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Environment Unit: ESL Activities for Teens

Climate, plastic and what one school can actually change: from predictions to a real class action plan.

Age
Ages 12–17
Level
A2–B2
Skill
Vocabulary · Speaking
Time
45 min
Format
Teacher guide
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What's in the pack

7 free resources from the site, ready for the board or the printer.

Classroom tool

A 45-minute lesson

One way to run the pack as a full lesson. Swap any step for your coursebook's own activity.

  1. 5min

    1. Warm-up

    Show the Earth Day words (trees, bees, rivers…); pairs choose the three they think are most at risk and say why.

    Earth Day: words and pictures →
  2. 10min

    2. Present

    Will slides as a model, then students write three predictions for their town in 2050.

    Grammar slides: will (predictions and promises) →
  3. 15min

    3. Speak

    The B1 environment questions in groups made with the group maker.

    Discussion questions: Environment →
  4. 10min

    4. Practise

    Should / must: each group writes a five-point green plan for the school.

    Grammar slides: should and shouldn't (advice) →
  5. 5min

    5. Wrap-up

    The class votes for the one green idea it will really try this month.

Total: 45 minutes

Three extra practice tasks

Written for this theme, no printing needed. Use them as fillers, homework ideas or a second lesson.

  1. 1. Rubbish audit

    Students list everything they threw away yesterday, then sort it: recycle, reuse, avoid.

    Model languageI threw away two plastic bottles. I could use a metal bottle instead.

  2. 2. Headline from 2050

    Groups write a good-news and a bad-news headline from 2050 and explain what led to each.

    Model language'Last petrol car sold' — because people will choose electric cars.

  3. 3. Eco debate

    Motion: 'Schools should ban single-use plastic.' Two teams, one-minute speeches, then a vote.

    Model languageWe believe a ban is a good idea because…