We, English teachers at Ciudad de Zaragoza Public School, are very concerned about the English learning experience of our students. We believe authentic materials help them to learn in a more suitable way. We pretend to offer our older students the opportunity to enjoy music, videos and some other resources so they can be highly motivated to learn English.
Let’s get down to the bare bones: You need your skeleton. The skeletal system, or framework of bones, doesn’t just hold you up. It gives your body its shape, protects your organs, and works with your muscles to help you move.
At birth, you had more than 300 bones, which fused together as you grew. By the time your body is finished growing, you’ll have about 206 bones. Researchers have discovered that kids who exercise have stronger bones as adults.
Your body has plate-like bones that cannot move, such as those that make up the cranium. The cranium protects your brain.
The stirrup bone, also called the stapes, is in the ear. It is the smallest bone in the human body.
Your body is made up of many movable bones, such as the humerus, which is located in the upper arm.
Your ribs provide a protective casing for important organs, such as your heart and lungs.
The spine is made up of 33 bones called the vertebrae.
The thighbone is called the femur. It’s the longest and strongest bone in your body.
How else can you bone up? Make sure your body gets enough calcium. That bone-building mineral is found in foods and drinks such as yogurt, leafy greens, and milk.
Did You Know?
More than half the bones in the human body are in the hands and feet. Each hand has 27 bones. Each foot has 26 bones.
TASKS
Find the meaning of the words with a link.
Copy the first definition on your Book Of Knowledge.
Answer the following questions. Copy the question and the answer on your B.O.K.
1. What is the purpose of your skeleton? 2.How many bones do you have at birth? 3.Which function does the cranium? 4.Another name for the stirrup bone: 5.Where is the humerus located? 6.Which bones protect your heart and
lungs? How do they protect these important organs? 7.What can you do to grow healthy
bones? 8.How many bones do hands have? 9.How many bones do feet have? 10.How
can you eat to help your bones be healthy?
It’s bad enough to be the runt of the group, but to be told after 75 years that you’re not even a member of the club - what an insult!
Pluto was first discovered in 1930. Until 2006, students were taught that it was the ninth and smallest planet in the solar system. Smaller than Earth’s moon, it is not even as wide as the United States.
Pluto is made up almost entirely of rock and ice. It is so far away that it took the NASA New Horizons spacecraft over 11 years to get there from Earth. Pluto’s full orbit around the sun lasts almost 250 Earth years!
But as small as it is, as cold as it is, as far from the sun as it is, for all those years it was considered the ninth planet of the solar system... until Eris came around.
Eris was discovered in 2005. It is about the same size as Pluto. And like Pluto, it is part of the Kuiper Belt, a ring of objects that circle the outeredge of the solar system.
After Eris was discovered, scientists had to make a decision. Either Eris was the 10th planet in the solar system or it was not a planet at all! And if Eris weren’t a planet, could Pluto be considered one?
Scientists made new rules for what is counted as a planet, and decided that neither Pluto nor Eris qualified.
A new category was created: dwarf planet. The official list of planets in the solar system went from nine to eight, and Pluto and Eris became members of the dwarf planet club. So long for Planet Pluto—but at least it no longer has to be the littlest guy in the club. In fact, Pluto is one of the bigger dwarf planets! Maybe Pluto doesn’t have it so bad after all.
Home work
Prepare this text for classroom discussion: read the passage.
Vocabulary: find those words with a link; then copy the first definition on your B.O.K.
Do not forget to find all those words that you do not know. Use a dictionary.
Answer the questions.
Last, watch the video. Do not forget to turn on the subtitles (cc)
Comprehension Questions
1.Pluto used to be considered a planet. Today, what is it considered to be?
It is considered to be a dwarf planet.
It is considered to be a star.
It is considered to be a comet.
It is considered to be an asteroid.
2.How does the text describe Pluto?
Pluto is made up entirely of ice, and it is bigger than Venus.
Pluto is made up entirely of rock and ice, and it is bigger than Earth's moon.
Pluto is made up entirely of gas, and it is bigger than Earth's moon.
Pluto is made up entirely of rock and ice, and it is smaller than Earth's moon.
3.What is the main idea of this text?
Pluto was no longer considered a planet after the discovery of Eris made scientists come up with new rules for what is counted as a planet.
Pluto is so far away that it took the NASA New Horizons spacecraft over 11 years to get there from Earth.
Eris is about the same size as Pluto, and like Pluto, it is part of a ring of objects that circle the outer edge of the solar system.
Scientists come up with rules for what is counted as a planet and what is not.
4.Choose the answer that best completes the sentence.
After scientists made new rules for what is counted as a planet, Pluto was no longer considered a planet. _________, the official list of planets in the solar system went from nine to eight.
Therefore
Although
On the other hand
Especially
5.According to the text, what were students taught about Pluto until 2006?
(written answer)
Watch the following video, and don´t forget to turn on the subtitles:
Click on this link to find more information about Pluto.
Hey boys and girls, I want to welcome you to The English Cornerblog one more year . . . In front of us, a year of adventures and learning opportunities..., a year to enjoy and have fun while learning English. So, I hope you are ready for the adventure. Here is your first assignment.... Think about the following personal information and get ready for a class presentation; each of you will have to introduce one of your classmates. I might ask you some questions about your summer time.
-All about me:
Name, last name.
Family
information.
Likes and dislikes.
Hobbies.
And everything you want to share about you.
You can bring pictures, or anything that could help you with the
presentation.
At the end of each presentation, other
students (classmates) can ask you questions.
Bring all these information written on your Book Of Knowledge (B.O.K.)
