How a Rainbow Forms – Teacher Answers
Answer key and listening script for the teacher. This page is kept separate from the student lesson.
Teacher answer key
- Warm-up: answers will vary.
- Vocabulary: droplet = a very small drop of water; bend = to change direction; reflect = to bounce light back; arc = a curved shape; sunlight = light from the Sun
- Reading comprehension: 1) Tiny drops of water. 2) It bends. 3) Because white sunlight is made of many colours. 4) Red. 5) Behind you.
- Grammar: 1) enters; 2) bends; 3) appear; 4) spread
- Listening script: “After a shower, small water droplets can stay in the air. Sunlight enters the droplets and bends. The light separates into different colours. We often see a rainbow when the Sun is behind us and rain is in front of us.”
Answers: 1) Small water droplets. 2) It bends. 3) Different colours. 4) Behind us. - Speaking: answers will vary.
- Something fun: answers will vary.
- Writing: answers will vary. Encourage students to use details from the lesson and accurate target language.
Puzzle/Game: answers will vary. Encourage students to use lesson vocabulary and explain their choices.
Success criteria: this is a student self-check. No single answer is required.
For open-ended tasks, accept different answers when students can explain or support them clearly.