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Homework:
Watch Why People Don't Believe in Climate Science and answer the questions below to make sure you have understood the main points in the video. To be handed in in ElevFeedBack.
Comprehension Questions
According to the video, human history is part of the reason why we fail to believe in or prevent, climate change. What is the evolutionary problem we face?
What are the issues that really grab out attention?
How is the P.A.I.N. acronym relevant in a climate change context?
What percentage of the world's scientists are in agreement about climate change?
We have 'a finite pool of worry'. What does this mean for our attitude to climate change?
Læringsmål engelsk:
Læringsmål engelsk:
Ny viden og ordforråd med fokus på klimaforandringer og menneskets tackling af klimakrisen
Hvordan digte kan sætte ord på følelser
Introduktion til manuskript genren samt træning i at strukturere og skrive en tale
Kilder:
Kilder:
Why people don't believe in climate change; YouTube video
One World Down the Drain, by Simon Rae (poem) Systime's Footprints
Before the Flood med Leonardo DiCaprio (documentary)
Before the Flood official website prx.dk/clifi18
Produkter:
Produkter:
Comprehension check: Why People Don't Believe in Climate Science (homework)
Gruppearbejde: Spørgsmål til Before the Flood (Modul 4)
Pararbejde: Speech (homework)
Indledning til manuskript med valg af fokuspunkter (Modul 5)
Module 1
Teacher's introduction to English in SO#1
Pair work: Students share today's homework: Comprehension questions for Why People Don't Believe in Climate Science.
Climate Poetry
Read One World Down the Drain
Pair work
Questions A-E in Systime's Footprints: While-reading: What is going to happen to the world
Discussion: Do you agree? in Systime
Class session: One World Down the Drain
Modules 2-3
Teacher's introduction to documentary.
Watch Before the Flood, Leonardo Di Caprio (1t 36m)
While watching (individually)
Note down the climate change challenges mentioned in the movie.
After watching (group work)
Share and discuss your notes in a group and sort them by categories:
Climate changes
Environment
Health
Consumption patterns
Political issues
Feel free to add additional categories to the list.
Module 4
Group work
Comprehension Check Before the Flood
Before the Flood shows that the effects of climate change are happening now. Give concrete examples of DiCaprio's first-hand experiences with climate change during his journey.
For how long have we known about climate change?
What are some of the reasons why policy makers have not acted against climate change sooner?
Who will be first and most impacted by climate change?
The documentary describes some of the effects of climate change (see below). Explain why each of these effects is a problem:
Melting ice
Rising sea-levels
Deforestation
Ocean acidification
Drought
The Paris Agreement is a step on the way to reduce climate change, but Before the Flood points out that it is not enough. What is the Paris Agreement and why is it not enough?
There are reasons to believe that we can now begin to make the much-needed changes that we were unable to make in the past. What are those reasons?
Before the end credits, the film addresses the audience directly, suggesting how each of us can make a difference in the battle against climate change. What can we do?
If time allows
Explore the official website of Before the Flood:
www.beforetheflood.com/20-ways-to-reduce-climate-change/
Read about the different climate change solutions described on the website and discuss which three you think are the most effective and why.
Hand in answers for both tasks in ElevFeedBack (write your names on top of the document)
Module 5
Class session: Share your work prepared in module 4.
Manuscript/speech Climate Change (pairwork)
Teacher's introduction to the manuscript genre.
What to do
Write a manuscript about climate change. Include rhetorical devices and the all below mentioned sources:
Word Count: 800-1000 words
When to complete writing the speech: Homework
Where to hand in: Lectio engelsk Opgaver (5 elevtimer)
When: To be agreed on with your English teacher
In today's class
Brainstorm with your partner and make an outline.
Write your introduction with focus points and present to your teacher for approval.
List of sources:
Why People Don't Believe in Climate Science (YouTube video)
One World Down the Drain (poem)
Before the Flood (documentary)
Your own notes
How to write a manuscript
Find a Step-by-step guide here
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