SIOP Lesson Plan Template

Standards: none

Theme: Astrology

Lesson Topic: Horoscopes/Zodiac Signs

Objectives: Students will be able to...

● Language:
○ Verbally share their own personality traits with one another and how they relate
to their zodiac signs.
○ define the different aspects/vocabulary of astrology and how they relate to
horoscopes and zodiac signs by completing a worksheet

● Content:
○ identify different zodiac signs and how they relate to astrology by exploring
internet resources specifically provided by teacher

Learning Strategies:
1. Self evaluation
2. Interaction with each other
3. Exhibit listening skills by participating in closure activity

Key Vocabulary: apotelesma, ruler, house, retrograde, cusp, ascendant

Materials: Vocabulary and Activity Worksheet, Students phones to take the astrology quiz

Motivation: Have students write down three traits they believe are true about them and two
traits that are false about them. Then show them the traits of each of their zodiac signs and
see if there are any similarities or differences.

Presentation:
- The teacher will explain different aspects of astrology with a concentration in zodiac
signs.
- The teacher will begin by explaining the three different zodiacs a person can have: the
sun, moon, and rising (ascendant). The students will learn how to find their “big three”
and what they show about their personalities.
- The teacher will then continue to explain other important vocabulary terms and what
they mean.

Practice and Application:

- Learn and review important vocabulary using a worksheet provided by the teacher (to
be completed during presentation.
 - Explore individual zodiac signs through internet resources provided by the teacher.
- Students will pair up and guess each other's real zodiac sign. They will then discuss
their zodiac signs and explain if they believe it is accurate to them.

Review and Assessment: Completion of worksheet and final activity where students are
asked to decipher between the different aspects of their own zodiac sign.

Extension: Write on a piece of paper if you believe in astrology and zodiac signs. Why or why
not? Using one vocabulary word learned from today's lesson, provide evidence for why or why
not you agree.
Astrology Worksheet

Introduction:
Write down three (3) traits about yourself:
1. _____________________________
2. _____________________________
3. _____________________________

Write down two (2) traits that you do not identify yourself with:
1. _____________________________
2. _____________________________
3. _____________________________

Vocabulary:

____________________: Apotelesma is of or relating to the casting of horoscopes, or

the influence of the stars on human destiny. Apotelesma derives from the Greek
apotelesmatikos (astrologically influential).

_____________________________: Your Chart Ruler in Astrology Determines the First

Impression You Make on Others—Here's What Yours Means. ... "Your chart ruler is the
planet that rules your ascendant or rising sign." (You can use a birth chart generator to
figure out this placement if you don't know what that is already).

_____________________________: In astrology, the houses are the cosmic version of a

crystal ball—only way more legit. ... When you're born, each planet was in a certain
house—and those houses can be seen in your birth chart. The houses are determined by
the time you were born, not just the date, so you might need to text your parents to find
this out.

_____________________________: Mercury retrograde is an astrological phenomenon that

occurs when the fast-moving planet Mercury—which takes 88 days to orbit the Sun, as
opposed to Earth's 365—seems to slow down. Planets move from East to West around
the Sun.

_____________________________: This term refers to the nature of a person whose birthday

falls on the cusp (a point of transition between two states) 2-3 days before and after the
change between two zodiac signs.