Activity 1: Warm-up · 10 minutes
Paper check: Do we really need to print?
a) Aims
Ss activate their awareness of paper use at school and understand the link between this lesson and the unit topic 'Green living'.
b) Content
Ss look at a pile of printed handouts drawn on the board and answer these questions in pairs:
- How many handouts does our class receive in a typical week?
- Which sheets could be reused for rough work?
- Which printed items could have been shared digitally?
Then T writes the question 'Is printing really necessary?' on the board.
c) Expected outcomes
A short list of three realistic ideas written on the board, for example: 'Check whether the handout can be shared on a class group before printing.', 'Use the blank side of a clean sheet for rough work.', 'Put used paper in the correct recycling bin.' These ideas will be checked against the model leaflet in Explore 1.
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T shows the pile of handouts and asks: 'How many handouts do we get in one week?' T introduces the project title 'Green living' and the aim of the lesson: to read, analyse and then produce an eco-habit leaflet with a short presentation.
Students
Ss listen and look at the handouts on the board. They note the lesson aim in their notebooks.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T asks pairs the three questions and walks around to listen. T helps with simple vocabulary such as handout (tờ phát cho học sinh) and recycle (tái chế) if needed.
Students
Pairs discuss. Expected answers: 'We get about five handouts a week.' 'We could reuse the back of the old worksheets for rough work.' 'The teacher could send the file on the class group.'
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T invites two or three pairs to share their ideas and writes the best ones on the board. T asks: 'Which of these ideas stops unnecessary printing before it happens?'
Students
Ss share their ideas. Expected answer: 'Checking whether the copy is really needed before printing.'
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T praises the ideas and says that the model leaflet will show how a real product can present such ideas clearly. T notes that prevention comes before recycling.
Students
Ss keep the board list in their notebooks to compare with the model leaflet later.