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Themes: World of stories
Focus: GrammarTopic: The Cold PlanetContent Standard: 5.1 By the
end of the 6- year primary schooling, pupils will be able to
use
different word classes correctly and appropriately.Learning
Standard: 5.1.1 Able to use nouns correctly and appropriately: (a)
common nouns; (b)
collective nouns.Objectives: By the end of the lesson, the
pupils will be able to :
i. identify the common nouns in the story.ii. Use the common
nouns correctly.
Time: 60 minutesTeaching Aids: LCD, Internet connection, The
Cold Planet Story, The Cold Planet Activity
Worksheet (optional)
By Hong Sook Yai, Ng Ming Fong and Jill Ewe Choy Choo
Activity Teaching &LearningStrategy
Notes
1. Teacher shows the title of The Cold Planet and askspuplis to
guess what the story is about.
guessing,listening andspeaking
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/the-cold-planet
2. Teacher explains what common nouns are and whythe words are
common nouns. Common nouns stand
for a person, animal, place, thing, or idea and do notstart with
a capital letter. (Proper nouns start with acapital letter)
Teacher plays the story and asks pupils to identify thecommon
nouns that are in the first screen. (miles,earth, side, universe,
planet, sun)
identify, listeningand reading
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-
stories/the-cold-planet
3. Pupils are given a copy of The Cold Planet Story.Teacher asks
pupils to circle all of the common nounsthat they can find in the
story.
identify andreading
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/sites/kids/files/attachment/cold-planet-story_0.pdf
4. Teacher discusses the common nouns answers andany questions
or doubts with pupils.
discussion
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/the-cold-planet
5. (Optional stage) Teacher gives pupils The ColdPlanet Activity
Worksheet and asks them to order thestory and then create and
describe their own planet.
writing
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/sites/kids/files/attachment/cold-planet-activity_1.pdf
Assessment:Marks given based on the correct answers.
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STORY
Thousands of miles from Earth, on the far side of the universe,
is a small planet. It is darkand cold, far from the sun, behind a
much bigger planet. Little green aliens live there. Theyuse torches
to see.
One day, a young alien, Neila, put the wrong batteries in her
torch. Suddenly there was adazzling beam of light. It went up into
the sky, around the Sun, and hit planet Earth.
The light hit a boy called Billy and his dog, Splodge. Neila
quickly turned the torch off, but thepair were sucked up by the
light. They flew through space and landed near Neila.
Hello, said Billy. Neila waved.
Wow, said Billy. Everythings made of ice cream! Splodge licked
his paw. The ice creamnever melts, and nobody eats it. Its too cold
here, said Neila.It will in my tummy, thought Splodge.
Neila looked sad. Can you help us? she said. We need sunshine to
make things grow.No problem, said Billy. Can you get us home? I
have an idea.Wait there! said Neila.
She got her torch, put the wrong batteries in again.
ZOOOOOOOOM!Billy and Splodge were speeding back to Earth.
Billy pointed his bedroom mirror between the sun and Fliptune.
The suns rays bounced offthe mirror and up onto Neilas planet.
Thanks to Billy, Fliptune is not cold any more. Splodge moves
the mirror each day to keepthe sun shining there. Now, Neila and
her friends sit in the sun and enjoy all that free icecream.
