His house is in the village though;

He will not see me stopping here

To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer

To stop without a farmhouse near

Between the woods and frozen lake

The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake

To ask if there is some mistake.

The only other sound’s the sweep

Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,

But I have promises to keep,

And miles to go before I sleep,

And miles to go before I sleep.

(a)  answer comprehension questions.

-What is the poet/narrator wondering about?

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-When did he stop in the woods? How did you know?

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-How was the weather in the woods?

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(b)  find words from the poem that mean:

strange: _________

straps: __________

thin layer: ________

(                       ) The poet wants to enjoy watching the woods that were covered with snow.

(                       ) The poet is brave to stop in the woods.

(                       ) The woods are so quiet and peaceful.

(                       ) The poet will stay in the woods for a long time.

(                       ) The poet wants to enjoy watching the woods that were covered with snow.

(                       ) The poet is brave to stop in the woods.

(                       ) The woods are so quiet and peaceful.

(                       ) The poet will stay in the woods for a long time.

(                       ) The poet wants to enjoy watching the woods that were covered with snow.

(                       ) The poet is brave to stop in the woods.

(                       ) The woods are so quiet and peaceful.

(                       ) The poet will stay in the woods for a long time.

Spaceship 2060 continues its flight to the planets, this time to ______. Al Biruni  and his ______ were wondering all the flight about the nature of this _______. They have many questions on their minds: What does Mars look like? What does its surface look like? What do the ______ do? They were so excited to discover the _______ of gases surrounding the planet.

●      Mars is the 4th planet from the Earth.

●      It is more than 225 million kilometre from the Sun.

●      A day on Mars is 24.6 hours.

●      An evidence of a lake under its south polar ice cap was discovered in 2018.

●      Viking Landers was the first spacecraft to land on Mars in 1976.

Question 1: ______________________________________________________________________

Question 2: ______________________________________________________________________

Question 3: ______________________________________________________________________

Question 4: ______________________________________________________________________

Question 5: ______________________________________________________________________

Think: How is a calendar related to the succession of day and night?

Reflect: What do we use calendars for?

There are two main calendars used for indicating dates: a lunar calendar and a solar calendar. A lunar calendar is a calendar based on the monthly cycles of the Moon’s phases, whereas a solar calendar is based on the solar year, the time it takes the Earth to revolve once around the Sun. A solar year is about 365.25 days long, while a lunar month is about 29.53 days long.

Origins of the months’ names

January: Named for the Roman god Janus, protector of gates and doorways.

February: From the Latin word februa, “to cleanse.”

March: Named for the Roman god of war, Mars.

April: From the Latin word aperio, “to open (bud),” because plants begin to grow in this month.

May: From the Latin word maiores, “elders,” who were celebrated during this month.

June: From the Latin word juvenis, “young people.”

July: Named to honor Roman dictator Julius Caesar.

August: Named to honor the first Roman emperor Augustus Caesar.

September: From the Latin word septem, meaning “seven,” because it was the seventh month of the early Roman calendar.

October: Its name comes from octo, the Latin word for “eight.”

November: From the Latin word novem, “nine”

December: From the Latin word decem, “ten,”

(a) What do calendars indicate?

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(b) Lunar is related to the ----------------

  Solar is related to the  ------------

(c) where does the origin of this month come from?

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2. I will write a paragraph (100 words) about an Arab astronomer who was interested in the succession of day and night. (I will include the following information: his name, date of birth and death, where he lived and his achievements)