The world of plants - a CLIL lesson in English

EARTH DAYTHE WORLD OF PLANTS

by: mirta kos Kolobarić

SOME QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER...

The thinking part...

QUESTION 03

QUESTION 1

QUESTION 2

What consequences will pollution have?

How do people pollute the environment?

How do we dispose of our waste? .

Consequences of pollution

Waste disposal

Types of pollution

Think a bit more...

question 4

question 5

What are some important preconditions for humans to be able to live on Earth?

How can pollution affect the life on this planet?

Before you watch...

1. Which of your answers in the previous tasks were confirmed in this video? 2. What does the robot (WALL-E) do on Earth? 3. What consumer products do you recognize? 4. Why aren’t there any people?

Watch the official trailer.

VIDEO

So, let's check!

1. Which of your answers in the previous tasks were confirmed in this video? 2. What does the robot (WALL-E) do on Earth? 3. What consumer products do you recognize? 4. Why aren’t there any people?

An important question!

What do you think is the connection between this particular plant and the absence of people?

Why do we need plants?

Brainstorm some ideas!

Go!

What do we include into the category of plants?

Check your knowledge!

Go!

Which parts of a plant can you identify?

Check your knowledge!

Go!

How can plants help people and the environment?

Watch Trailer 2.

VIDEO

What do you think, why was Eve sent to Earth?

What do you think will happen when Eve takes the plant to the Axiom?

Watch Trailer 3.

Discussion

1. Do you think it is the first plant that was found on Earth? 2. Why do they want to keep it a secret/to cover it up? 3. Discuss the link between big businesses/corporations and environmental protection and pollution.

Discussion

4. What is the lesson we can learn from this animated film? 5. Wall-E was released in 2008. Do you think that people have learned anything from it or from any other film/cartoon dealing with the similar topic? 6. What can be done to change our practice?

Reading comprehension

Students will form groups of 4 students (or in breakout rooms.) Students read the texts, discuss them, extract the important information and present them in (digital) posters.

Group work - make groups of 4

Students with the same text number form new groups and compare information they have written down. They discuss if anything else should be added. They go back to their original groups.

In original groups, students produce a (digital) poster which explains why plants are necessary to sustain life on Earth. Each student makes contribution with info from their texts. Groups present their posters.

Each student in the group gets 1 text, reads it and makes notes about the important information in it.

Posters - exhibiton

Exhibition area

This is where you can upload your posters for other students to see and maybe vote for the best one.

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Reading section - jigsaw activity

Text

GROUP 1

Plants as food

Text

Air and water regulation, natural products

GROUP 2

Text

Aesthetic use, stress relief

GROUP 3

Text

Medicine

GROUP 4

Going back to the beginning...

let's revise

• Which of your answers from the brainstorming activity (before watching Wall-e videos) were mentioned in these texts?

Credits

https://blog.udemy.com/importance-of-plants/

http://www.bgci.org/plantconservationday/whyplantsimportant/

https://www.bioexplorer.net/types-of-plants.html/

http://22sekourgreenfootprint.blogspot.com/2018/11/what-are-most-important-consequences-of.html

Thanks!