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Theme: We Have no Other Planet

Objectives:

• to activate lexical materials on the topic;
• to develop students’ language skills;
• to develop the skills of listening, reading and writing;
• to develop critical thinking and their imagination;
• to teach students how to look after the environment and save our planet.

Equipment: a laptop, textbooks, topical pictures

Procedure

I. Introduction

1. Greeting

T: Good morning, children. I am glad to see you. You look wonderful today. How are you? 
I suggest you watching the video (відеофрагмент “Human impact on the environment”). 
What emotions did you have while watching? What is this video about?

Today we’ll speak about environment. We’ll try to decide what we can do to protect the environment.

II. Brainstorming

T: What associations come to mind when you hear the word “environment”?

T: Let’s read what some wise people said. Then say what the quotation mean.

1. “Nature is not a place to visit, it is home.” (Gary Snyder)
2. “The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. 
   The activist is the man who cleans up the river.” (Rosss Perot)
3. It is not enough to understand the natural world; the point is to defend and preserve it.” 
   (Edward Abbey)

P1-P2-P3 This means that …

III. Main Body

1. Робота з лексичними одиницями.

T: read and fill in the gaps

       sprays               climate     health reduce                        future

1. We have to find ways to _____ pollution.
2. Many people in cities now have _____ problems.
3. Many aerosol _____ destroy the atmosphere.
4. Many scientists say that the _____ is changing.
5. We must change the way we live. We have to think about the _____.

2. Rewrite the sentences in the Passive.

1. We pollute the air.
2. We leave litter in the street.
3. We don’t recycle paper.
4. People cut down forests.
5. We don’t save energy.
6. We spill oil into the rivers.
7. People use chemicals.

T: What could we do to solve these problems?

Let’s write down our suggestions. Use the list of words: remove, protect, introduce, control, create, 
increase, reuse, recycle, reduce.

Listening

Pre-listening activity

Open your textbooks on page 150 and read about The Three Rs.

While-listening activity

Now I want you to listen to the song and write down:

Group 1  what we can reduce.

Group 2  what we can reuse.

Group 3  what we can recycle.

Now we shall have a short rest. You’ll answer my questions to have the key word on our topic.

Relaxation

Earth. What is the name of our planet?

North. What is the coldest part of the world?

Venus. What planet is the second from the sun?

Island. What is a part of land surrounded by water?

Rise. What is the symbol of England?

Ostrich. What is the biggest bird?

Nest. Whatis a bird’s house?

Moon. What is the Earth’s sattelite?

Elephant. What is the largest animal on the land?

Neptune. What is the last planet from the sun?

Tiger. What animal has black and red stripes?

Reading.

Pre-reading

1. Look through the texts and say what they are about.
2. Who wrote these letters?

After reading

Answer the questions

Ex.8, p.151

Speaking

T: We have already done much at the lesson now tell me please what you can personally do to protect 
the nature.

P1-P2-P3

IV. Summarizing

Hometask: Write a letter to Green Peace with suggestions on the environmental protection.

So we have talked about ecological problems today. If we want to help out palnet to survive 
we must be active participants in the protection of the environment.

But remember! The most dangerous pollution is the pollution of the soul. Keep your souls clean! 
And the world will be better place to live because we have no other planet.

Thank you very much for the lesson.