B5U10 Stopping Global Warming: You Can Make a

Difference

Period One

Farewell What does the last polar bear remind you of?

News Headline

Watch the video.Give each piece of news a corresponding headline.What do these news reports have in common?Worksheet 1

Related Terms

Climate Change TermsPrefix: e-Examples: emit, evaporate, expand, extend, etc.Worksheet 2

Global Climate Change

Discuss with group members and fill out the first two columns of the KWL Chart.Worksheet 3Watch the video.Find out what is mentioned in the video.Fill out the third column of the KWL chart.Share the third part with other groups.

What topics are covered in the video?

Climate changeGlobal warming Human activities Greenhouse gases Natural disasters Greenhouse effectsExtreme weather

conditions Find out the cause and effect of the above.

Task: Reduction of Carbon Emissions

Calculate your annual carbon emissions by using carbon footprint calculator.Task: Design your own plan to cut down on carbon emissions.Worksheet 4Worksheet 5

Polar bear videoHow to write an informal letter*Write an apology letter to the polar bear. Worksheet 6

Periods Two & Three

Guess from the title: Stopping Global Warming: You Can Make a Difference.

What topics will be covered in the reading?Each group discusses one paragraph of the reading based on Worksheet 7.The discussion of the first paragraph will be done by the teacher and then each group take turns presenting their discussion results.

Graphic Organizers

Each group discusses the graphic organizers of the reading. Worksheet 8.Two groups will have to draw their think map on the blackboard.

Pattern 1

S + V..., one/both/some/all of which/whom...Watch the ppt about relative clause and do the quiz in the ppt.

Pattern 2: instead of

People can use public transportation rather than cars or motorcycles.

-->People can use public transportation instead of cars or motorcycle.Matt decided to stay at home and study rather than go out shopping.

-->Matt decided to stay at home and study instead of going out shopping.

Worksheet 9

Pattern Practice

Global warming has deprived the natural habitats of polar bears, many of which are now drifting on ice.

To fish, polar bears have to jump into the ocean instead of digging a hole on a big ice sheet.

Pattern Practice

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Pattern Practice

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Pattern Practice

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Pattern Practice

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Period Four

Listen to the CD of the reading.Talk about the causes of global warming.

Silent Spring

Read A Fable for Tomorrow. Answer Questions for Discussion.Worksheet 10Each group discusses A Fable for Tomorrow by using Literature Circles Worksheet 11.Compare and Contrast the reading and A Fable for Tomorrow Worksheet 12.

What do you feel you can do as a citizen to become part of a solution to the issues raised by A Fable for Tomorrow and this lesson?