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ACTIVITY 4 WRITE IT OUT✍️

Let's watch the video 📹 together 👥

Then, in your opinion, what is the most convenient weather 🌤️❄️🌧️of your choice ? Construct a short paragraph about 10 sentences of the weather of your choice.

Elaborate it with reasons in the space provided in the module booklet on page 16.

Remember your are only provided 15 minutes ⌛ to complete this activity.

If you have any questions or difficulties, do ask the teachers👩‍🏫. Teachers will definitely help you.

THE SECRET BOX: WHO NAMED EARTH!!!

Earth, the planet that keeps us alive, is the 3rd planet in our Solar System. Going by radiometric dating, Earth is at least 4 billion years old. In Portuguese, the Earth is known as terra, the Germans call it erde, aarde by the Dutch, and dünya by the Turkish. But how did this planet get its name? Let’s get to the bottom of it. There is a history that explains why the name was picked. The Greeks and Romans named most of the planets in the Solar System after their gods. The modern name Earth is believed to be at least 1,000 years old. Earlier, the Anglo- Saxons* named Earth erda. The German variation of this word is erde. The Old English correspondent of the word erde is ertha. Terra, a Latin-origin word was also used. A certain theory suggests that the name is derived from an Indo-European language. Considering these suggestions, it’s quite clear that the Earth is the only planet whose name has no roots in Greek or Roman mythology as compared to the other seven planets. Even the dwarf planet Pluto has similar origins. It is still unknown how the Romans named the other planets in the early 1600s without seeing them. *Anglo-Saxons were Germanic origin people who conquered and occupied Great Britain in the 5th century. Therefore, it is not surprising that the Anglo-Saxon name “erda” has Germanic origins.

We are organizing a Essay Writing Competition on our website greedtoread in online mode for students of various academic classes where we will allow you to submit your thoughts about our given topics in minimum 600 words. This competition would run until 30th Dec 2019.