LESSON OVERVIEW
This lesson gives students the opportunity to discover some language related to plastic pollution, discuss the problem of plastic waste and reflect on some eco-friendly ways to deal with other types of waste.
This is a Critical Reading Club worksheet. With this format, students need to read an online article at home and do the exercises in the classroom. Learn more about how to use such worksheets and their benefits in our post.
ACTIVITIES
Inspired by the article about plastic waste, students discuss how the approach towards plastic has changed in the last 20 years. After the discussion, they focus on seven phrases which include language related to waste. Their task is to complete the missing words in them. The first letters of these words are provided, as well as short definitions of the phrases, to help students guess them. The vocabulary task leads to another discussion about the content of the article as well as different aspects of plastic pollution. Finally, students focus on other types of waste (e.g. wood, cardboard, leather) and continue to practise the new vocabulary. While discussing what can happen and be done with the waste, they need to consider the given circumstances (e.g. it’s biodegradable, it can be incinerated, etc.).