LESSON PLAN FOR THE EFL CLASS (2nd Cycle) TOPIC: The Earth and the Solar System

TIMING: 60 minutes Morning meeting: 15 minutes Literacy development: 20 minutes Unit development: 20 minutes Plenary: 5 minutes MATERIALS: Flashcards, Pupils book and Notebook. MORNING MEETINGS LEARNING OUTCOMES: At the end of this section, the students will be able to: Say the names of all the planets in the solar system. Example: The planets in the solar system are called Mercury, Venus, Earth What are the celestial bodies and identify in the solar system. What are the earths moon and the phases of the moon. Understand the Earths rotation and orbit. What is the Equator. Tell the class how many season are in the year and what are the name of each one.

LITERACY DEVELOPMENT LEARNING OUTCOMES At the end of this section, the students will be able to: Construct sentences that are syntactically correct using the key words from the reading in a different context. Example: Jumbled sentences with cards using words from the text (new moon, Equator, solar system, Saturn, etc.).

UNIT DEVELOPMENT LEARNING OUTCOMES: At the end of this section, the students will be able to: Recognize words of the lesson. Find the right information in the text.

ACTIVITIES TO THE END OF THE CLASS: - Answer the questions: a) What is the Sun? b) Where is the Sun? c) How many planets orbit the Sun? d) How long does the moon take to orbit the Earth? - Copy and complete the sentences: a) Eight planets orbit the Sun. Theyre called Mercury, __________, __________, Mars, __________, Saturn, __________ and Neptune. b) The Earths natural satellite is called __________. c) The main phases of the moon are new moon, _______________, first quarter, _______________, third quarter and crescent moon. - Copy and correct the sentences: a) The Equator / Earths axis divides the Earth into the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere. b) Lines of latitude go horizontally / vertically around the Earth. c) Lines of longitude go horizontally / vertically around the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole. d) It takes the Earth twenty-four hours / one year to orbit the Sun. e) Summer begins in June / December in the northern hemisphere. f) In an Atlantic climate there is a lot of / little precipitation all year. READING TEXT

THE SOLAR SYSTEM The solar system is made up of all the planets that orbit the Sun. The Sun is a star. Its in the centre of the solar system. Eight planets orbit the Sun. Theyre called Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the moon is its satellite. The moon orbits the Earth. Some other planets have one or more satellites, but others have none. The Sun, the planets and satellites are all called celestial bodies. This means that theyre natural objects in the sky. The moon is the Earths only natural satellite. The moon takes about twenty-eigth days to orbit the Earth and it rotates on its axis at the same time. The bright part of the moon is the part that the Sun is shining on. The moon reflects this light from the soon and this is what we see from the Earth. The moon looks as if its changing shape and we call these shapes the phases of the moon. There are six main phases: new moon, crescent moon, first quarter, full moon, third quarter and crescent moon. The Earth rotates on its axis and this rotation is why we have day and night. It takes twenty-four hours to complete one rotation. The Sun shines on one half of the Earth, so its day on the half of the Earth that faces the Sun. Its night on the half of the Earth that faces away from the Sun. The Equator is a line that goes horizontally around the Earth. This line divides the Earth into the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere. Lines of latitude go horizontally around the Earth. We use these lines to measure distance from the Equator. Lines of longitude go vertically around the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole. We use these lines to measure how far east or west a place is. Source: Natural and Social Science. Primary 4. Macmillan.