Do you know anything about Earth Day?
FOR THE 6TH GRADERS
ACTION 1
1° What does the drawing represent?
2° What is the topic?
3° What is the slogan?
4° Does the slogan symbolize a problem or a solution?
5° Do you agree with this slogan? Why or why not?
6° Do you know other environmental problems?
Click here and note down these problems:
ACTION 2
Visit the Planet Earth Museum. Click on the link below and take notes.
Visit the Planet Earth Museum. Click on the link below and take notes.
ACTION 3
Observe, read and reproduce the mindmap (=nuage de mots).
ACTION 4
Read and copy what (=ce que) kids say.
ACTION 5
Write down what YOU can do.
ACTION +
Make a poster to save the planet!
Need some ideas! (=Quelques idées!)
Need some ideas! (=Quelques idées!)
FOR THE 8TH GRADERS
Ashley-Sephora's vision of our planet!
Ashley-Sephora's File contents.
ACTION 1
Observe this poster and comment on it!
ACTION 2
How Green are you?
Read and answer the quiz below.
1. When you
leave a room, do you
a) turn off all the lights?
b) leave on light on?
c) never bother to turn off the lights?
. Do you
a) take short showers (less than 10 minutes?)
b) have baths?
c) take long showers (more than 10 minutes?)
3. Do you
a) walk or ride a bike for short journeys?
b) take a public transport when you can?
c) travel everywhere by car?
4.Do you
a) separate all your rubbish and
recycle what you can?
b) recycle some of your rubbish?
c) never recycle anything?
5.Do you
a) only use heating and air
conditioning when you really need them?
b) use heating and air conditioning
now and again?
c) have the heating all the winter
and the air conditioning on all summer?
ACTION 3
Watch the video and write a report!
News on Global Warming
August 2007
August 2007
ACTION 4
What to do to look after the Environment?
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/archived-word-games/paint-the-words/environment
ACTION 5
ACTION 5
How to protest?
Watch, listen and understand.
Watch, listen and understand.
ACTION +
ACTION 1
Watch the video and react!
a) Fill in the gaps of the lyrics.
Hey, what about .............
(What about us)
What about the ..............
(What about us)
The heavens are ........... .........
(What about us)
I can't even breathe
(What about us)
What about everything
(What about us)
[ I have given you
(What about us)
What about ..............'s worth
(ooo,ooo)
It's our ..............'s womb**
(What about us)
What about ...............
(What about it)
We've turned kingdoms to ..........
(What about us)
What about ...............
(What about us)
Have we lost their trust
(What about us)
What about ............. ............
(What about us) ]
We're ............... the seas
(What about us)
What about .............. trails
(ooo, ooo)
................ despite our pleas
(What about us)
What about the ............ ...........
(What about it)
Torn apart by creed
(What about us)
Where did we .......... ..........
(oooh, oooh)
Someone tell me ............
(What about us)
5)We've turned kingdoms to dust.
Need some help?
Click here!
http://ecojourney2013-15.blogspot.fr/2014/01/mind-maps-cyprus.html http://www.sswm.info/content/mindmapping
Make a Mindmap on the Environment with Wordle or Tagul.
STUDENTS'S ORAL PERFORMANCE
ON
EARTH DAY
Congrats to Ashley-Sephora and Mai-Linh!
STUDENTS'S ORAL PERFORMANCE
ON
EARTH DAY
Congrats to Ashley-Sephora and Mai-Linh!
FOR THE 9TH GRADERS
ACTION 1
Watch the video and react!
ACTION 2
Copy the songtext below,
then complete the activities about the video.
a) Fill in the gaps of the lyrics.
What about ..............
What about ……………
What about ……………
What about all the things
That you said we were to gain
What about killing fields
Is there a time
What about all the things
That you said was ............. and ……………
Did you ever stop to ……………………
All the blood we've shed before?
Did you ever stop to ……………………
This .............. .............., this weeping shore?
Aaaaaaaaaah Ooooooooooh
What have we done to the …………………
Look what we've done
What about all the peace
That you pledge your only ………………
Did you ever stop to ……………………
All the children …………………… from war?
Did you ever stop to ……………………
This ............... ..............., this weeping shore?
Aaaaaaaaaaah Ooooooooooh
I used to …………………
I used to glance beyond the ..............
Now I don't know ............. ............ ..........
Although I know we've drifted far
Aaaaaaaaaaah Ooooooooooh
That you said we were to gain
What about killing fields
Is there a time
What about all the things
That you said was ............. and ……………
Did you ever stop to ……………………
All the blood we've shed before?
Did you ever stop to ……………………
This .............. .............., this weeping shore?
Aaaaaaaaaah Ooooooooooh
What have we done to the …………………
Look what we've done
What about all the peace
That you pledge your only ………………
Did you ever stop to ……………………
All the children …………………… from war?
Did you ever stop to ……………………
This ............... ..............., this weeping shore?
Aaaaaaaaaaah Ooooooooooh
I used to …………………
I used to glance beyond the ..............
Now I don't know ............. ............ ..........
Although I know we've drifted far
Aaaaaaaaaaah Ooooooooooh
(What about us)
What about the ..............
(What about us)
The heavens are ........... .........
(What about us)
I can't even breathe
(What about us)
What about everything
(What about us)
[ I have given you
(What about us)
What about ..............'s worth
(ooo,ooo)
It's our ..............'s womb**
(What about us)
What about ...............
(What about it)
We've turned kingdoms to ..........
(What about us)
What about ...............
(What about us)
Have we lost their trust
(What about us)
What about ............. ............
(What about us) ]
We're ............... the seas
(What about us)
What about .............. trails
(ooo, ooo)
................ despite our pleas
(What about us)
What about the ............ ...........
(What about it)
Torn apart by creed
(What about us)
Where did we .......... ..........
(oooh, oooh)
Someone tell me ............
(What about us)
What about ............ ...........
(What about it)
What about the .............
(What about us)
What about all their .............
(What about us)
Do we ............ .... ...........?
What about the .............
(What about us)
What about all their .............
(What about us)
Do we ............ .... ...........?
b) Do the following activities.
1) Name two animal species mentioned in the
song.
2) What have we done to them?
Underline the
passages in green.
3) Underline in blue a sentence that may
refer to natural catastrophes like hurricanes or tornadoes.
4) Underline in black a sentence
that may
refer to air pollution.
5) Circle in green a sentence
referring to
deforestation.
6) Underline in red an expression or a
sentence referring to the evil done to mankind.
7) Circle in red two expressions
showing
that the Earth is sad.
c) Match the words.
peace •
heavens •
worth •
womb •
kingdoms •
dust •
holy •
creed •
give a damn* •
|
• cieux
• paix
• royaumes
• sein ; matrice
• valeur
• croyance
• poussière
• sacré, saint
• s’en préoccuper
|
d) Say it in French. Use a dictionary.
1)What about all the things
That you said was yours and mine?
2)Did you ever stop to notice
All the blood we’ve shed before?
3)I used to dream, I used to glance beyond the stars.
4)Now I don’t know where we are,
although I know we’ve
drifted far.
5)We've turned kingdoms to dust.
e) Watch the video, complete Worksheet A or Worksheet+.
Worksheet A
(Pre-intermediate A2 level)
(Pre-intermediate A2 level)
Worksheet+
(Intermediate B1 level)
(Intermediate B1 level)
ACTION +
Make a poster for the environment
demonstrating the problems and the solutions;
then prepare a speech to promote
your points of view and propositions!
demonstrating the problems and the solutions;
then prepare a speech to promote
your points of view and propositions!
Need some help?
Click here!
ACTION +++
For everyone
Let'sing all together!
