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2. Look at the student’s notes. Choose the five pieces of information that are the most relevant for the exhibit. 108 Ask students to read the notes and tick five pieces of information that go with the title of the exhibit. Allow students to compare their answers before asking the whole class which ones they checked. Emphasize that only humans in space are relevant for this exhibit. 3. Work together to rewrite the information into sentences using your own words. Ask students to first identify the key words in the five sentences. Ask them to identify words that tell us who, what, and when. Then ask students to work in pairs to use the key words to write sentences of their own. Monitor and offer corrections. Differentiated Instruction For this activity you can use the Groups Based on Goals strategy to form groups that you can offer varying degrees of support; e.g.: sentence stems, some words to use, words to reorder. 4. Number your sentences to organize them in a paragraph. Ask students to first decide on the order of their sentences. Then ask them to read the tips in the Appendix on how to connect the sentences. Learning to Do 116 Ask the question from the box and elicit students' prior knowledge; encourage them to go to the Appendix if needed. 5. Check your spelling. Compare what you wrote in the notes. Ask students to compare what they wrote with the words in the text. They can then ask a classmate to check their work as well.
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1 Tell each other what you expect to see in the exhibition below.
A Short History of Humans in Space Space Museum:
2 Look at the student’s notes. Choose the five pieces of information that are the most relevant for the exhibit. 108 Humans to other places in space 2030? Rodolfo Neri Vera rst Mexican sent to space in 1985
dog called Laika sent into space on Sputnik 2 dog and mice went around Earth in Sputnik 9 October 4, 1957 Sputnik 1 launched into space 6 trips made to moon Space Station visited by astronauts from 17 countries July 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong stepped on moon
3 Work together to rewrite the information into sentences using your own words.
What words or phrases can you use to connect sentences in a paragraph? For information about this theme, go to page 116. 116
4 Number your sentences to organize them in a paragraph. 116 5 Check your spelling. Compare what you wrote in the notes.
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Achievements • Register information. • Share information from museum cards. Teaching Guidelines • Select and discard information according to relevance for an exhibit. • Order main ideas into hierarchy to create cards. • Paraphrase main ideas in writing. • Organize sentences into a paragraph. • Check spelling. Development What kind of exhibits do you like? Write on the board: What kind of exhibits do you like? Ask students to share ideas in pairs. Regroup pairs so that they form groups of four and share their ideas again. 1. Tell each other what you expect to see in the exhibition below. Ask students to work in pairs and think about the kinds of objects and information that might be included in the space exhibit. Ask students to share key words and write them on the board.
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