Space exploration

 

I would like to share my extraordinary lesson, which I have had this week. My goal was to explain challenging topic about space in easier way. We`ve used different interactive platforms - Padlet, Wordwall, Coggle during the lesson. I highly recommend to look through the post and enrich yourself in sphere- space.

Form: 10-D Date: 20.10.2022

Subject: Space exploration

Aims: to develop students` skills in grammar, listening, speaking

Equipment: High Note 3, Audiscript, whiteboard, video, markers

Procedure

I. Greeting. A report.

II. Warming-up 

1)Warm-up. Quote

One scientist said:
 “There are two questions we have all asked: where did we come from? and are we alone in the universe? If you want to answer those two questions you have to explore space.”
 

Does the humankind really need answers to these questions?

2) Quiz

https://www.dkfindout.com/us/quiz/space/take-solar-system-quiz/

3) Speaking

Answer the questions in Padlet 

https://padlet.com/nataliamam22/morpa3j7euj8ofhy   

III.  Brainstorming

start the lesson it is necessary to encode the key word “SPACE”. To do this you should name as many nouns for each letter as you can, which related to space.

S –

P –

A –

C –

E –

 

IV. Listening  Life of Stephen Hawking

 Listening

Guess about whom we are going to listen?

 

Extraordinary scientist. Researcher. Dreamer. Disabled person. Physicist.

 

 

Pre-Listening Activity

Match the words.

1.   Extraordinary                        a.available

2.   To suffer from                       b. gestures

3.   To obtain a degree in             c. to study for free

4.   Accessible                              d. to have education

5.   Appearance                            e. unusual

6.   Facial expression                   f. look

7.   To win a scholarship              g. to have a disease  

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_Tq3GZIxDI

     Define which statements are true (T) or false (F).

1.   Stephen Hawking studied at both Oxford and Cambridge.

2.   Doctors expected him to live for only two more years after he was diagnosed with ALS.

3.   Stephen Hawking said that he didn`t enjoy life living with ALS.

4.   His goal was to understand the universe.

5.   Many people got to know him better when he published a book.

6.   His book sold 10 million copies and it was translated into 14 different languages.

7.   Stephen was unable to speak so he had a computer programme with a British accent to speak for him.

8.   Stephen was given a free flight into space from Virgin Atlantic.

 

 

 

 

V. Grammar snack Present Perfect vs Present Perfect Continuous

Interactive exercise in Wordwall 

https://wordwall.net/resource/37030703/present-perfect-vs-present-perfect-continuous

 VI.Vocabulary work.

  1)Space verbs

  2) Mind map Space https://coggle.it/diagram/Y01KkBWolSW_4NL6/t/space   

Space verbs

Match the underlined verbs from the sentences to the definitions.

1. It is Patrick’s dream to discover a planet. But not one that is in our Solar System.

2. They are going to launch a rocket this afternoon. I hope we can see it from here.

3. In the future, lots of people may travel into space. But at the moment it’s too expensive.

4. All planets in the Solar System orbit the Sun. It takes Earth 365 days.

5. Many people like to watch the stars. It is a relaxing hobby.

6. Many children would like to explore space. They dream of becoming astronauts.

a. find something, usually for the first time

b. go around a planet or star

c. go on a journey to a place that is far away

d. look at something for a longer time

e. search to learn about something

f. send something into space

VII. Reflection 

1)Answer the questions: 1) What have we learnt recently? 2) How many new words did you remember?  3) What grammar tenses did we practice?

2)H/w: -Do Ex. 5, 6 p. 20(St.b.); - Learn the new words.