ZAPPING - TEACHER S NOTES

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2 - TEACHER S NOTES Synopsis Eli gets up one morning and her scientist dad has made her breakfast. Eli has a science exam and her dad tries to help her remember the planets But she doesn t listen! The exam doesn t go very well, big sister Nicky is bullying Eli and her friend Brian, and she has no one to help her at the talent show... What a day! If only Eli had listened to dad, she might have passed her science exam about the solar system. If only she got on better with her sister, perhaps they could have won the talent competition together. If only But when Eli discovers a zapper that can rewind and fast-forward time, she gets a magical second chance to do things differently. FLASHCARDS Learn vocabulary related the solar system and talents. WORKSHEET 1 Use the flashcards to teach students vocabulary related to the play. With students from CI, write the planet names in order on the board and have them put the flashcards in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. With students from CM/S, you can make 2 teams and have them write the planet names on the board without looking at the flashcards: What is planet number 1? Attribute 1 point to the correct spelling. Talents: guitar, piano, microphone, recorder, writing music, tambourine. THE CHARATCERS Learn about the main characters in the play: Eli, Nicky and Brian. WORKSHEET 2 Tell your students to read about the three main characters in the play. They should match the characters with the food and subjects they like. Students from CM/S can ask each other in groups: What food do you like? What s your favourite subject? Answers: Brian-cookies/science, Nicky-chocolate/reading, Eli-apples/maths WHO S TALENT IS IT? Match characters with talents. A SPECIAL DAY Order the sequence of events. WORKSHEET 3 Tell your students to match the characters with the talents. They should know from the previous text in Worksheet 2. Students from CM/S can write the talent. In the white square they can draw a picture of themselves or a friend, and match it with their talent. They can ask each other: What s your talent?/my talent is. Answers A: Eli-writing music (4), Nicky-playing the guitar (5), Brian-singing (7) Answers B: 1-dancing ballet, 2-playing the recorder, 3-playing football, 4-writing music, 5-playing the guitar, 6-playing the piano, 7-singing, 8-swimming WORKSHEET 4 You can mime each event from 1-4 and then tell your students to number the pictures accordingly (Answers: 4, 1, 2, 3). Students from CM/S can write the answers to the questions. Answers: 1- I wake up at 2- I eat for breakfast. 3- I go to school (by car/by bicycle/on foot) 4- Yes there is. / No there isn t.

3 - TEACHER S NOTES TIME Tell the time in English. WORKSHEET 5 Make the students draw the clock hands. WORDSEARCH Practice the solar system vocabulary. WORKSHEET 6 Students have to find the 8 planets. Answers: SOLAR SYSTEM JUMBLE Practice the solar system vocabulary and writing in English. WORKSHEET 7 Tell your students to colour in the planets. You can use the flashcards as colour reference. You can help students from CI with the spelling, by writing the words on the board so they can copy. Students from CM/S can unscramble the letters and use Worksheet 6 to confirm the spelling. MY VERY EASY METHOD TRACK 1 Listen and sing along to the song. Fill in gaps to practice listening and writing in English. WORKSHEET 8 Listen to TRACK 1 with your students and sing together. Students in CM/S can fill in the gaps while listening to the song again. Play it a few times until they complete the exercise. Answers: 1-Mercury, 2-Venus, 3-Earth, 4-Mars, 5-Sun, 6-Jupiter, 7-Saturn, 8-Uranus, 9-Neptune, 10-Venus, 11-Jupiter, 12-Earth, 13-Neptune, 14-planet, 15- Mercury, 16- Earth, 17-Mars E.g. Students in CI: Distribute planet name tags amongst your students making sure you use all 8 planets (you can repeat). Get them in a circle, and when playing the song, students have to jump up when they here their planet s name. MY ZAPPER Imagination and sharing! Practice writing and speaking in English. WORKSHEET 9 Ask your students what they would do if they had a Zapper to change things. Students from CI can draw a picture and try to explain it in English. Students from CM/S can draw and support their drawing by writing sentences using a simple structure: My zapper can Drawings can be put on the wall and students can share their zapping ideas! TIME TO SHINE TRACK 2 Listen and sing along to the song. WORKSHEET 10 Listen to TRACK 2 with your students and sing together. You can explain to students that the moon has different phases and draw them on the board. Students in CI can draw their favourite moon from your example. Students in CM/S can draw all phases of the moon and name them in English (use example in Worksheet for reference).

4 WORKSHEET 1 MERCURY VENUS EARTH MARS 1

5 WORKSHEET 1 JUPITER SATURN URANUS NEPTUNE 2

6 WORKSHEET 1 SUN MOON STARS 3

7 WORKSHEET

8 WORKSHEET

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10 WORKSHEET 2 The Characters Brian This is Brian. He is Eli s friend. His favorite subject is science. He likes eating cookies. He loves dancing and is a good singer. Nicky This is Nicky and she s Eli s big sister. Sometimes she can be a bully. She loves reading and playing the guitar. She likes eating chocolate. Eli This is Eli. She s 12 years old. Her favorite class is maths. She likes eating apples. She loves songwriting and poetry

11 WORKSHEET 3 Who s Talent Is It? GLAS S

12 WORKSHEET 4 A Special Day 1 WAKE UP What time do you wake up? 2 EAT BREAKFAST What do you eat for breakfast? 3 GO TO SCHOOL How do you go to school? 4 TALENT SHOW Is there a talent show at your school? 9

13 WORKSHEET 5 Time 7 O CLOCK 3 O CLOCK 5 O CLOCK HALF PAST 2 HALF PAST 8 QUARTER PAST

14 WORKSHEET 6 Wordsearch

15 WORKSHEET 7 Solar System Jumble

16 My Very Easy Method WORKSHEET 8 Track My very easy method Just showed U nine planets My very easy method Just showed U nine planets (Chorus) First it s (My very easy method) Then it s (My very easy method) Third it s and (My very easy method) And fourth it s (My very easy method) And then Into space we go Spinning Round the So slow It s easy When you know the rhyme You ll remember Remember every time is next in line, (Just showed us nine planets) s waiting just behind (Just showed us nine planets) that s a funny one (Just showed us nine planets) is the final one (Just showed us nine planets) (Chorus) Mercury,, Earth and Mars,, Saturn, Uranus and last is Neptune Though coming very soon Another planet, no, it s not the moon (That s a star) It s out there, it s planet number nine We ll soon see, if it stands the test of time Mercury, Venus, and Mars, 12 Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and last is 13 And maybe, another one Planet nine (Spinning round the sun) But then you say: Yeah but what about the P? Ah, you mean Pluto But he s too small you see He s not a now 14 (He s floating in the most peculiar way) He s a dwarf (Chorus) (It s out there) First it s, then it s Venus 15 (My very easy method) Third it s 16 (Just showed U nine planets) And fourth it s 17 (Is there life on Mars?) Next it s Jupiter (Just showed U nine planets) And then it s Saturn (My very easy method) I think next is yeah, Uranus (Just showed U nine planets) And last is Neptune My very easy method

17 WORKSHEET 9 My Zapper

18 Time To Shine WORKSHEET 10 Track 2 (CHORUS) Yeah it s time to shine It s time to shine The sun is gone now It s time to shine Yeah it s time to shine It s time to shine The sun is gone away! I m so bright I light up the night I m floating here Just reflecting light Covered in dust And made of rock Come visit me soon And we can do the moon walk! (CHORUS) Now I m full Now I m half on Now I m crescent Now it looks like I m gone The Earth and the moon Are dancing all night long! Yea h it s time, yeah it s time The sun is gone Yeah it s time, yeah it s time It s my time The sun is gone away! (CHORUS x2)

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