Unit 15: SAVE THE PLANET!

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Unit 15 SAVE THE PLANET!
By Ana Losada Pérez
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GENERAL AIMS
1) To revise basic language structures (see
previous units)
2) To raise students awareness of environmental
problems and promote recycling
3) To foster interest in pair and group-work
activities
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CONTENTS
Vocabulary natural phenomena and environmental
problems
Grammar revision of conditional
sentences,should, the imperative, the passive
voice and the expression of cause and consequence
(because, since, as)
Communication designing leaflets (giving
advice), expressing opinion and consequence
Attitudes respect for the natural world and for
other peoples opinions
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WARM UP Hangman
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What is GLOBAL WARMING?
Warm (adj.)
at high temperature
Warming (v/n)
increase of temperature,process
Global (adj.)
Total(complete) and the Globe,the Earth
Global warming the increase of the Earths
average temperature
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VOCABULARYENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
ACTIVITY 1 Read and write down the following
words

• acid rain 6) ozone hole
  11) fires
• 2) nuclear pollution 7) deforestation
  12) hunting
• 3)draught 8) aerosols
  
• 4) air pollution 9) tones of rubbish
• 5) thaw/melting 10) floods

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Match the words with the pictures below
DRAUGHT
A)____________________________________________
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B)________________________________________________
NUCLEAR POLLUTION
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DEFORESTATION
C)________________________________________________
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D) ______________________________________________
ACID RAIN
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AEROSOLS
E)________________________________________________
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AIR POLLUTION
G)______________________________________________
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MELTING / THAW
H)_______________________________________________
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FLOODS
I)_______________________________________________
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HUNTING
J)________________________________________________
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K)________________________________________________
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FIRES
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OZONE LAYER
L)________________________________________________
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TONES OF RUBBISH
M)_______________________________________________
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ACTIVITY 2 Divide the phenomena above into
causes or consequences CAUSES
CONSEQUENCES

• Nuclear pollution
• Tones of rubbish
• Fires
• Air pollution
• Aerosols
• Deforestation
• Hunting

-Acid rain -Draught -Ozone hole -Floods -
Thaw/melting
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GRAMMAR REVISION OF THE EXPRESSION OF CAUSE AND
CONSEQUENCE
ACTIVITY 3 Read the sentences below and decide
whether they are causes or consequences

• Half of the Earths forest is already cut down
• 2) Ten of the hottest years are among the last
  fifteen
• 3) Every year a British throws away the
  equivalent of six trees in paper
• 4) In 1965 a person in Western Europe drove 8km a
  day. In 1995 the number os km a day was 27
• 5) Animal species that live in cold countries
  will disappear
• 6) The UK uses three times more energy than India

consequence
consequence
cause
cause
consequence
cause
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• ACTIVITY 4
• a)Match the causes below with their corresponding
  consequences
• CAUSES
• Industries keep burning coal and oil
• 2)Millions of trees are cut every year
• 3)The Earths temperature is rising
• 4)Millions of aerosols are used everyday
• 5)Acid rains are becoming more and more frequent
• 6)Thousands of fires are caused by men every year

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CONSEQUENCES A) The balance of O2 and CO2 is
severely damaged B) The ozone hole is increasing
in size C) Polar caps are progressively
melting D) The level of CO2 in the atmosphere is
increasing E) Several ecosystems have been
dramatically destroyed F) Animal life and human
health are seriously damaged
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b) Join the previous causes and consequences with
BECAUSE, SINCE and AS to form compound
sentences Example 1-D The level of CO2 in the
atmosphere is increasing BECAUSE industries keep
burning coal and oil
2-AThe balance of O and CO2 is severely damaged
BECAUSE thousands of trees are cut every year
3-C AS The temperature of the air is rising,
polar caps are progressively melting
4- B The ozone hole is becoming bigger BECAUSE
millions of aerosols are used every day
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5-F SINCE acid rains are becoming more and more
frequent, animal life and human health are
seriously damaged
6-E SINCE thousands of fires are caused by men
every summer, several ecosystems are dramatically
destroyed
REMEMBER Consequence BECAUSECause SINCECause,
Consequence ASCause,Consequence
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READING COMPREHENSION GLOBAL WARMING
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LISTENING Sustainable Development
PART 1 WHAT SHALL WE DO?
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Answer the following questions about the spot 1)
What is Juans opinion?
Industries, energy, pollution are part of human
progress
2) Why?
Without energy and industries we would forget
centuries of human progress and live as our
ancestors
3) What is Diegos opinion?
We should only use indispensable energy. Several
industries are not indispensable
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4)Why?
We will run out of natural resources
5) ORAL DEBATE Who do you agree with? Can you
think of any alternative position?
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PART 2 ALTERNATIVES
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PROJECT WORK RECYCLING leaflet The 3 Rs

• Reduce your waste

- Re-use your waste
-Recycle your waste
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MODEL Recycling PAPER GROUP A Recycling
WATER GROUP B Separating RUBBISH in appropiate
containers GROUP C Saving ENERGY GROUP D
Recycling CONSUMER GOODS GROUP E Using RENEWABLE
ENERGY
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• GUIDELINES
• Cover Title, picture, the 3 Rs
• 2)Advantages of using a given resource
• 3) Disadvantages (use 1st and 2nd conditional
  sentences)
• 4)Advice and possible sollutions (use imperative
  and should )
• 5) Use recycled paper