1-1: The Planets in Our Solar System

Materials
  • 1-1 Reading

    The Planets in Our Solar System

  • 1-1 Grammar

    The Present

  • 1-1 Speaking

    In Space

  • 1-1 Media

    What is the Universe?

  • 1-1 Vocabulary

    Our Solar System
Objectives
  • Students will read and learn about all the planets in the solar system.
  • Students will be able to describe orally and in writing the planets in our solar system.
  • Students will learn about Simple Present and Present Progressive and when to use these tenses.
Content
  • Vocabulary

    vantage point, relatively, solar system, collapse, orbit, pearlescent, demote, identify, terrestrial, gas giants, scorch, atmosphere, absorb, pockmarked, greenhouse effect, insulate, life-sustaining, organism, distinct, valley

  • Grammar

    Using the Present Continuous in both positive and negative forms: 1-1 Grammar The Present

1-2: The Starry Night

Materials
  • 1-2 Reading

    The Starry Night

  • 1-2 Grammar

    The Future

  • 1-2 Speaking

    Our Solar System

  • 1-2 Media

    Supernovas

  • 1-2 Vocabulary

    Things Found in Space
Objectives
  • Students will read and learn about the composition, life cycle, and different forms of stars.
  • Students will be able to describe orally and in writing the composition, life cycle, and different forms of stars.
  • Students will learn how to construct and when to use Future Time tenses (“will future”, “going to future”, “future progressive”, “future perfect”, “future perfect progressive”)
Content
  • Vocabulary

    nebula, molecular, gravitational, fuse, expand, incorporate, non-combinable, carbon, dissipate, supernova, dense, influence, scatter, vast, nuclear, core, life cycle, radiate, element, iron

  • Grammar

    Using the Present Continuous in both positive and negative forms: 1-2 Grammar The Future

1-3: Space Shuttles

Materials
  • 1-3 Reading

    Space Shuttles

  • 1-3 Grammar

    In the Past

  • 1-3 Speaking

    Alien Invasion

  • 1-3 Media

    Stunning Saturn

  • 1-3 Vocabulary

    Space Work
Objectives
  • Students will read and learn about space shuttles and different forms of space technology.
  • Students will be able to describe orally and in writing the notable advancements and developments in space technology and space work.
  • Students will learn how to construct and when to use Past Time tenses (“simple past”, “past progressive”, “present perfect”).
Content
  • Vocabulary

    century, mankind, inclose, ingenious, piloted, astronauts, weightlessness, set the stage, thrust, launch, ignite, baffle, dampen, orient, investigate, disaster, breach, scrutiny, advancement, invaluable

  • Grammar

    Using the Present Continuous in both positive and negative forms: 1-3 Grammar In the Past

1-4: Crazy Things in Space

Materials
  • 1-4 Reading

    Crazy Things in Space

  • 1-4 Grammar

    Before and After the Past

  • 1-4 Speaking

    Living in Space

  • 1-4 Media

    Looking At Earth From Afar

  • 1-4 Vocabulary

    Space Science
Objectives
  • Students will read and learn about uninhabitable and extreme environments of other planets, as well as other interesting phenomena in space.
  • Students will be able to describe orally and in writing uninhabitable and extreme environments of other planets, as well as other interesting phenomena in space.
  • Students will learn which tenses express an event or action before a time in the past (“past perfect”, “past perfect progressive”), and event or action after a time in the past but before now (“future in the past”/ “was/were going to future”, “would”, “would be + ing”)
Content
  • Vocabulary

    luminous, tidal locking, uninhabitable, belt, theoretically, hellish, photosynthesis, bombardment, infrared, render, rum, consist of, cyanide, raspberry, nonillion, binary, generate, evaporate, cannibalize, allotrope

  • Grammar

    Using the Present Continuous in both positive and negative forms: 1-4 Before and After the Past

1-5: Famous Astronauts

Materials
  • 1-5 Reading

    Famous Astronauts

  • 1-5 Grammar

    Which Tense?

  • 1-5 Speaking

    In Deep Space

  • 1-3 Listening

    Being an Astronaut

  • 1-1 Writing

    Make Your Own Sci-Fi Story
Objectives
  • Students will read and learn about famous astronauts from different countries throughout history.
  • Students will be able to describe orally and in writing famous astronauts from different countries throughout history.
  • Students will review how to construct and use various tenses in the past, present, and future times (simple past, present perfect, simple present, present progressive, present perfect, will future, future perfect)
Content
  • Vocabulary

    tremendous, accomplishment, symbolic, at the height, Cold War, stature, cockpit, manned, promote, back up, nifty, improvise, inquire, pancreatic, vital, euthanization, overheating, reportedly, canine, re-entry

  • Grammar

    Constructing and using the Past Perfect Continuous: 1-5 Grammar Which Tense?

1-6: Living in Space

Materials
  • 1-6 Reading

    Living in Space

  • 1-6 Grammar

    Stative and Active Verbs

  • 1-6 Speaking

    Imagine this View

  • 1-2 Listening

    Space Garbage

  • 1-3 Writing

    Extraterrestrial Visit
Objectives
  • Students will read and learn about the possibilities and technologies that could allow humans to live in space and on other planets.
  • Students will be able to describe orally and in writing the possibilities and technologies that could allow humans to live in space and on other planets.
  • Students will learn to distinguish between stative and active verbs. Specifically, students will learn that stative verbs show conditions and states, and active verbs are used to express actions.
Content
  • Vocabulary

    overpopulation, global warming, exhaustion, augment, deplete, ridden, dreary, terraforming, economic resources, mobilize, arduous, allocate, deposited, tectonic, radiation, solar, interrelated, deflector, gargantuan, introduction

  • Grammar

    Stative and Active Verbs (describing states, conditions and actions): 1-6 Grammar Stative and Active Verbs
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