Student’s Book page 88 How are the planets different? •
Point to the photograph and ask the students to find
and point to the Sun, Earth, and Mars. Check whether
they also recognize Saturn, with its rings, and Jupiter,
the biggest planet. Present
orbit , by saying
All the planets orbit the Sun and showing the movement with
a large ball and a small ball.
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Ask
Are all the planets the same? (
No, they aren’t. )
How are they different? Accept any ideas (e.g., size, color).
Student’s Book page 8 1 Listen and repeat. •
Use the pictures to present the new words and phrases.
Play the recording, pausing for students to repeat.
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2 Watch the video. •
Play the video.
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If you don’t have the video, play a version of
All change! (see page xiv). Make a space in the classroom. Choose
a volunteer to be the Sun. Give him/her a yellow T-shirt
or hat to wear if possible. He/She sits or stands in the
middle of the space. Give each of the other students a
planet name to remember (
Mercury, Venus, Earth , etc.).
Then call out a planet, e.g.,
Venus! All students given
the word
Venus stand up and walk around the student
who’s being the Sun, as if in orbit. Repeat with different
planet names.
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If there’s space, you can end the game by saying
All the planets in the solar system! Everyone gets up and walks
around the Sun.
Video 07 : see page TB
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