It was an otherwordly experience! – Total Solar Eclipse

Lesson overview

In this lesson, the students:

discuss the phenomenon of solar eclipse
listen to people’s emotional reaction to an otherwordly event
discuss their experiences with new vocabulary

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Listening and vocabulary

It was an otherworldly experience!

Discuss natural phenomena and watch a video about total solar eclipse. It includes gap-fill listening exercises based on streets interviews of people who witnessed the eclipse. This brick will teach your students how to talk about natural wonders and marvel using a variety of emotional vocabulary (e.g. humble, moving. otherwordly). Discussion + video + vocabulary = a perfect lesson plan!

This lesson contains

a lesson plan for students in PDF for download (Student’s Brick)
a lesson plan for teachers with key and teaching notes in PDF for download (Teacher’s Brick)
an online presentation in Google Slides (Online Brick)
a link to an optional authentic material (video)