LESSON OVERVIEW

This lesson plan on saving the planet deals with plogging, i.e. the idea of picking up litter while jogging. The worksheet consists of a few vocab exercises and includes a lot of words used for talking about waste and littering.

This is a Flipped Classroom lesson plan. In a nutshell, it means that the first part of the lesson needs to be done by students at home. Learn more about flipped classroom and how we implement it in these lesson plans in our post.

PRE‐CLASS ACTIVITIES

In the pre‐class part, students will revise vocabulary that we use when talking about waste. First, they need to answer a few questions using the words in the box. The list includes words such as biodegradable, dumpster, garbage, garbage bins, litter bins, single-use, trash, etc. Students get both American and British English equivalents as we want to show them different words used  depending on a dialect. To practise the words more, students have to complete a few sentences with the words from the previous exercise.

IN‐CLASS ACTIVITIES

Video & Discussion

The in‐class worksheet starts with a short discussion about sorting trash as well as the problem of littering in cities. Next, we ask students whether they have ever heard about plogging and watch a short video in which a speaker explains the term. After watching it, in their own words, students need to explain what ‘plogging’ is. Then, they move to the second task and complete a few sentences with one word only. After that, they watch the video again and check their answers.

Verbs phrases with prepositions

The video is full of verb phrases with prepositions which are worth teaching. First, students have to match halves to create 8 phrases. Next, they use the phrases to complete some sentences. Sometimes they will need to change the form of the verbs. After this task, students discuss a few questions connected with the video and the idea of plogging. Encourage them to use phrases from the previous exercise (they are also included in the questions). Finally, this lesson plan on saving the planet ends with a couple of statements that students have to discuss using the phrases for agreement/disagreement provided in the box. The statements touch upon plogging, recycling and the environmental crisis.