Back From Mars

I’ve recently returned from Mars I went for several years. I rode Martian motorcars, bought Martian souvenirs.

I went to Martian movies and saw Martian movie stars, attended Martian concerts and heard Martians play guitars.

I ate in Martian restaurants and went to Martian schools. I played on Martian tennis courts and swam in Martian pools.

I hung around with Martian girls and talked to Martian boys. I went to Martian shopping malls and played with Martian toys.

At last I’m back on planet Earth from out among the stars. So why does everyone I see here act like they’re from Mars? Find three fun facts about Mars and present them in class or in groups. STARTING POINT

Kenn Nesbitt (1962–) is an American children’s poet.

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UNDERSTANDING

1 Answer the questions. a For how long was the speaker on Mars? b Mention at least five things the speaker did on Mars. c What does the speaker wonder about back on planet Earth?

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VIEWPOINTS

2 Discuss the questions. a Does the way life is described on Mars surprise you?

Why or why not? b If someone came from outer space to visit planet Earth, what would be difficult for them to understand? c Do you think the speaker is a boy or a girl? Why? SPEAKING SPOT 3 Imagine that you are going to Mars. You are only allowed to take five things. Make a list. In groups of three, compare your lists. Then discuss and agree on five things you can take from the three lists. Share your new list with your class. I would take ... I want to bring a ... because ... I think the ... is more useful than the ... because ... I would rather take the ... than the ... 4 Work with a partner. Choose nouns from the poem, like guitar. Then take turns describing the nouns to each other Vurderingseksemplar without saying the word.

Example: My brother knows how to play it. It has six strings. You can use it to make music.

WRITING WORKSHOP

5 Imagine that you are a space tourist on an expedition to Mars. Imagine that you have just landed on Mars. Write an email or a message to your friends and family back home on planet Earth.

CREATIVE CORNER

6 Work with a classmate. Prepare a role play. One of you is a reporter and the other is the person that is just back from Mars. Record the interview or perform it for the rest of the class.

LANGUAGE LAB

7 Regular and irregular verbs a Find the irregular verbs in the poem. Make a table with the base, simple past and past participle forms of the verbs.

Base form Simple past Past participle have had had b There are five regular verbs in the poem. Can you find them? How do you know they are regular verbs? c There is no pattern for irregular verbs. One way to remember them is to use flashcards. Choose 10 irregular verbs and make flashcards for them. On the front, write the infinitive form. On the back write the simple past and the past participle. d Walk around the classroom and quiz your classmates using your flashcards.Vurderingseksemplar write wrote written

Question words

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DIGITAL DIVE

8 Find more poems by Kenn Nesbitt online. Find a poem that you like and read it aloud to your class or in small groups.

Have you seen any of the Star Wars movies? Which ones? How many different Star Wars characters can you name? Which character is your favorite? Why?

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May the Force

Be with You “May the Force be with you,” says hero Luke Skywalker in The Empire Strikes Back, one of the epic Star Wars movies. In a galaxy far, far away Luke and his friends, Han Solo, Princess Leia and the other rebels, are fighting Darth Vader and the evil Empire. The rebels use the Force to bring peace and harmony. Their enemies on the dark side use the Force to gain power and bring destruction. At the beginning of The Empire Strikes Back, Luke Skywalker is on the ice planet Hoth, where the rebels have their base. While Luke is out on a mission, an ice creature called a Wampa captures him. Luke uses his lightsaber to escape from the Wampa’s cave. Then he almost freezes to death in the ice and snow. Han Solo finds Luke and they are rescued. Later, giant Imperial Walkers sent by Darth Vader Vurderingseksemplar attack the rebels. In the snow battle that follows, Luke takes down a Walker, but he and his friends are defeated. The scenes from the ice planet Hoth were filmed on location at Finse, Norway and nearby Hardangerjøkulen glacier in March 1979. The film crew and actors stayed at the hotel Finse 1222. People and equipment were transported in and out of the mountains on the Oslo-Bergen train. In clear weather the glacier was perfect for the icy planet

Hoth, but the weather forces were against the film crew.

There was a blizzard while they were there, and temperatures were freezing. Some days they could not leave the hotel.

The scene where Luke escapes from the Wampa was shot

by filming him running into the snow outside the hotel’s back door. The crew stayed warm inside. Harrison Ford, who played Han Solo, said that being at Finse “was another one of those bizarre experiences in life”. The Force has stayed with Star Wars for over forty years now. These films are some of the most popular science fiction movies about space ever created.

The Empire Strikes Back is the fifth film in the Star Wars series, but it was the second one made.

VurderingseksemplarMark Hill plays Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

Who’s in charge of your future? Oh, right, it’s you.

Yoda

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UNDERSTANDING

1 Answer the questions. a Who uses the Force for peace and harmony? b Where do Luke Skywalker and the other rebels have their base? c What is it like on the planet Hoth? d What creature captures Luke on Hoth? e Who wins the Battle of Hoth? f Where were the Hoth scenes filmed? g What problem did the film crew face at Finse?

LANGUAGE LAB

2 Sentence structures Yoda is a Jedi master who is responsible for training Luke Skywalker. Re-write Yoda’s lines in Standard English. a The dark side I sense in you. I sense the dark side in you. b Grave danger you are in. c Impatient you are. d Always in motion is the future. e Help you I can. f Strong am I with the Force. g When 900 years you reach, look as good, you will not. h Once down the dark path you start, forever will it dominate your destiny. i Size matters not. 3 Prepositions Use the correct preposition from the list.Vurderingseksemplar at for in about down against on a The movie takes place in a galaxy far, far away. b He joins his friends ___ the planet Hoth. c Luke takes ___ a Walker. d The scenes were filmed ___ Finse, Norway. e The glacier was perfect ___ the icy planet. f The weather was ___ the crew. g They are popular movies ___ space.

4 Capitalization Capitalize the first word and all the other important words in titles of books and films. Example: The Lord of the Rings Re-write the titles of these Star Wars films and capitalize them correctly. a star wars b the empire strikes back c return of the jedi d the phantom menace e attack of the clones f revenge of the sith 5 Irregular verbs Write the past simple and past participle forms of the irregular verbs from the text. a get g say b take h fight c freeze i send d bring j leave e find k run f shoot l make

WRITING WORKSHOP

6 Summaries Write down key words from “May the Force Be With You”. Then use the key words to write a one-paragraph summary of the text.

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EXPLORE MORE

7 Watch The Empire Strikes Back. While you are watching write down your favorite lines from the movie.

The lightsaber is a type of laser sword used in Star Wars.

How many pupils in your class like fantasy books and films? Make a survey. What are the most popular titles? Make a list of recommendations.

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In The Lord of the Rings, the wizard Gandalf rides with the hobbit Pippin, to a city called Minas Tirith.

Fantasy Literature

Fantasy stories have always been popular. People have been telling fantasy stories since the beginning of time. The oldest texts that exist are stories about dragons and magical creatures and quests where good triumphs over evil. Later, novels like Frankenstein and Dracula contained both magic and monsters. Fantasy books for children are also popular. Peter Pan, The Wizard of Oz, and Alice in Wonderland were written a long time ago. In the 1950s, C.S. Lewis wrote The Chronicles of Narnia and J.R.R. Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. These fantasy stories are still popular today. In the last decades, J.K. Rowling’s books about Harry Potter have been a tremendous success. So what are some of the characteristics of the fantasy genre? First of all, there is always an element of magic – either the characters or some object have magical powers. We meet strange creatures, talking animals, flying cars, dragons, wizards, witches, hobbits and monsters. In The Hobbit, a golden ring can make the main character invisible. Secondly, there is a magical setting, within our world or in a magical world. Harry Potter, for example, takes the train from platform 9 ¾ to Hogwarts, a place where no mortal human can go. Narnia is a fantastic world where lions can talk and ordinary children become kings and queens. Thirdly, the themes are timeless and universal: good versus evil, love and hate, honour and courage, and therefore appeal to people of all ages all over the world. Lastly, the plot involves a journey or a quest where the hero fights the forces of evil. Vurderingseksemplar This conflict makes the story suspenseful. Fantasy stories take us on journeys into the unknown and give us a chance to escape from our ordinary lives into magical worlds where anything is possible.

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UNDERSTANDING

1 Answer the questions. a Can you name some examples of fantasy literature? b What are some characteristics of fantasy literature? c Name some themes found in fantasy literature.

VIEWPOINTS

2 Discuss the questions. a In your opinion, what is the most important element in a good fantasy book or film? b What is your favourite fantasy book or film? Why do you like it? CREATIVE CORNER 3 Draw your own a fantasy character. Write a short description of it and what magical powers it has. LANGUAGE LAB 4 Write the words with the correct determiner, a or an. a object g honor m argument b attempt h quest n sword c dragon i advert o animal d honest man j journey p stone e expectation k character q hour f creature l human r element Vurderingseksemplar 5 Pick five of the words and use them in sentences.

Example: I will be there in an hour.