstaande vragen in volle zinnen - als de vraag in het Nederlands is, antwoord je in het Nederlands. Als de vraag in het Engels is, antwoord je in het Engels.

1. In korte tijd groeit Alice flink. Citeer (= neem over) het gedeelte uit de tekst waaruit dit blijkt.

2. Waardoor vulde de kamer waar Alice in verbleef zich vlug met water?

3. In de tekst lees je: 'Alice, stop it this minute! Don't cry!' she said. Naar wie verwijst 'she' in deze zin?

4. Wat droeg de White Rabbit toen Alice hem door het deurtje zag? Beschrijf wat de muis aanhad zo gedetailleerd mogelijk.

5. Waardoor kromp Alice uiteindelijk zo klein dat ze wel door het deurtje kon?

6. De muis snapt de Engelse vragen van Alice niet. Dan bedenkt Alice een nieuwe manier om haar vragen te stellen.
a) Op welke manier stelt Alice haar vragen nu?
b) Snapt de muis haar dan wel?

7. Waarom denkt Alice dat de muis haar kat, genaamd Dinah, wel aardig zou vinden? Citeer (= neem over) het gedeelte uit de tekst waaruit dit blijkt.

8. Op een gegeven moment zegt Alice het volgende: 'Perhaps — perhaps you like dogs ? There's a very nice little dog near our house. It likes playing with children but it works too. It kills all the m — Oh! I'm sorry!' Alice maakt haar zin niet af. Welk woord denk je dat ze wilde zeggen?

Task 5 - Word Order/ zinsvolgorde
In het Engels hanteren we een vaste zinsvolgorde. Dit betekent dat alle zinsdelen op een logische wijze na elkaar komen. Om goede Engelse zinnen te schrijven of spreken is het belangrijk dat je de vaste zinsvolgrode aanhoudt.

1. Bekijk de Uitlegvideo van Word Order. Gebruik je oortjes of koptelefoon!

2. Niet alles zinsdelen komen in een (Engelse) zin voor. Welke zinsdelen kun je altijd in een zin terugvinden? Leg je antwoord uit in het Nederlands.

3. Vertaal de onderstaande zinnen naar het Engels. Gebruik hiervoor de kennis van de vaste zinsvolgorde én zet de zinnen in de juiste grammaticale tijd (Present Simple - Past Simple enz.). Twijfel je? Vraag een stamgroepgenoot om hulp.
a) Alice pakte het kleine sleuteltje van tafel.
b) Gisteren huilde Alice grote tranen omdat ze zelf ook groot was.
c) The White Rabbit draagt vandaag zijn mooiste kleren in de tuin.
d) Alice werd steeds kleiner en haar tranen ook.
e) Alice klom uit het water nadat de muis ook uit het water klom.
f) Ik heb het verhaal van Alice nog nooit eerder gelezen.

Task 6 - Words
Dit jaar oefenen we met woordenschat door veel met elkaar te lezen - we zullen minder snel woordjes leren vanaf een bestaande woordenlijst.

Inmiddels heb je twee hoofdstukken van het het verhaal van Alice gelezen. Waarschijnlijk kende je al veel woorden, maar misschien bevatten de hoofdstukken ook woorden die je nog niet (helemaal) kent. Noteer uit de twee hoofdstukken minimaal 7 woorden die je nog niet kent of die je moeilijk vindt (om te schrijven). Kopieer en plak de zin waarin het woord staat en zoek vervolgens naar de vertaling. Je kan hiervoor Google Translate en/of Vertalen.nu gebruiken. Een papieren woordenboek mag uiteraard ook.

Tip: Vind je het lastig om 'moeilijke' woorden te vinden omdat je al een grote woordenschat hebt? Kies dan 7 woorden uit waarvan je denkt dat iemand uit leerjaar 2 ze niet kent.

Gebruik voor deze opdracht het onderstaande schema:

Which word did you find? | What is de the sentence the word is in? | Translation (=vertaling)?
Example: conversations | There were no pictures or conversations in it. | gesprekken
... | ... | ...
... | ... | ...