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Lesson plan 1
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 Level: pre-intermediate

 Age: 16-17 (secondary 2)

 Native language: Arabic

 Number of students: 28

 Topic: Life on other planets

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Aim(s):

 Knowledge of vocabulary words related to astronomy and

space exploration

 The ability to skim a text for general ideas

 Identifying the topic sentence in a text

 To help students scan the text for specific information

(such as dates, names, etc)

 To help the students understand paragraph structure and the

difference between main ideas and supporting details.
warm up activity: while working in pairs ask the students if they
know the names of the planets in our solar system
Answers: The eight planets that orbit the sun are (in order from the sun): Mercury,
Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

New vocabulary: scientific terms related to astronomy and space:

galaxy, astronomy, liquid, NASA, solar system, Gravity, molecules.

Lead in (before reading): After new vocabulary words are introduced

and practiced, the students are asked to guess the topic of the text from
the title.
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Input: reading
Life on other planets
text source: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/
Activity 1 (vocabulary work): This task focuses on teaching the
students' new vocabulary words through reading and guessing their
meaning from the context.

 Task 1: Read the text and try to match the words in column A
with their correct definitions in B

A B
1-Galaxy 1-One of the states of matter that is
neither solid nor gaseous
2-Astronomy 2-The sun together with all the planets
and other bodies that revolve around it
3-Liquid 3-The force of attraction by which bodies
tend to fall toward the center of the earth

4-Nasa 4- A large system of stars held together

 by mutual gravitation and isolated from
similar systems by vast regions of space
5-Solar system 5-The smallest physical unit of an
element or compound

6-Gravity 6- The science that deals with the

material universe beyond the earth's
atmosphere
7-Molecules 7-National aeronautics and space
administration

 Use the following table to write your answer

A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
B

Activity 2 (skimming): In this task the students focus on understanding

the general Idea of the text, they are asked to identify the main idea.
Then, topic sentences are explained by the teacher using different
examples before the students try to find it in the text.

 Task 2: Read the text and answer the following:

A. Find the main topic of the text

B. Come up with a different title for the text

C. Identify the topic sentence

D. Underline the main idea in each paragraph

-Then the teacher will discuss the answers together with the class-
  exercise: Ask two or three students to read the text out loud. Then,
while working in pairs they will come up with a topic sentence based
on the main idea.

 The students are given a few minutes to finish. Then, they'll discuss
their answers together with the teacher.

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Activity 3 (scanning): After developing a general understanding of the

text as a whole, the students are asked by the teacher to identify specific
information such as important dates, place, names etc. This activity will
encourage students to use their ability of quickly scanning the text for
specific information in order to save time.

 Task 3: quickly scan the text again and answer the

following questions:
1- Team Kepler needs at least _______ a planet like earth

a-three years b- two years c- four years

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2- Nasa launched the Kepler space telescope in _______

a-2008 b-2007 c-2009

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3- _______ is required for a planet to have life in it
a-gas b-solid c- liquid
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4- _______ is half the size of the earth

a-Mars b-Mercury c-Neptune

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5- The earth is four times smaller than ______

a-Saturn b-Neptune c-Mars

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 Task 4: Answer the following questions with T or F

1- The Kepler space telescope is designed to find non-habitable planets. ( )
2- Nasa launched the Kepler in 2005. ( )
3- The earth is smaller than Neptune. ( )
4- The gravity in Mars is weak. ( )
5- The cost of the mission is eight hundred million dollars. ( )

 Task 5: Read the text again and discuss the following

question with your classmates:

Do you think that there is life in other planets? Why?

 Exercise: Ask your students about their thoughts on the text and
what they understood from the lesson.

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o References:

https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/

https://www.rmittraining.com/

https://www.wingsnw.com/skills.html