Lesson 1, Teens in action. Let's go green

Glossary Unit 6 - Introduction

UNIT 6
Teens in action

Listen and match the speakers (1-3) with the ideas in the photos (A-D).
There is one extra photo.

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READ

a poster about recycling
school environmental schemes on the Internet
an advertisement for volunteers
a quiz on a historical area in Athens
a student’s letter of application and CV
an online article about the Kazantzakis museum

LISTEN TO

a radio news report on a school trip

TALK ABOUT

your experiences
voluntary work
learning by doing

WRITE

a letter of application
your CV
a Treasure Hunt task sheet

LINK TO

Environmental Studies

History

ICT

Modern Greek

Geography

Lesson 1

1	Recycling a. What does it mean? b. What Greek word does ‘Recycling’ remind you of? c. What can we recycle? Find out in the word-snake. Can you add anything else? glassbottlescansbatteriesmagazinesplasticbagsbooksnewspapers

2	Do Andrew's quiz to learn more about the environment. Then, check with the key on page 141. How does it make you feel? Do you know any other environmental facts?

Quiz - The Environment

1. Recycling one aluminium can save enough energy to power a television for....

a. one hour

b. three hours

2. ...... do not rot. They will stay in the ground forever.

a. Glass bottles

b. Plastics

3. The average family uses .... trees worth of paper a year.

a. six

b. three

4. Newspapers contain about ......... of recycled paper.

a. 50%

b. 10%

3	Andrew's class made this poster. Read the text on it. What is it about?

4	How can students help protect the environment? In pairs, make a list of ideas.

Let’s go green!

1	Lots of students take part in school environmental schemes. Read quickly what some of them wrote for Andrew's site. Are there any of your ideas?

2	Decide on a suitable name for each school scheme. Choose from a-e. There is one extra.

a. ‘Zero Waste Day' ...
b. ‘Clean-up Day' ...
c. ‘Draw to Help!' ...
d. ‘Cash for Cans' ...
e. ‘Recycle Paper' ...

Andrew, 15 “Recycling a can is 20 times cheaper than making a new one, so manufacturers are happy to buy used ones. I've joined an eco team which collects cans students usually throw away and takes them to the nearest recycling point. It's really cool! We've bought three new basketballs with the money they've given us for the used cans so far. Have you ever volunteered for your community?”
Sheila, 12 “We've started a Waste Reduction Week at our school. Today, we've removed the waste- paperbins from all classrooms and the headmaster has given each student a bag where we must put all the litter we produce during the day. At the end of the day, the student with the smallest bag will get a prize! So, let's get down to work!”	Tony, 13 We've teamed up with other schools in our area and we've formed eco teams. We're trying to recycle as much paper as possible. We've asked the local council for extra recycling bins and they've given us green flags to fly! It's a good start but we haven't gone green yet. We must keep working.”
Bettina, 14 “My team has designed recycling posters which encourage people to sort the paper, glass and cans from their rubbish. We've also made a poster with the names and addresses of phone and computer stores which take old mobiles and computers and give them to people in poor countries or recycle them. Have you ever heard of that?”

ideas taken from
www.ci.fort-collins.co.us, www.kidsrecycle.org/index.php

Lesson 1

Read the students’ text in more detail. Find the team that....

a. needs something extra at their school.
b. has unusual bins today.
c. has bought something new.
d. uses its members' artistic skills.
e. has organised a special week.

...
...
...
...
...

4	Which of these schemes would you like to join? Say why.

Guessing words from context

Find the words (1-8) in the students' texts (Texts 1-4). In
pairs, guess what they mean and match then with their
meanings (a-h).

1. manufacturer (Text 1)
2. volunteer (Text 1)
3. community (Text 1)
4. waste reduction week (Text 2)
5. remove (Text 2)
6. get down to (Text 2)
7. sort (Text 4)
8. stores (Text 4)

......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......

a. start
b. the people who live in a place
c. shops
d. offer to work without getting any money
e. a person or company that makes sth
f. to take sth off or away
g. put things in groups
h. we throw less rubbish away during this week

The Environment

2	Match the signs (a - e) with the pictures (1 - 5). Then, listen and check.

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Let’s go green!

3	‘ENVIRONMENT' collocations. Put the verbs in the right box.

trees …………… ……………	water / energy …………… ……………	animals …………… ……………	cars / bicycles …………… ……………
environment / forests …………… ……………	beaches / parks …………… ……………	paper / glass / aluminium …………… ……………	litter …………… ……………

Present Perfect Simple (1)

1	Look at the example sentences and complete the Grammar table.

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE
Finished actions that are important NOW

They are fresh NEWS
or personal EXPERIENCES

We've formed eco teams in our community.
Have you ever heard of the three R's?

They have RESULTS in the present

They've given us green flags to fly.
We haven't gone green yet.

Do we mention the exact time? YES / NO
Is the exact time important? YES / NO

We use Have you ever ....? to ask
about NEWS / EXPERIENCES

Present | Perfect Simple

+ ....... / has + past participle

Have / ...... +

+ p.p ?

+ ........... / .......... + ....... x

Short answers
Yes, I have / No, I haven't

Past Participle
Complete with verbs from the texts on p. 85

regular: verb - ed
e.g. formed , .............. , ..............

irregular:
e.g. gone, ................. , ................

see Grammar Appendix, page 171

see Grammar Appendix, page 168

2	In pairs, make a list of what the students on Andrew's site have done for the environment.

e.g. Andrew has ...... / At Sheila's school, they have ....

UNIT 6

Lesson 1

Let’s go green!

3	Today is a ‘Let's go green' school day in the UK. Say what the students inthe drawings have done to help.

Look at page 147. The student who will be the first to complete
their questionnaire correctly is the winner.

2	Based on your answers, do you think that your class care about the environment?