Unit: Science and Technology

Topic: Solar Systems

Pratomsuksa 5

Vocabulary

Mercury (n)

atmosphere (n)

earth (n)

Mars (n)

Jupiter (n)

Saturn (n)

rotate (n)

bold (adj)

Structure

How to write poem.

Poem is a form of literary art in which language is used to show its beauty and has the meaning in it.

Stanza is a definite group of two or more lines.

Stanza

These are the usual forms of the stanza.

1) The couplet is a stanza of 2 lines.2) The triplet is a stanza of 3 lines.

3) The quatrain is a stanza of 4 lines. 4)The chinquain is a stanza of 5 lines.

Example

Venus has thick clouds,That hide what is below.The air is foul, the ground is hot,

It rotates very slow.

Rhyme

Rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds in two or more words and is most often used in poem and songs .

the forms of rhyme

1)Alliteration is the repetition of similar consonantal sounds.

Example

Mars is very red.It's also dry and cold.Someday you might visit MarsIf you are really bold.

2)Assonance is the repetition of similar vowel sounds.

Listening

Activity

Direction: Listen to the meaning of the words and circle the correct picture.

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Reading

The family of the sun

The family of the Sun,The family of the Sun,Here are eight planets inthe family of the Sun. Mercury is hot,And Mercury is small.Mercury has no atmosphere.It's just a rocky ball. 

Venus has thick clouds,That hide what is below.The air is foul, the ground is hot,It rotates very slow. We love the Earth, our home,Its oceans and its trees,We eat its food, we breathe its air,So no pollution, please.

Mars is very red.It's also dry and cold.Someday you might visit MarsIf you are really bold.

 

Great Jupiter is big.We've studied it a lot.We found it has 16 moonsAnd a big red spot. Saturn has great rings.We wondered what they were,Now we know they're icy rocksWhich we saw as a blur.

Uranus and NeptuneWe don't know much about.Maybe you will study themAnd then we'll all find out.  The family of the Sun,The family of the Sun,There are nine planets andNow our journey's done

Direction

1.Find your partner.2.Choose one stanza of the poem(the

familyof the sun) and draw the picture tosummarize.3.Explain why you choose it.4.Write some sentences to describe the

picture.

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Speaking

Direction

Make a group of 5 students.Pick a vocabulary fromThe box 1 the name of the planetThe box 2 how to presentPrepare the name of the picture and way

to presentthat you have got.Come up with your ideas and present in

front of theclass

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MarsCheer

Situation : You are an astronaut and you are going to the planet.

Writing

Direction

1.Choose the word in the word box.2.Compose the poem from the word that you have got.

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Saturn