VI_ Tessellations

• ENGLISH
• Secondary Education

Expected Learning Outcomes

Learners  will be able to:

• identify the main idea of the short read.
• skim and scan for specific details.
• make use of the contextual clues to infer the meanings of unfamiliar words.
• answer the questions based on the short read.

When you go to a zoo, do you think that the animals with unique skin patterns draw the attention of the visitors more?

COMPREHENSION CHECK

Where does the origin of the word 'tessella' come from and what does it mean?

Which detail from the text would you use to support that the tessellations have been used since ages?

In a regular tessellation, every vertex must be the same.

1. True
2. False

Choose the synonym of "effective" from the options given below.

1. ineffective
2. constructive
3. incompetent
4. Weak

How are colours crucial to the effectiveness of a tessellation?

Which of the following means the same as 'mosaic'?

1. An Emperor
2. a form of jewellery
3. an art in which piece of tiles are made into a pattern.
4. trivial

Tessellations cannot be created from a combinations of shapes other than polygons.

1. True
2. False

Where have you seen tessellations and what shapes of regular polygon will you use to make your own tessellation?

                                      HOME TASK

Go Creative!

Create your own tessellation on A-4 size paper.

Materials required -

Pencil

Colours

Scissors

Glue 

Link for reference-

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lg19NvW_sU 

                                         

 

SUCCESS CRITERIA
Now I CAN:
* identify the main idea of the short read.
* skim and scan for specific details.
* make use of the contextual clues to infer the meanings of unfamiliar words.
* answer the questions based on the short read.

1. Agree
2. Strongly agree
3. Not sure
4. I need some help