All Reading articles – Page 26

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    The solar system

    In this lesson plan, pupils learn about the eight planets and other bodies of the solar system through information gap, true/false and card game activities.

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    The Earth: Rotation and revolution

    A lesson plan to explore the Earth’s movements and explain why we have day, night and different seasons.

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    Comparing the planets

    In this lesson plan, pupils learn about the planets while practising vocabulary words such as ‘galaxy’ and ‘satellite’ and using commas and decimal points to write numbers as English speakers do. The worksheet also reinforces comparative adjective such as ‘longer’ and ‘hotter’.

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    Nutrients

    In this lesson plan, pupils study the main nutrients that fuel the body and learn which foods contain those nutrients.

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    Food and diet: A healthy diet

    In this lesson plan, pupils learn about a balanced diet, while practising ‘should’ and expressions of frequency.

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    Food nutrition

    What are the six main categories of vitamins? Which foods contain them and what do they do for our bodies? Find out by looking at vitamin posters and completing a food diary in this lesson plan.

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    Trees

    What is the world’s tallest tree? Which tree has the biggest leaf? What are the different types of forests? This worksheet teaches young learners about the world’s oldest living beings, including the useful products we obtain from them. Matching, word search and picture labelling exercises also provide practice reading aloud ...

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    Seasons and trees

    In this lesson plan, pupils study how trees change throughout the year.

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    Plants and plant life

    What do plants need to survive? Do all plants have seeds? The worksheet uses fun illustrations and sentence completion, true/false and other exercises to teach young learners about plants, including the nutrients they need and their role in the food chain.

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    Plants

    In this lesson plan, pupils study the main components of plants and learn which part of the plant their favourite fruits and vegetables come from.

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    The respiratory system

    In this lesson plan, pupils label the parts of the respiratory system and learn how air moves through the body.

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    Solar energy

    This lesson plan contains code-breaking and other activities to teach the origins and uses of solar energy.

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    The onestopenglish e-book

    To accompany the celebrations for the 10th birthday of onestopenglish, we’ve prepared an e-book with some of our premium resources, hand-picked by our editors across all the content areas of onestopenglish.

  • Photo of Diwali celebrations.
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    Diwali

    This lesson introduces the Hindu ‘Festival of Lights’ through arts and crafts. Pupils draw and colour rangolis and create a Diwali lantern.

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    Christmas

    In this lesson plan, young learners match Christmas words such as ‘mistletoe’ and ‘candles’ to pictures, decorate and describe a Christmas tree, and create their own Advent calendar to count down to Christmas. The activities teach about the holiday’s traditions while consolidating the singular and plural forms of the verb ’be’.

  • Photo of Nevruz celebrations, in either Turkey or Iran. If too hard to find, photo of Turkish or Iran landscape.
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    Nevruz

    A lesson plan to introduce young learners to this festival, celebrated in Turkey and Iran to mark the beginning of spring. Pupils match sentence halves and identify the corresponding picture to learn about the traditions associated with this holiday, from painting eggs to (don’t try this at home) jumping over ...

  • Halloween Jack O' Lantern
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    Halloween

    Trick or treat! This is a lesson plan to teach pupils about the costumes and traditions associated with this ‘ghoulish’ festival, popular in many English-speaking countries, while reinforcing the present continuous. Pupils solve riddles to guess the Halloween character, draw and describe a Halloween costume, and use patterns to create ...

  • Photo of children playing different musical instruments .
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    Musical medley

    The first of these worksheets looks at a number of instruments and questions which would make the highest and lowest sounds? The second worksheet provides answers to this question.

  • If possible, a photo of Joaquín Rodrigo. If too hard to find, a photo of different musical instruments.
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    Musical instruments: Joaquin Rodrigo

    In this lesson plan, pupils learn about the different types of musical instruments and one of Spain’s most famous composers, Joaquín Rodrigo.

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    Shakespeare and Cervantes

    A lesson plan with information-gap and matching exercises to introduce pupils to these great writers.