unit Solar system1

Learning Objectives
Decipllinary
Competencies
S.R .Sed
Activities
Resources
Integration
Materials
Listen and Consider
°Describing the
functions of objects
(used to/used for).
°Asking and answering
questions about
measurements.
°Forming singular and
plural nouns from
verbs.
°Recognizing and using
stress in two-syllable
verbs.
°Making an oral
presentation:
description of the
moon.
* Interpretation
**Interaction
***Production
Getting Started
p136.
Let’s hear it p
137:
Tasks 1,2
Around the
text :
*Grammar
Explorer I
(Revision):
Tasks 1&2 p138
*Grammar
Explorer II
Tasks 1&2p
138/139
Vocabulary
Explorer
Tasks
1,2&3p139/140
Pronunciation
✾Grammar ✾
- Used for /used to
-How far/how big
✾Vocabulary✾
-Vocabulary related to
measurement
✾Pronunciation✾
-Two syllables verbs
‘stress.
“Writing an
expository
presentation of
the Moon “
-“ New
Prospects”
-Visuals
-The manual
scripts
(listening script
p 206)
Course
Objective
Designing an astronomy booklet

and Spelling
Tasks:1,2&3 p140
Think ,pair,
share p140
Read and Consider
°Anticipating text
content
°Scanning for details
*Using comparatives
and superlatives of
superiority and equality
with shirt/long
adjectives and adverbs
*Expressing contrast
/describing similarities
and differences
*Making
hypothesis/suppositions
*Using non-conclusive
verbs.
*Forming plural nouns
*Pronouncing final “s”.
**Interaction
*Production
**Interaction
*Production
Getting Started
p142.
Tasks:1,2&3
Taking a closer
look p 142.
Task p 142.
*Grammar
Explorer I
(Revision):
Tasks: 1&2 p 145.
*Grammar
Explorer II
(Revision):
Tasks:1&2 p 146.
*Grammar
Explorer III
Task p 146.
*Grammar
Explorer IV
Task p 146/147.
Vocabulary
Explorer
Pronunciation
✾Grammar ✾
-Comparatives and
superlatives with short
and long adjectives.
• adjective+adj+than
• more +adj+than
• less +adj+than
•as+adj+as
-while, whereas, like
,unlike ,in contrast to
-Think so , suppose so
- If-conditional.
✾Vocabulary✾
-Vocabulary related to
✾Pronunciation✾
- Final ‘s’
pronunciation
“Writing an
essay predicting
the
consequences
of a comet
collision with the
earth “
“Writing an
essay predicting
the
consequences
of a comet
collision with the
earth “
-“ New
Prospects”
-Visuals
-The manual
scripts
(reading
passage p 143)
-“ New
Prospects”
-Visuals
-The manual
scripts
(reading
passage p 143)

and Spelling
Tasks: 1, 2, 3&4p
148
Reading and writing :
*Anticipating text
content
*Scanning for details.
*Identifying types of
discourse.
*Writing a news paper
article
* Interpretation
**Interaction
***Production
Before
Reading p156.
Tasks:1,2&3
As you Read p
157.
Tasks: 1 p157, 1,
2&3 p 158.
After reading
p 159.
Tasks:1&2
Writing
development
p160.
✾Grammar ✾
-Types of discourse
✾Vocabulary✾
- Synonyms and
antonyms
“Writing a
newspaper
article about
space
exploration”
-“ New
Prospects”
-Visuals
-The manual
scripts
(reading
passage p 157)
Project Outcome.
*Designing an
astronomy booklet*
*Production
Task p 162
Learners should exploit
the grammar and the
vocabulary notions they
have learnt.
-produce ID cards
of planets
-make a board
display of planets
-make posters of
planets
-write a junior
encyclopaedia on
the solar system
“ New
Prospects”
Personal
aids
Web sites
Assessment
To evaluate Ls abilities
and understanding
*Interaction
**Production
Language
assessment
Tasks 1 and 2 p163
Skills and
strategies
assessment
Text three p 262
Tasks on grammar,
writing, and pronunciation.
“Written Expression
related to the chosen
text”
“ New
Prospects”

School: Mekkeoui L’aid /Bouchrahil.
Source: “New Prospect”
Stream: 3rd Year Scientific Stream.
Unit five : It’s A Giant Leap for Mankind
Project Outcome: Designing an Astronomy Booklet
Ti
me
Stages
Rationa
le
I.
Patte
rn
Procedure
Obser
vation
10
mnts
15
mnts
20
mnts
Warmin
g up
Task
assigne
ment
To
interact
about
the
theme
of the
project
To
discuss
about
the
project
T and
Ls
Ls
T and
Ls
Ls
T. greets her Ls and inquires about their daily school life.
T tries to brainstorm the topic of Astronomy and the solar system .T may
write some famous quotes on the board then ask the class to whom these
words are attributed - “That’s one small step for man, but…(one giant leap
for mankind)”- “To be, or not to be:…(that is the question). She may help
them by asking the following questions: Is he a writer? Is he a poet? T may
ask them to translate the quotes into their language.
* Ls trie to answer * T listen and interact with Ls .She may show the Ls two
pictures about the two persons .T tries to focus on Neil Armstrong .She may
ask Ls about his nationality and his job. Here the word Astronomy is
introduced .Tcan use pictures of the earth, the sun, the moon and other
planets to elicit the theme of the unit.
* T asks Ls to open their books on page 162 and take a sheet of paper to
take notes.
*Ls respond.
*T asks Ls to divide themselves into groups of four.
*T explains the strategies to be followed to make the project:
-define the theme and determine the final outcome (Designing an
astronomy booklet).
- structure the project by identifying information they need to obtain it.
-explain language skills they need and ask them to gather information
needed to fulfill the project.
- ask them to compile and analyze information they gathered and decide how
to organize them for efficient presentation.