Lesson Plan

Book: Getting Through Level: 2AS

Unit: Waste not, Want not Class: 2FL/ 2LPh/ 2SE/ 2M/ 2MT/ 2GE
Sequence 01: Discovering Language Theme: Poverty and World Resources
Aim of the Lesson: SWBAT identify environmentals issues triggered by poor
environmental consciousness that hinder our practice of sustainable development.
Target Competency: Interacting, interpreting and producing.
Materials: White board, pictures and the textbook.
Timing: 15 minutes.
Rubric 02: Before You Read

Learning Objective: SWBAT interpret an image to anticipate the topic of the passage they will
read.
Target Competency: Interacting, interpreting and producing.

Task 1:
Look at the picture below and answer your teacher’s questions :

1. What do you see in the Picture?

2. What is being thrown and poured into the sea?
3. Is the boat in the picture cleaning the sea?
4. How do we call this type of pollution?

Key:
1. I see: a pipe, the sea/ ocean, trash, waste, oil spill, a boat, cans, bottles… etc.
2. Garbage/ trash and toxic waste/chemicals are/ is being thrown and poured into the sea.
3. No, it isn’t.
4. We call it water pollution.
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Book: Getting Through Level: 2AS
Unit: Waste not, Want not Class: 2FL/ 2LPh/ 2SE/ 2M/ 2MT/ 2GE
Sequence 01: Discovering Language Theme: Poverty and World Resources
Aim of the Lesson: SWBAT identify the important role of water as an essential natural
resources and analyse the organization of a coherent essay as they suggest solutions to
better implement sustainable development.
Target Competency: Interacting, interpreting and producing.
Materials: White board and the textbook.
Timing: 45 minutes.
Rubric 03: As You Read

Learning Objective: SWBAT interpret a text on a natural resource in order to answer

comprehension questions.
Target Competency: Interacting, interpreting and producing.

Task 1:
Read the text p 77 and answer the following questions.
1. How much of Earth’s water is seawater ?
2. Do we have more water than we need ?
3. What do we need water for ?
4. What happens to water over time ?

Key:
1. 97% of Earth’s water is seawater.
2. No, we don’t.
3. We need water for cooking, bathing, transportation and recreation.
4. Over time, water is recycled over and over again.

Learning Objective: SWBAT identify the main idea and function of each paragraph.
Target Competency: Interacting and interpreting.

Task 2:
Read the text again and match each paragraph with its function and main idea:
Function: Body (Development) – conclusion - introduction
Idea: The different uses of water -The importance of preserving water - The importance of
water -The scarcity of fresh water.

Paragraph Function Idea

§1 … …
§2 … …
§3 … …
§4 … …
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Key:

Paragraph Function Idea

§1 Introduction The importance of water
§2 Body (Development) The different uses of water
§3 Body (Development) The scarcity of fresh water
§4 Conclusion The importance of preserving water

Learning Objective: SWBAT produce sentence in which they suggest solutions that help people
partake in sustainable development better.
Target Competency: Interacting, interpreting and producing.

Task 3:
Your friend is interested in Sustainable Development. Write 3 sentences in which you say what you
suggest they do to take better care of the environment.

Start your sentences like this:

• Why don’t you………
• It would help if …………
• If I were you, ………….
• You’d better……………

Key:

• Why don’t you buy recycling bins

• It would help if you reused old cloths/ spread awareness on pollution & its consequences.
• If I were you, I would meet up with my neighbors to clean the neighborhood.
• You’d better buy less plastics.
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