Page 44 - Activity book 5A

Lesson 8, part 2
Skills
Skills Lesson 7 Lesson 8, part 2 3 3
Lesson 8
Lesson 8
Lesson 7
Lesson 7
Lesson 7
tip
tip Writing
Reading Writing
Use questions to make your
writing more interesting.
1 After you read Look and write. 1 Match the questions with the answers.
1 How often do we eat? a They have a lot of crumbs which float
muscles go around sunset spacesuit sunrise
2 How do we prepare our food? around!
3 Why don’t we take biscuits? b We can see rivers, mountains and oceans
1 2 3 4 5 4 What do we do in our free time? on Earth!
5 What can we see from the ISS? c In space, we have three meals a day.
d We read and take photos.
e All our food is in bags.

go around
2 Imagine that you are an astronaut on the International Space Station.
2 Read and write True or False. Write a blog post.

1 ISS stands for the International Satellite Station. False 1 1 Plan
2 The ISS travels at 28,000 kilometres per hour. Read, circle and answer. Make notes.

3 Astronauts can see the Sun go up or down 24 times every 16 hours. Choose a topic: food / clothes / repairs / hobbies
What do you eat / wear / do ?
4 There are 16 astronauts living on the ISS.
How is it different from what you eat / wear / do on Earth?
5 Commander Chris Hadfield’s poems about the Earth became famous.
6 Astronauts need to exercise for two hours a day. 2 2 Write

3 Correct the false sentences in Activity 2.

ISS stands for the International Space Station.

4 Imagine you’re a group of astronauts planning a trip to Mars. Decide as a
group what nine personal things you want to take with you. All your group’s
things must fit in a box which is one metre high, wide and deep. Discuss and 3 3 Chec� your wor�
make a list.
Read your text again and tick (✓).

Used questions? Paragraphs? Linking words?
A capital letter at the start of each sentence?

A full stop at the end of each sentence and a question mark for questions?

Correct spelling? Clear handwriting?
See Writing model page 68
3 In groups, design a team ‘website’ and insert your blog posts. Add photos, too.

42 forty-two forty-three 43