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Class Date___/___/_____
Lesson Plans 53 and 54 Lesson No.______ 45 min
45 min

UNIT 2: There’s no Planet B 2.1 The world under threat

CONTENTS: Environmental threats to our planet

• Introducing the topic, The world under threat

Summary • Discussing the problems threatening our environment today
• Reading comprehension activities – Pale Blue Dot

• To identify environmental problems

Teaching • To acknowledge and discuss the dimension of environmental problems
aims • To read a text to analyse its message
• To do group work

Ask the students:

• To read the quote in the Food for Thought rubric and explain its meaning (page 88)
• To do exercise 1 (page 88)
• To watch/listen to the video in exercise 1.1 and discuss its message (page 89)
Activities /
• To listen to exercise 2 and complete the poem (page 89)
Strategies
• To discuss the prediction questions in exercise 3 (page 89)
• To read the text (page 90)
• To do the reading comprehension exercises (page 90)
• To discuss the question on #whatif (page 90)

Optional • Watching the video, We are all connected and discussing the suggested questions (page 87)
activities

• Student’s Book (pages 87-90)

Resources / • Video: Nature is speaking
Materials • Audio (track 29)
•

 To do the vocabulary activity on environment-related words (page 92)

Homework
 To answer the question on #my world (page 92)

Assessment • Direct observation: punctuality, behaviour, commitment to tasks and oral participation

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Lesson Plans 55 and 56 Lesson No.______ 45 min
45 min

UNIT 2: There’s no Planet B 2.1 The world under threat

CONTENTS: Environmental threats; so/such (a/an) + that

• Homework correction
Summary • Using so/such (a/an) + that
• Listening comprehension activities through video – Environmental threats

• To learn how to intensify the use of nouns and adjectives

Teaching
• To watch a speech and analyse its message
aims

Ask the students:

• To correct the homework (page 92)
Activities / • To watch the Grammar activity
Strategies • To do exercises 1 and 2 (page 93)
• To watch the videos and complete the information required in exercise 1 and 2 (page 94)
• To discuss the question on #my world (page 94)

• Workbook (pages 39-40)

Optional
• MyGif (page 215)
activities
• Workbook (page 41)

• Student’s Book (pages 92-95,228)

• Video: Evolution of our planet
Resources /
• Video: The Tragedy of the Commons
Materials
• Workbook (page 39-41)
•

Homework

Assessment • Direct observation: punctuality, behaviour, commitment to tasks and oral participation

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Lesson Plans 57 and 58 Lesson No.______ 45 min
45 min

UNIT 2: There’s no Planet B 2.1 The world under threat

CONTENTS: Prose poetry texts

Summary • Writing and presenting a poem in prose

• To write a poem in prose

Teaching
• To present a poem in class
aims
• To recognise the purpose and structure of prose poetry

Ask the students:

• To watch the writing tutorial: Prose poetry
Activities /
• To do exercise 1 to prepare a poem in prose in small groups (page 95)
Strategies
• To do exercise 2 and write a prose poem (page 95)
• To read or record their poem and present it in class

Optional
activities

• Student’s Book (pages 95, 237)

Resources / • Video tutorial: Prose poetry
Materials • Recorder
• Teacher’s file – Assessment rubric: Prose poetry

Homework

• Direct observation: punctuality, behaviour, commitment to tasks and oral participation.

Assessment
• Assessment rubric for writing prose poetry

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Lesson Plans 59 and 60 Lesson No.______ 45 min
45 min

UNIT 2: There’s no Planet B 2.1 The world under threat

CONTENTS: Environmental help; degrees of adjectives

• Reading comprehension activities: The Ocean Cleanup

Summary • Revising degrees of adjectives
• Learning other comparatives

• To acknowledge the importance of taking action

Teaching
• To compare people, things or situations
aims
• To express continuous and proportional increase or change

Ask the students:

• To read the text and match the questions to the answers in exercise 1 (page 96)
• To do the reading comprehension exercise 2 (page 97)
Activities /
• To watch the video Comparatives to revise the degrees of adjectives (page 98)
Strategies
• To complete the text in exercise 1 (page 98)
• To watch the video: Other comparatives
• To do exercises 1,2 and 3 (page 99)

• Video: The Ocean Cleanup technology explained

• Master speaker: “Less common adjectives”
Optional • Quiz: Double and proportional comparatives
activities
•

• Student’s Book (pages 96-99, 229)

• Video: Comparatives
Resources /
• Video: Other comparatives
Materials
• Track 31
•

• MyGif (page 216)

Homework
• Workbook (page 43)

Assessment • Direct observation: punctuality, behaviour, commitment to tasks and oral participation

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Lesson Plans 61 and 62 Lesson No.______ 45 min
45 min

UNIT 2: There’s no Planet B 2.1 The World under threat

CONTENTS: Animal idioms; Round-table discussion

• Homework correction
Summary • Doing vocabulary activities – animal idioms
• Organising a round table discussion

• To use idioms in context

Teaching
• To do group work
aims
• To take part in a round-table discussion

Ask the students:

• To correct the homework (WB, page 43; MyGif, page 216)
Activities / • To do exercises 1, 2 and 3 (page 100)
Strategies • To watch the speaking tutorial Round-table discussion
• To read the guidelines in exercises 1 in small groups to prepare the presentation (page 101)
• To make their presentation – exercise 2 (page 101)

• Apresentação: Animal idioms

Optional
• Animal idioms (WB, page 44)
activities

• Student’s Book (pages 100-101, 234)

Resources / • Workbook (pages 43)
Materials • Video tutorial: Round-table discussion
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Homework

Assessment • Direct observation: punctuality, behaviour, commitment to tasks and oral participation

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Lesson Plans 63 and 64 Lesson No.______
45 min

UNIT 2: There’s no Planet B 2.1 The world under threat

CONTENTS: Environmental problems; so/such (a/an) + that; Degrees of adjectives; Other

comparatives

• Revisions
Summary
• Writing a paragraph about a quote

• To revise some vocabulary related to the theme’s subunit

• To revise so/such (a/an) + that
Teaching
• To revise the degrees of adjectives
aims
• To revise other comparatives
• To write their thoughts/opinions about a quote

Ask the students:

• To do the summing-up exercises (page 103)
Activities / • To write their thoughts/opinions about the quote in the Food for Thought rubric (page 103)
Strategies • To do the overall grammar exercises (WB, page 45)
• To do the theme-based overall exercises (WB, page 38, 39,40)
• To do the activities suggested in Play it Cool (page 102)

Optional • Environmental issues (Individual work – describing and discussing) / My favourite tour (Group
work – describing) (Teacher’s File – Speaking cards)
activities

• Student’s Book (page 102-103)

Resources / • Workbook (pages 38-40, 45)
Materials • Teacher’s File (Speaking cards)
•

Homework

Assessment • Direct observation: punctuality, behaviour, commitment to tasks and oral participation

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