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Lesson of The Week- 

Quote of the Day: 

"Every man is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody."

 -Mark Twain

See you all next week!  

Smile, laugh and enjoy your life and learning!

 Aloha-This week we are going to do some knowledge based learning and discover a few things you may not even

 know in your own language.  Learning about new subjects in English is a great way to create new

 language patterns without your native language getting in the way.  Fly me to the Moon....

Theme:  The Moon

We see it almost everyday and yet what do we really know about our cosmic neighbor?  This week let's find out a little more about the moon. 

Reading

The Moon

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite and the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System. The average centre-to-centre distance from the Earth to the Moon is 384,403 kilometres (238,857 mi), about thirty times the diameter of the Earth. The Moon makes a complete orbit around the Earth every 27.3 days (the orbital period), and the periodic variations in the geometry of the Earth–Moon–Sun system are responsible for the phases of the Moon, which repeat every 29.5 day (the synodic period).

The Moon is the only celestial body on which human beings have made a manned landing. While the Soviet Union's Luna programme was the first to reach the Moon with unmanned spacecraft, the NASA Apollo program achieved the only manned missions to date

From Wikipedia

Writing

Grammar Revisited

Ok...now it is your turn.

Here's your speaking challenge:

Do about 20 minutes of research on one of the planets in our solar system and memorize 5 facts about it.

Then give a brief report and what you have found. 

Did You know....?

The temperature of the moon is about 107°C in the day and -155°C at night. (The lunar day lasts about a month.)

The second full moon within the same calendar month is called the Blue Moon.

Eclipses can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are all in a straight line.

When Alan Sheppard was on the moon, he hit a golf ball and drove it 2,400 feet, nearly one half a mile.

In China, the dark shadows that are on the moon are called "the toad in the moon".

The moon has no wind.

The full moon closest to September 22 is called the Harvest Moon.

Apollo 11 took 66 hours to make the trip from Earth to the Moon. (Almost 3 days)

Different Cultures view the surface picture of the moon differently.  Some see a rabbit, some a man, others an alligator.

Write the answers to these questions in your journal.

1. What do you see when you look at the  

    moon?

2. Are there any stories associated with the

    picture in the moon and if so what are  

    they?

3.  How do other cultures see the moon and 

     can you see what they see?

4. Why you like to visit the moon and why or

     why not?

5. Do you think humans will colonize the

    moon someday and why?

The Near Side-

The side we always see

The Far Side-

The side we never see

Listening

Yet

(Let's review this convenient word.)

I haven't done it yet.

Did she come yet?

I'm not ready yet but I will be in about 5 minutes.

She said the plane didn't arrive yet.

Not Yet.

Moon Idioms:

Once in a blue moon (Very Seldom)

Once in a Blue Moon I'll have a cigarette but usually I don't smoke anymore. 

to promise the moon (to make an impossible promise to someone)

All politicians are the same, they promise you the moon until they are elected and then they do what they want.

Speaking

Watch this video and see how much you can understand about these great moon facts.