CITY GREENERY
CITY GREENERY
Lesson topic and staging
This lesson looks at ways of beautification the city and the environment in which we are situated. Students read a text from Daily Mail (British tabloid newspaper) and then find the meaning of the words from the text. Students listen about a brilliant game cricket and decide if the statements are true or false. Then students read a text about Nelson Mandela ´s garden in prison, learn the phrases from the text and answer the questions from the text. Next, students practice speaking, working with a partner and thinking about the changes in Nitra town. Students read a PowerPoint presentation about farming crops for fuel and then present it with their own opinions and ideas.
Objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should have:
- extracted specific information and language items from reading texts and a
listening exercise
- expanded their range of vocabulary related to city greenery
- expanded their range of phrases connected with the garden
- found and understood the meaning of the words from the text
- discussed the changes in Nitra town
- presented PowerPoint presentation at a conference