Activity 1: Warm-up · 5 minutes
Brainstorm: What do we do with spare paper?
a) Aims
Ss activate prior knowledge about waste paper and get ready for the opening conversation and the topic Humans and the environment.
b) Content
Ss look at the phrase spare paper written on the board and say what they usually do with used or spare paper at home or at school. Ss then listen to the opening conversation read aloud by T and predict what the speakers will talk about.
Guiding questions:
- What do you usually do with spare paper?
- Why is it important to think about paper waste?
- What do you think Speaker A is asking, and what do you think Speaker B will answer?
c) Expected outcomes
- A short list of 3 to 4 ideas from the class, for example: reuse it for rough work, recycle it, or throw it away.
- Ss' predictions: Speaker A asks for advice on what to do with spare paper; Speaker B gives advice.
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T writes spare paper on the board and asks: What do you usually do with spare paper? T asks Ss to think for 30 seconds before answering.
Students
Ss think silently and prepare their answers.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T reads the opening conversation aloud twice and asks Ss to listen for the advice given.
Students
Ss listen and note any words they recognise, such as paper, clean, sheets, names, marks.
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T invites 3 to 4 Ss to share their ideas and their predictions about the conversation.
Students
Ss answer, for example: We recycle it. / We use it again for drafts. / I think B will tell A to check the paper first.
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T confirms that the conversation is about what to do with spare paper and links it to the unit topic Humans and the environment. T writes the unit title on the board.
Students
Ss write the unit title in their notebooks and copy the lesson aim.