Learning objectives 7. L1 Understand with little support the main points in extended talk on a limited range of general and curricular topics
7. W8 Spell most high-frequency vocabulary accurately for a growing range of familiar general topics and some curricular topics
7. W6 Link with little or no support, sentences into coherent paragraphs using a variety of basic connectors on a range of familiar general topics and some curricular topics
Assessment criteria
•• Identify the main idea in extended talks
• Write topic related words correctly
• Connect sentences into paragraphs with basic connectors and linking words with some support
Level of thinking skills
Knowledge and comprehension
Application
Duration
20 minutes
Listening
1. Speaking
Answer the questions below.
Teacher assesses the speaking skills of each learner while they are working in a group.
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2. Reading
Task 1. Read the text and answer the questions.
Example:0.Is Pluto no longer a planet? Yes, It is
Is Pluto a Planet?
‘Dwarf’ is a very little star
Many people are saying that Pluto is no longer a planet. National Geographic News says that, according to the International Astronomical Union, a full planet is an object that orbits the sun and is large enough to have become round due to the force of its own gravity. Because Pluto doesn't meet these standards, the International Astronomical Union classifies Pluto as a dwarf planet. Not everyone agrees that this is a good way to decide, though. Andy Cheng, a planetary scientist at Johns Hopkins University, says that the new rules aren't clear enough and asks the question “how round is round?” “...I'll still continue to maintain that Pluto is a planet," he said.
Owen Gingerich is an astronomer and historian at Harvard University in Cambridge. He favored a special distinction for Pluto. Gingerich supported a proposal to call the big eight planets classical planets—as opposed to just plain "planets"—and Pluto and the others dwarf planets, so there would be two classes of planets. He believes that reclassifying Pluto as a dwarf planet is not "sensitive to the historical and cultural role that Pluto has played." The argument continues. What do you think it is?
1. What planet is a full planet?
2. Is Pluto the only dwarf planet?
3. How many classes of planets are according to the astronomer?
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3. Writing
Write a postcard to a friend. You may answer the questions while you are writing.
• Who will you write to?
• Where are you?
• Are you having a good time?
• Where are you staying?
• What is the place like?
• What are the people like?
• What did you do yesterday?
• What are you doing tomorrow?
Example of the postcard Sample sheet for Postcard
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