Do you try three stages when reading: pre-reading, while-reading and post-reading? Try this activity to help get in the habit of approaching reading with these stages. A great text by George Monbiot the renowned journalist is featured. Open the Sway presentation below, then scroll down through the activity.
Did you also think that the IELTS reading section was easy until you attempted a task in which you match headings to the paragraphs? Now you might be feeling demotivated but fear not, help is at hand. Just follow the steps shown in this activity so that from this point onward, you’ll be saying ‘IELTS reading: bring it on!’
In this activity you will
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Is the environment a topic you would feel confident dealing with in the IELTS exam. If the answer is ‘No!’ you are not alone.
Don’t worry, help is at hand. Try this activity and you’ll find the environment topic is far less scary than… well than some of the environmental problems we currently face.
You will:
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This month is #PlasticFreeJuly
Learn about it and improve your English with this activity.
You will:
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A lesson on this important issue for children. Here you will
Are you ready? Click on the presentation below and press > to go from page to page. Have fun!
Try this activity, watch a great video and learn lots of vocabulary on a surprising topic! Just click through the Sway presentation (< and > symbols, bottom right) and enjoy the lesson, whether you are in your living room, a café or the classroom – just remember your re-usable cup! Note the lesson continues after the video.
Parents: If you are a parent and would like your child to learn English and learn about being sustainable, sit them down here and they will gain the following:
Teachers: here is a slideshow for classroom use, a lesson plan here, and worksheets here!
Children: If you want to dance and sing along to this song while you do the exercises, please do! 🙂
April 22nd is Earth Day. On this day people do things that are good for the Earth, such as plant trees or recycle plastic. What other things do you think they do? Make a list of 4 or 5 things.
Are any of the things on your list in the song? Listen, and find out (by all means sing along and dance too!)
Read these phrases. Listen to the song again. Which phrases are in the song and which are not? Put a tick or a cross.
Continue reading “If you’re a kid… What are you doing for Earth Day?”
You will find out about Earth Hour which takes place on 24th March. You will match up expressions of strong intention which will make your speaking very persuasive if you use them, and you will come up with ideas of things to do for Earth Hour. Teachers: a PowerPoint version for class: What are you doing this Earth Hour!
Starting as a symbolic lights out event in Sydney in 2007, Earth Hour is now the world’s largest grassroots movement for the environment, inspiring millions of people to take action for our planet and nature. What do you think people will do for Earth Hour and why?
Watch the video. Are people doing the things you thought of in Preparation? Are some of them doing different things? Why are they doing them?
After you’ve watched the video, decide if the following are true or false:
Have you ever wondered if the medicines we take for a cold might not be the best thing not only for ourselves but also for the planet? Here comes YouTuber of Trash is for Tossers Lauren Singer with a solution!
You will watch a ‘how to’ video by YouTuber Lauren Singer from www.trashisfortossers.com, learn vocabulary such as ‘ingredients’, ‘stir’, ‘add some garlic’ and find out how to make a cold or flu remedy that is great for the planet and great for you!
Think about the following:
When did you last have a cold or the flu?
What medicine did you take?
Lauren will talk about a home-made remedy. What do you think will be in the medicine she makes?
Watch the video to see if you guessed correctly the ingredients she will use.
Are the following true or false?
1. She has a cold at the moment?
2. She adds an alcoholic drink to the remedy
3. The remedy she makes is not very strong.
Outcomes
You will watch a video for specific information and learn vocabulary on the topic of sea levels and climate change.
Preparation
While you watch
Watch the video. Do the results of the experiment match what you thought? Do they match what the man in the pub said?
Continue reading “What do rising sea levels have to do with gin & tonics?”
Outcomes
You will look at a graph to check information, watch a video for specific information and learn vocabulary on the topic of food and climate change.
Preparation
They say the best way to save the planet is to change how we eat. What do you think the following are true or false?
Now look at the graph to check. The answers are also in the key at the bottom of the page.
Continue reading “The diet that helps fight climate change (level B2+)”
Outcomes
You will practice understanding advanced texts, vocabulary on the topic of climate change and increase understanding of an important issue.
Preparation
What do you think the ‘sadness’ in the title refers to?
Guess which one, and watch the video to check if you are right. (Answers at bottom of page)
Check your understanding
Are the following true or false? How do you know?
(Answers at bottom of page)
Continue reading “Why your old phones collect in a junk draw of sadness (level B2+)”
This cartoon camel rapping will get children thinking about saving water. Add to that questions to focus them on routines involving water (brushing your teeth, having a shower) using present continuous, and this is ready to go with A1 level young learners. The video is posted on the excellent islcollective website, a mine of resources.
https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/embed/30891
