1. Unit 15: SAVE THE PLANET! By Ana Losada Pérez

2. 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

3. 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 people’s opinions

4. WARM –UP: Hangman 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 Earth’s average temperature

5. ACTIVITY 1: Read and write down the following words: VOCABULARY: ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS 1)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

6. Match the words with the pictures below: A)____________________________________________ DRAUGHT

7. B)________________________________________________NUCLEAR POLLUTION

8. C)________________________________________________ DEFORESTATION

9. D) ______________________________________________ACID RAIN

10. E)____________________________________________________ AEROSOLS

11. G)______________________________________________ AIR POLLUTION

12. H)_______________________________________________ MELTING / THAW

13. I)_______________________________________________ FLOODS

14. J)___________________________________________________ HUNTING

15. K)_________________________________________________FIRES

16. L)___________________________________________________ OZONE LAYER

17. M)_______________________________________________ TONES OF RUBBISH

18. 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

19. GRAMMAR: REVISION OF THE EXPRESSION OF CAUSE AND CONSEQUENCE ACTIVITY 3: Read the sentences below and decide whether they are causes or consequences: 1)Half of the Earth’s 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 cause consequence cause

20. ACTIVITY 4: a)Match the causes below with their corresponding consequences: CAUSES: 1)Industries keep burning coal and oil 2)Millions of trees are cut every year 3)The Earth’s 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

21. CONSEQUENCES: A) The balance of O 2 and CO 2 is severely damaged B) The ozone hole is increasing in size C) Polar caps are progressively melting D) The level of CO 2 in the atmosphere is increasing E) Several ecosystems have been dramatically destroyed F) Animal life and human health are seriously damaged

22. 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-A:The 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

23. 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+ BECAUSE+Cause SINCE+Cause+,+Consequence AS+Cause+,+Consequence

24. READING COMPREHENSION: “GLOBAL WARMING”

25. LISTENING: “Sustainable Development” PART 1: WHAT SHALL WE DO?

26. Answer the following questions about the spot: 1) What is Juan’s 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 Diego’s opinion? We should only use indispensable energy. Several industries are not indispensable

27. 4)Why? We will run out of natural resources 5) ORAL DEBATE: Who do you agree with? Can you think of any alternative position?

28. PART 2: ALTERNATIVES

29. PROJECT WORK: “RECYCLING leaflet” The 3 Rs: -Reduce your waste - Re-use your waste -Recycle your waste

30. 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

31. GUIDELINES: 1)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