Students explore the brain, heart, lungs, and stomach and explain how these organs work. They compare functions, interpret information from readings, and discuss the human body using topic vocabulary.
Practice: Vocabulary, grammar, reading comprehension, and discussion.
Vocabulary: vital, lobe, function, instinct.
Grammar: Use unless to express conditions and rewrite it with if … not.
Word study: Pronounce brain terms: hippocampus, neurotransmitter, cerebellum, hypothalamus, synapse, amygdala, cerebrum, medulla, neuroplasticity, corpus callosum, axon, dendrite, prefrontal cortex, thalamus.
Reading & speaking: Read about the brain’s functions; explain how it affects movement, thinking, and everyday life.