Preserving the planet:

Unit 4:
Green Issues
Class 3

7th Grade
 Lesson Objective:
At the end of the lesson students will be
able to define different actions for
protecting the environment to contrast
with their own actions.
Today’s agenda

01. Warm up activity: The Hot Seat and

Brainstorming.
02. Reading comprehension.
03. Simple present activities.
04. Exit Ticket
Class Rules

1. Raise your hand to participate.

2. Respect each other at any time.
3.Don’t use your cellphone unless I
allow it.
4.Don’t eat during the class.
 The Hot Seat

1. A volunteer has to sit in front of the class.

2. The teacher is going to write a word or
concept on the board.
3. The rest of the class have to describe the
word without say it.
4. The volunteer has to guess the word in one
minute
 Brainstorming
What elements or materials can we recycle in
the school?
 Skimming the text
On the worksheet received you have a text, skim it and look for
words that you don’t know.

Underline them and search the meaning on your cellphone and

write them on your notebook.
 Individually, read the text “Easy Ways to Protect the Environment:
Small Actions, Big Impact"

Answer the questions of the worksheet:

1)What is one simple change mentioned in the text to help the
environment?
2)Why are trees described as "nature's friends'' in the text?
3)What does the text say about recycling?
4) What is the main message or call to action in the text?
5) What message does the text transmit about the impact of small
individual actions on the environment?
 Reflecting about ourselves
1) Thinking about your context, what is the best action for taking care of the
environment?

2)How can we encourage our friends or family to join us on protecting the environment?
 The Simple Present
We use the simple present tense when an action is happening
right now, or when it happens regularly.

The structure is:

Subject+Verb (present simple form)+complement
Organize the sentence:
1) in the afternoon/My dad /the plants/waters/
2) reusable/use/ We/ bags /the supermarket /for
3) I /to the school/ from my /house/walk
4) brushing/turns off /the tap/ when /Mary /her teeth
5) eco-friendly products/ with /our clothes/ wash/ We
6) food/ Dave/ vegan/ eats
 Your turn...
In pairs write 6 sentences with present simple .

You have 10 minutes to complete this activity.

Raise your hand to participate!
 Exit ticket
1) What activity of today’s lesson I enjoyed the
most?
2) What activity for protecting the environment
do I want to do in my house or in the school?
3) How can I do the activity mentioned? Do I need
help or not?
 Thanks for
your
participation
Catalina Canales Collado