A You Ready ?
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Listen to me. Eyes on me.
Suggested Teaching Time:
- Cover page and Warm-up: 2 min
- Let’s prepare: 4 min
- Let’s read: 10 min
- Let’s practice: 5 min
- Writing: 2 min
- Wrap-up: 2 min
Level 3 - Unit 17 - Lesson 2
You are going to learn:
Topic: Nature — Why is the sky blue?
Words: sunlight, scatter, give off,
reach
Sentence pattern: That is why...
Preparation
TWO LITTLE BLACKBIRDS
Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill.
One named Jack.
And one named Jill.
Fly away, Jack.
Fly away, Jill.
Come back, Jack.
Come back, Jill.
Let’s prepare !
The forest looks beautiful in
the morning sunlight.
Vocabulary Teach-
ing Procedure
1. Present the meaning of
the word/phrase with the
sun· light
help of the sentence and
the picture (if there is).
2. Read the word/phrase
and get S to repeat.
3. Ask questions to check
S’s understanding.
(This TG can be applied
to all the vocabulary pre-
Tick sentation pages.)
Which picture shows
“sunlight”?
The rose petals were
scattered on the ground.
scat· ter
Tick
Which picture shows
“scatter”?
Vocabulary
Preparation
Fireflies give off light when
they fly at night.
give off
Will the light bulb give off light
when there is no electricity?
The man is trying to reach
the top of the mountain.
reach
ROUTE
New York
26 City
Where is the boy trying to reach?
Let’s read !
Preparation Reading Teaching Procedure
1. Read the text to S and explain it.
2. Ask comprehension questions to check S’s understanding.
3. Guide S to read the key sentences of the text. Provide help when neces-
sary.
(This TG can be applied to all the reading text pages.)
Have you ever wondered why the
sky is a blue color? And do you
know the truth is the blue color does
not come from the sky?
Where do you think the blue color comes from?
Then where does the blue color come from? It comes from sunlight
traveling through the air. Sunlight looks like it is a white color to us, but it
actually holds all the colors of the rainbow.
Where does the blue color come from?
So how do all the colors of the rainbow make the sky look blue? It’s
because when sunlight passes through air, some of the colors are
scattered more than others.
How do all the colors of the rainbow make the sky look blue?
The color blue has a shorter
wavelength than other colors,
so it is scattered more often. As it
scatters, it gives off a blue light. The
color red has a longer wavelength
so it doesn’t scatter so much, and
that is why our sky is not red!
Why is the color blue scattered
more often than red?
The blue light gets scattered all
around the sky, so wherever we
look, it is this color that reaches us.
And that is why the sky looks blue.
Why does blue light reach us wherever we look?
Let’s practice !
Activity
Read the words and phrase, and match them with the definitions.
give off
sunlight reach scatter
Model Type: 2 Type: 1 Type: 3
4
1 Get to or arrive at a place. Activity Teaching Procedure
1. Introduce the activity and give instructions.
2 To produce a smell, light, heat, sound, etc. 2. Provide a demo.
3. Get S to work on the activity. Monitor and provide assis-
tance if necessary.
3 To move in different directions. 4. Check answers and provide feedback.(This TG can be ap-
plied to all the activity pages.)
4 Natural light that comes from the sun.
Activity
Look at the pictures and put them in order.
Why does the sky look blue?
scatter wavelength sunlight give off rainbow
A B C D E
Type: E Type: A Type: B Type: D
Activity
Match the sentences with the pictures.
Type: D Type: A The blue color
The color blue gives
comes from
off a blue light as it
sunlight travelling
scatters.
through the air.
A B
The white color we
Type: B Type: C
see from sunlight holds
all the colors of the The color blue is
rainbow. Some of the scattered more
colors will be scattered often because of its
when sunlight travels short wavelength.
through the air. D C
Writing Preparation
Prepare for your writing by answering the questions.
Let’s talk!
Why is the color blue scattered more
than red?
Writing Teaching Procedure (1)
1. Ask the question and get S to think
about it with the help of the hints.
2. Provide a demo.
3. Get S to say his/her answers. Type
them down at the same time. How does the color blue make the
4. Modify S’s answers into complete
sentences. Ask S to read the complete
sky look blue?
sentences.
Hints: shorter wavelength scatter give off
Writing Project
Write a passage about how the color blue makes the sky look blue.
Hints: shorter wavelength scatter give off
Writing Teaching Procedure (2)
1. Ask S to answer the question from the previous
page in complete sentences. Type down S’s answer.
2. Check S’s answer and provide feedback.
Today I learned :
Topic Words Sentence Pattern
Nature — That is why our sky
sunlight
Why is the sky blue? is not red.
scatter
give off
reach
See you soon!
