Clean Air Day: I Like Clean Air

Clean Air Day: I Like Clean Air

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What do you love about your city and what you don’t love about it? Write it down in two columns and present it to the class. + Go to waqi.info and enter the name of your city to check out the current air quality.

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Students in London produced a song about their city. Brainstorm 3 things you might love about London and 3 things you don’t love. Feedback to class and add ideas to a table/whiteboard.

Listen to the song. What is it about?

Listen

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Read the lyrics to 'I Like Clean Air'. Can you predict what the missing words are? Listen to the song again to check!

(Chorus) I love my city; I love my area code I just wanna breathe, breathe, breathe You just wanna breathe, breathe, breathe We just need to breathe, breathe, breathe coz the __________ out here is making me feel …

(Verse 2) Living next to _________ roads, shut your windows, shut your windows, shut your windows.

There’s cleaner air where trees are planted So if you wanna play just meet me in the __________

I like clean air I like clean air (Verse 1) When you ain’t got far to go, just __________ or walk it ain’t hard you know

Traffic is so bad so take a detour On back roads where we can breathe more __________ (Chorus) I love my city

The city gets busy and we’re all feeling ___ from the buses and the cars going past the road (Chorus)

I love my area code X2 But pollution is __________ its toll on you on me I love my city

Read the letter

Who is it from? What is it about?

02

01

Simple phrases

More complex phrases

Kind regards

Please

I would be really glad to receive your reply.

It is the main cause of…

I am writing to ask if…

Please write back to me I hope this will work…

This is a bad thing because…

Goodbye

I believe this would solve the issue of…

TEACHER'S NOTE

Who to write to?

Drivers leaving their engines on

The head teacher

Not enough cycle lanes in your city

The owner of a delivery company

Nowhere to keep bicycles at school

Your parents

Need more electric cars

The mayor of the city

TEACHER'S NOTE

Extension activity

Students write a letter to a person of their choice on an air quality issue of their choice. This can be displayed on the classroom walls for the other students to read and then hand in.

Thank you for

participating!

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Lesson plan by Owain Llewellyn

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