This lesson plan for teachers of teenage students at Pre-Intermediate level and above is based on the
theme of recycling. Students will develop their vocabulary and awareness of the importance of
segregation for the re-use of secondary raw materials. They will express their ideas on new recycling
products.
LESSON PLAN:
Topic: Let's recycle!
Level: pre- intermediate, intermediate
Total time: 45 min.
Aims:
-Students will be able to determine solutions for encouraging recycling in their community.
Operating aims: students:
- know the concepts of "trash", "segregation", "recycling",
- can distinguish what is waste and what is not,
- understand the sense of collecting and segregating garbage,
- recognize containers for waste segregation,
- can work in groups to make project posters
Materials:
text from Wikipedia What is recycling?
comprehension test true/false- source Wikipedia
worksheet Recycle Match-Up / Internet worksheet page /
poster paper
small pieces of paper with the names of trash
paper made cointainers
markers, crayons, or coloured pencils
https://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/reading-recycling.php
Methods:
communicative
reading compreheshion
CLIL method
game- sorting the trash
project- making posters
Key terms:
compost
recycling
trash
bins
types of materials/ plastic, paper, glass, metal etc/
Introduction:
Introduction: - to elicit information about the purpose of recycling and re -use of the raw
materials.
Procedure
1. Warm up:
- Ask students what they recycle at home and at school.
- Explain that objects can go into three categories when you need to get rid of them:
trash,compost, objects that can be broken down and used in the soil, and recycling, which is
generally glass, plastic, and paper that can be broken down and made into new items.
2. Task 1 Handout 1. Silent reading the text What is recycling? Making a comprehension test
True/ False after reading the text. / 5 minutes /
3. Task 2 Using worksheet 2 students colour each item and match them with the proper bins.
/ 5 minutes /
4. Task 3 Sorting the items. Students choose the small pieces of paper with the name of
different trash and put them into the correct cointainer. / 5 minutes /
5. Task 4Group work. Students are divided into smaller groups and they make posters
according to the chosen topic. /20 minutes /
A How to recycle
B New items of recycling process
6. Task 5 Presentation of works. Display and evaluation. / 5 minutes /
Author: Katarzyna Sosnowska, English teacher Szkoła Podstawowa nr 1 w Gostyninie, Poland