T E A C H E R ’ S N O T E S
April 2008
© Pearson Education Polska 2008
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Speaking, First Reading
Depending on the level of knowledge of the class and the availability of reference materials (encyclopedias, the internet
etc.), this could be used as a mini-presentations activity where the students work in groups and produce posters on each
topic. In any case, give them time to brainstorm as much as they can before they go to the text. You could elicit the
information onto the board, or get the students to put it up on the board, before they read.
The reading itself should be quite quick - remember, the goal is for the students to scan for information here, not to read in
great detail. You may want to ask them to fold the page over or to cover the main part of the text...
Vocabulary & Speaking, Second Reading
Key:
NUUARS URANUS
OLTUP
PLUTO
UMYCRRE
MERCURY
HETRA
(THE) EARTH
EVSNU
VENUS
PUNNTEE
NEPTUNE
TNASUR SATURN
SARM
MARS
PTEURIJ
JUPITER
The discussion provides the second reading task so it is important to get some predictions/ideas from the students. You
may want to
provide some promts (‘temperature’, ‘water’, ‘atmosphere’) to help them.
Third Reading
Key:
1. As highly intelligent and technologically very advanced / No, extra-terrestrial life is likely to be very primitive
2. False. It would be ‘an astonishing event’.
3. Yes. There are very few such places in the solar system.
4. Because there does not seem to be any liquid water there.
5. It does not have water, but has rivers and seas of chemicals.
Vocabulary
Key:
1. alike
2. threatening
3. in reality
4. primitive
5. the naked eye
6. a source
7. outside of
8. slim
Key:
1. source
2. primitive
3. alike
4. In reality
5. slim
6. the naked eye
7. threatening
8. Outside of
