Efl guess What! Teacher's Book 6 Grade 6

3
Look at the picture on page 88. Which planet 
is Jupiter? 
 4
Do all the planets have a moon?
5
Which planet would you like to 
learn more about?
 
CD3
15
3
Read and listen.
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Workbook page 72
reflect
orbit
solar system
 
3
2
The eight planets in our solar system all orbit 
the Sun, but they’re not all the same. The four 
planets closest to the Sun are made of rock 
and metal. The other planets are made of gas. 
The smallest planet is Mercury, and the biggest 
planet is Jupiter. Jupiter is bigger than all of the 
other planets put together! 
When we look at the night sky, Venus is brighter 
than the other planets. This is because its thick 
clouds reflect the light from the Sun and because 
it’s the closest planet to Earth.
Some planets have a moon. Moons orbit their 
planet. Some planets have more than one moon. 
Jupiter has 63 moons! How many moons does 
Earth have?
Mercury is the 
closest planet 
to the Sun, but 
Venus is the 
hottest.
CLIL: Science
 
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Lesson aims
Students learn about the solar 
system.
New language
solar system, orbit, reflect, 
Mercury, Jupiter, (all the other planets) put together, 
Venus, reflect
Recycled language
space, 
same, different, 
nearest, made of, rock, metal, gas, smallest, biggest, 
bigger, brighter, thick, cloud, light (n), more than
Materials
CD3 
|
DVD or a yellow T-shirt/hat 
|
Homemade cards with labeled pictures of the Sun 
and the eight planets (or just the word 
Sun 
and the 
planet names) 
|
A large ball (e.g., a basketball) and 
a small ball (e.g., a Ping-Pong ball)
Warmer
•
Show the homemade planet cards and ask 
What are 
these?
(
Planets
). Practice pronunciation of the names. 
Call nine volunteers to the front. Give out the planet
cards, together with the Sun card, in random order.
•
Play 
Stand in order
(see page xvi). First, let the students 
try to stand in order, with the Sun on the left and the 
planets according to their position in the solar system. 
Check, then say the names in the correct order, for 
students to move. Ask the rest of the class, e.g., 
Which 
planet is nearest to the Sun? 
(
Mercury.
) 
Which is the third 
planet? 
(
Earth.
)
 Which is the seventh planet? 
(
Uranus.
)