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Aliens
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Use all three worksheets together to create a full one-hour lesson - or use them individually as needed.
Approx 5-10 minutes
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Getting Ready 1
Some tourists are at Area 51. Watch and answer the two questions:
1. What geographical feature is Area 51 located near?
2. What was the original purpose of the site according to the government?
(Script and answers are found at the bottom of this page.)
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Getting Ready 2
Discuss these questions with a classmate:
1. Have you ever seen an alien? What do you think they might look like?
2. What would you do if an alien suddenly appeared and began talking to you?
Approx 20 minutes
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VOCABULARY PREVIEW
ALIENS (AREA 51)
A. Match
1. flying saucer
2. device 3. barbed wire 4. hoodie 5. cell phone 6. chain-link fence 7. plaid shirt 8. guard house 9. sign 10. security tower Activity Notes & Answer Key attached on Page 2
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B. Missing words
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1. What kind of device is that? Is that a radio from the 1930s?
2. That sign says no trespassing. I think we should stay outside.
3. My friend says he saw a flying saucer last night but I don't believe in aliens.
4. We can't enter Area 51 because there is a chain-link fence all around it.
5. I don't see any guards. Maybe they are in the guard house.
6. I don't think we can climb over the fence. There's barbed wire on it.
7. It's cool today so I'm wearing a hoodie. It as a hood, of course.
8. My friend is wearing a T-shirt with a plaid shirt over it.
9. There are several tall security towers around Area 51. We'll never get inside.
10. Quick, take your cell phone out and take a picture of the alien!
Approx 20 minutes
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SPOT THE DIFFERENCES
ALIENS (AREA 51)
Activity Notes & Answer Key attached on Page 2
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Approx 20 minutes
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WRITING/SPEAKING
ALIENS (AREA 51)
Activity Notes and Role Play Suggestions attached on Page 2
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VIDEO SCRIPT
Tour Guide:
Welcome to the secret base known as Area 51. It's located near a dry lake bed called Groom Lake. For many years, the government used this site to test spy planes. Nowadays, many people visit the nearby town of Rachel to look for UFOs in the night sky.
Welcome to the secret base known as Area 51. It's located near a dry lake bed called Groom Lake. For many years, the government used this site to test spy planes. Nowadays, many people visit the nearby town of Rachel to look for UFOs in the night sky.
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Getting Ready 1 answers
1. What geographical feature is Area 51 located near?
ANSWER: a dry lakebed
ANSWER: a dry lakebed
2. What was the original purpose of the site according to the government? ANSWER: to test spy planes
