Space oddity

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t, mavo
• Leerjaar 3

Idiom

Once in a blue moon

Idiom

Once in a blue moon

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Something that rarely happens

Learning goals

By the end of this lesson:

You can understand short narratives and descriptions of someone's life that are written in simple words.

You can write your own ending to a story.

Road map

• Bell ringer
• Learning goals
• Warm-up
• Listening
• Task instruction
• Work on tasks
• Review
• Looking ahead

Warm-up

Who is this?

Why is he famous?

Can you name any of his songs?

Warm-up

Astronauts

• Can you name any positive aspects of being an astronaut?
• Can you name any negative aspects of being an astronaut?

Complete (p.176) 54 a+b

Word search:

1. astronaut

2 Earth

3 liftoff

4 countdown

5 spaceship

6 planet

Listening

Read along with the lyrics on-screen or in your book (p.177).

Underline any words you don't know yet.

While listening, imagine what the setting would be like for:

1. Major Tom

2. the person at Ground Control

Read instructions from book for 55a

Task 1

What would the setting would be like for:

1. Major Tom

2. The person at Ground Control

Discuss with your neighbour.

Task 2

Complete:

55b

Plot

Write an ending

Review

What happens to Major Tom in your story?

Looking ahead

Tomorrow:

Online Escape Room: make sure your chromebook is charged!