2014 Environmental issues
Marie & Keisha EVO eperfect ebook project – chapter 1 01/01/2014
Global warming
Mission 1 Let’s brainstorm!
Pair work What do you know about global warming? You can answer on a sheet of paper using a diagram or you can write all the words you want to include in a Wordle. http://www.wordle.net/ You can also use Popplet : http://popplet.com/
Mission 2 Let’s play with words & learn more about this topic! Play these games to learn the words and phrases you will need. http://quizlet.com/35298650/the-environment-flash-cards/
Mission 3 Let’s learn more about global warming! Group work / information gap You need to choose your team. Then each team will read and analyse 1 article among the following: o http://www.timeforkids.com/news/going-extremes/41921
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o http://www.timeforkids.com/news/silent-hurricaneseason/102051 o http://www.timeforkids.com/news/young-voices/36206 o http://www.timeforkids.com/news/polar-bears-peril/86701 o http://www.timeforkids.com/news/president%E2%80%99sclimate-plan/97006 You will analyse them and prepare a short talk about the information you learnt. Finally, you will hand in a short summary of what you learnt and what your opinion is about the article. Your teacher will publish them as an ebook on issuu. http://issuu.com/ You can also publish your own e-book! Make sure you branch out and are creative. You can use the following tips!
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Tips! Giving a talk You may use -online dictionaries and encyclopedias such as: word reference: http://www.wordreference.com/ Linguee (with sentences) : http://www.linguee.com/ The free dictionary: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ http://www.britannica.com/ https://www.wikipedia.org/ http://kids.britannica.com/
1- Present the document --> This is an extract from ... --> This is an excerpt from (a newspaper, an essay, an online magazine, ...) --> It comes from.... --> It is an advertisement for... --> It dates from.... 2- Sum up the message Firstly Secondly Thirdly Then Moreover what is more It is composed of... 4 sections/parts
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There is a caption, a title, a text, a bubble... 3- Analyse it The author thinks, believes, suggests, warns that‌ 4- Give your opinion I suppose, think that... We can infer, guess, conclude that... What the author means, suggests is that... The author highlights, emphasizes, focuses on, shows, illustrates... I agree with the writer because... I disagree with the writer....as‌ I could not agree more. In my opinion.... I find the text, the arguments interesting, convincing, strange... It reminds me of.... It illustrates... 5- Branch out This extract makes me think about.... I can remember that... Besides by the way 6- Check out the way some words are pronounced http://www.howjsay.com/ 7- Extra phrases/sentences --> Introducing the topic : The subject/topic of my talk is... I'm going to talk about... My topic today is... My talk is converned with... Overview (outline of presentation) I'm going to divide my talk into 4 parts. There are a number of points I would like to make. I would like to begin/start by + BV-ing... Finally/lastly (finalement) --> Providing examples
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For example,... A good example of this is... As an illustration,... To illustrate the point,... --> Summarising & concluding To sum up... Finally, let me remind you of some of the issues we've discussed. To conclude,... 5
--> Paraphrasing & clarifying In other words... What I'm saying is that... What I mean is that...
--> Invitation to discuss/ask questions I'm happy to answer any questions. Please feel free to ask questions. If you would like me to elaborate on any point, please ask… Would you like to ask any questions?
Mission 4 Let’s study videos!
Group work / Let’s flip! You are going to watch a video (each group will study a different video) at home and discuss it online. First, choose your partners. Then select one of the following videos. o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a51mWYhVmek (BBC, the truth about climate change, part 1, 58’)
o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTgAiyo0xwY (part 2) o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJAbATJCugs (3’04, National Geographic) o You can also use any video on this Pad: http://padlet.com/wall/environment-lycee Speak for one minute each on a VoiceThread or Voxopop conversation. o http://voicethread.com/ o http://www.voxopop.com/ Share your VoiceThread or Voxopop link online: here.
Mission 5 – Final task Let’s share!
Pair work or group work
Choose 3 videos or texts among the following. http://www.timeforkids.com/news/green-tips/10961 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming http://environment.about.com/od/globalwarming/u/globalwarmi ng.ht http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/globalwarming/gw-effects/ http://www.globalissues.org/issue/178/climate-change-andglobal-warming http://climate.nasa.gov/effects http://www.nrdc.org/globalwarming/ http://www.nrdc.org/energy/default.asp http://www.desmogblog.com/global-warming-information-center http://www.arkive.org/climate-change/ http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/aboutcc/how_cc_works/
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnjx6KETmi4 http://www.ted.com/talks/al_gore_on_averting_climate_crisis.ht ml http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2826045209/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvI66Xaj9-o (2012 trailer) Prepare an awareness campaign about global warming: You can use a PowerPoint presentation or a video to tell your peers about the dangers of global warming. Your campaigns will be published online and will take part in a competition. The best ones will be awarded a prize and a diploma.
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