The planet song

 Mercury Venus
Earth Mars Jupiter
Saturn Uranus
Neptune and Pluto
If you sing
It’s not hard to remember
The names of the planets
Anywhere that you go
Some people say
Pluto is not a planet –
What they were thinking
When they voted to ban it?
Nature, the Earth
 The theme of our lesson is Nature, the Earth.
 We will talk about the Universe, The Earth, Nature
 We will listen to the Solar system song, to the text
and to the song about the Earth by Michael Jackson
 We will learn about the life on the Earth
 We will review Grammar:
Present Simple and Present Continuous,
Past Simple and Modals.
By the end of the lesson
we’ll learn….., we will be able to…
Can you put the planets
in order from the Sun?
 Earth, Jupiter Mars Mercury Neptune (Pluto) Saturn
Uranus Venus
 Here is a clue:
My Very Excellent Mother Just Sent Us
Nine Pizzas
(The first letter of each word represents a planet).
An answer:

 Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,

Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.
Questions about the
Universe. By Kiril Chernyavsky, 5A

What is a galaxy?
What is the name of the Galaxy we live on?
What star is central in our Solar System?
How many planets are turning around the
Sun?
What planet is the most beautiful?
What does the Earth look like?
How many oceans and continents are there on
the Earth?
The Earth (facts)

 This is the third planet from the Sun.

 It is about 12,750 km across its
middle and is approximately 4,600
million years old.
 71% of its surface is water and 6
billion people live on it.
Voki - Listening
 The planet we live on is the Earth.
Task 1:
Before listening think what you are going to
listen to?
Think over two questions and write them
down.
Did you find answers to your questions?
What were your questions?
The Earth is….

 Task 2:
Listen to the text and draw what you
hear

Pictures, images, words…

Show what you have drawn?
There are different ……
 Task 3:

 Listen and think what the main idea of the

passage is.

An answer:
The life on the planet is varied, diverse.
There are different countries, climates,
mountains, forests, deserts, islands, plants,
animals, fish
All these things around us
are called Nature. Nature is..
 Task 4:
 Read the text. Exercise 2b, page 58,

passages 4-5
 Match to make up sentences: ex. 2c,
P 59.
An answer:
1e,2d, 3a, 4c, 5b
Grammar

 What verb tenses were used in all the

sentences about the Earth?
 Read an example from the text at
page 58.

An answer:
Present Simple
Can you name the tense?
 What are they  Look, they are
doing? Are students talking.
walking in a park?
Can you name grammar
structure?
 Last month we had  Cinderella was a
Charity Fair. We wonderful performance
in our school.
raised money for
Everybody enjoyed
cancer sick kids watching it.
Modals: can, must,
should, have to, ought to.
 Could you change some sentences
from the text using modal verbs.
 You …. keep your eyes and ears open
so that you … observe and understand
nature. .
 People …. take care of nature so that
they … breath the fresh air, drink pure
water, live in harmony.
Task: Story presentation.
 Split into three groups.
 Read the sentences.
 Make up three stories. Present them.
 Group number 1 – make up a story about
the past. You can name yourselves.
(Dinosaurs…)
 Group number 2 – make up a story about
the present time. Name yourselves (tigers..)
 Group number 3 – tell us what should be
done. Name yourselves ( dogs or dolphins..)
 Past Simple.( group 1)

 Long, long ago lots of unusual animals liv ed on the

Earth.
 They were the dinosaurs, a wooly mammoth and
the bird called a dodo.
 A wooly mammoth had a trunk like an elephant.
They were alive 10,000 years ago.
 The dinosaurs were very huge. They could not run
fast. They were alive 150 million years ago.
 Unfortunately all these animals disappeared many,
many years ago.
 Present Simple
Present Continuous
(group 2)
 The Earth is one of the beautiful planets in the Universe.
 Different plants, animals and birds live in different parts of the
Earth.
 Nature is like a huge living being with its beauty and soul.
 It is very interesting to observe it.
 Human beings control the world therefore we have a
responsibility to protect nature, the wild world.
 Today we know our planet is in danger.
 One species of animals, plant or insect is disappearing every
6 minutes.
 Our future begins today.
Modal verbs (group 3)
 People would like to improve the situation so that
they could live in harmony with nature.
 Children must keep their eyes open to see and to
learn interesting things about nature.
 People must take care not only of animals and
birds.
 People should take care of the plants, seas, lakes,
rivers and forests.
 We can save our planet from water, air, land
pollution because it might be late.
 We ought to take care of the Earth.
The Earth Song by Michael Jackson
Task: Watch video and say:
What does he sing about? What does he say about the fields,
the Earth, the shores, the elephants, about the children?
What is happening on the Earth? Why did he write the song?

What about sunrise (What do you think about the sunrise?)

What about rain
What about all the things
That you said you were to gain
What about killing fields
Is there a time
What about all the things
That you said was yours and mine
Did you ever stop to notice
All the blood we’ve shed before
Did you ever stop to notice
The crying Earth, the weeping shores?
плачущая Земля, рыдающие берега
Aaaaa aaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaa
Students’ project presentations:
“Nature”. ( it was the home task)

 Present your own ideas, thoughts,

pictures on the topic
“The Universe, The Earth, Nature,
Plants, Domestic and Wild Animals”

Students’ Power Point Presentations.

Wrap up
 What did we learn during the
lesson?
 What did we listen to?
 Did we talk about the Past,
Present and what should be
done?
 What grammar structures did
we use?
 What will your home task be?
Answer:
 To write 10 sentences about the
Earth Song using different
grammar structures and your own
thoughts.
Thank you!
Спасибо
Дякую