Reading



Warm up:

Show sts the first slide of the ppt and ask them to read the title, look and the picture and tell you what topic they think it will be discussed that class.

If necessary, lead students into the topic by asking questions such as: Why do you think the planet needs to be saved? From what/whom? What is happening to the planet? 



Pre-teach vocabulary:

Draw two columns on the whiteboard, in one of them write the word “positive” and in the other “negative”.

Tell sts that you are going to show them some more slides in which they will see some things that are happening nowadays, some of them are positive for our environment and some of them are negative. They have to classify them orally. Use the word “recycling” to exemplify. 

Show sts each slide and make sure they understand the meaning of each word/phrase. 

Complete the table with sts answers.



Pre-reading:

Tell sts they are going to read a text. All the words and phrases on the board are in the text. Ask them to predict what the text is about. 





While reading:

Hand out the worksheets.

Activity 1: Ask sts to read the text quickly and check if their predictions were right. Check orally.



Activity 2: Read the instructions and then the  questions with the students. Explain to them that they do not have to answer the questions, they just have to match them with the correct paragraph from the text (the one in which they can find the answer to the questions).

When they finish the activity, ask them to compare their answers to their partners’.

Key: A-3; B-1; C-2 



Activity 3: Ask a st to read the instructions aloud. Explain sts that some of the sentences are false and they have to correct them. (They can cross out what is wrong and write the correct word above it).  

To check this activity tell sts that you are going to read the sentences and if they are false they have to stand up, if the sentences are true, they have to remain in their seats. If the sentence you read is false, ask a student to read the corrections he/she has made. 

Key: A-F (is) ; B-T ; C-F (animals); D-F (animals); E-F (killing)



Activity 4: Tell sts that they are going to play a game, but before playing, it is necessary to work in pairs and write 6 true or false sentences about the text using the present continuous. Aks sts if they can find in the text a sentence in present progressive, and write on the board (E.g. “Plants and animals are disappearing” ) use the sentence to revise the structure of the present continuous tense. Elicit some more examples from the students. Check if they remember what form of the verb to be they have to use with singular and plural nouns. 

Ask sts to start writing. Walk around the class and help them if necessary. 



When sts have finished writing, ask them to get in groups of four (join another pair). Each pair should read their sentences to the other pair, and they have to answer if the sentences are True or False (without reading the text). If they answer correctly, they get a point. The pair that gets more points wins. 

Post reading:

Activity 5: For this activity sts have to work in the same group than in the previous activity. Sts have to discuss the questions at the end of the text they read (And you? What are you doing to help animals and plants? Are you littering the beaches and the country or are you putting your rubbish in the correct place?). Then they have to come up with at least 3 simple things (things that all of us can do) that we can do to help nature. They can use dictionaries if necessary. 

Invite sts to share they ideas orally with the rest of the class.  



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Environment Nature

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Reading



Warm up:

Show sts the first slide of the ppt and ask them to read the title, look and the picture and tell you what topic they think it will be d…