3 Read and listen. •
Play the recording while students read the text. Explain
any new words and phrases (e.g.,
all of the other planets put together )
. Ask the question from the text:
How many moons does Earth have? (
One. )
•
Then ask
How are the planets different? Find four differences . Play the recording again, then elicit answers
(
They’re made of different materials. They’re different sizes. Some are nearer to the Sun than others. They’ve different numbers of moons ).
CD3: 1 5 : see Student’s Book page 8
9
4 Answer the questions. •
Students read and answer the questions about the text in
activity 3.
Key: 1 The Sun.
2 Earth.
3 Jupiter is the biggest planet in
the picture.
4 Some planets have a moon.
5 Which planet would you like to learn more about? •
Students think, read the text, and look at the pictures
to help them decide. Elicit ideas and reasons for their
choices. Students can research their chosen planet for
the Project in the next lesson.
•
Ask students to guess which is the hottest planet in the
solar system. They can then read the Guess What! for
the page and check the answer.
Workbook page 72 1 Look and complete the words. •
Students write letters to complete the words. Use items 3
and 5 to remind them to use capital letters for the names
of the planets.
Key: 2 Mercury
3 Earth
4 Venus
