This illustrated worksheet gives upper-elementary English learners practice making predictions with an ocean model. Students use clues in a short reading and a picture, fix two ocean-zone labels, and make predictions aloud and in writing. The teacher page includes lesson ideas and an answer key.
Target Vocabulary sunlight, layer, sunlit zone, twilight zone, midnight zone.
Target Language will and won’t + base verb.
Activity
- Read for a clue. Use Imani’s prediction and the flashlight in the picture to decide where Nora should put the sunlit zone label.
- Make two predictions. Choose will or won’t for the top and bottom of the model.
- Fix the ocean labels. Find the only pair of labels that can be swapped to match all three light clues.
- Ask a partner. Ask what the top will look like with the light off, listen, and swap roles.
- Write a lab note. Write two original predictions for the model with the light off.
- Discuss. Predict what will change when the light moves closer and explain your idea.
Learning Goal Use text and picture evidence to identify the sunlit layer, then make and write predictions with will and won’t.
Suggested Textbook Connections
| Textbook Name | Unit Number & Title | Context / Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Our World Level 4 (Second Edition, American English) | Unit 6 · Wonders of the Sea | Full match. The unit teaches the ocean zones and future predictions with will and won’t. Use the worksheet after the ocean-zone vocabulary and Grammar 2. |
| Super Minds Level 4 (Second Edition, British English) | Unit 8 · In the planetarium | Partial match. The course map lists will in a space unit. Use the worksheet to transfer future prediction practice to an ocean model and introduce the zone names with the picture. |
