The Earth in Our Hands

Learning Objectives

• Read a magazine article to find specific information about ecotourism and identify prefixes and suffixes. (R409, V431)
• Write an essay to present arguments for and against ecotourism. (W408, W426)
• Recognize and produce stress in word families with different suffixes.

Review page 43 of your K+Notes book for key vocabulary this week.

Do this K+ Tools homework for Tuesday's class:

• Ecotourism
• Contrast Linkers
• Prefixes and Suffixes 1
• Prefixes and Suffixes 2

After-Class Writing/Speaking Journal:

Watch the video below and use page 27 of your K+ Notes textbook to take notes on the pros and cons of ecotourism. Then free-write for five to ten minutes (or record yourself speaking for two to three minutes) answer this question: Do the disadvantages of ecotourism outweigh the advantages?

Learning Objectives

• Listen to a lecture to identify possible causes of climate change. (L417)
• Read extracts from a lecture to expand vocabulary for contrast linkers. (G404)
• Record a podcast to share your opinions about climate change. (SP412, SP437, V418)
• Use linkers to show contrast and cause and effect.

Do this K+ Tools homework for Wednesday's class:

• Environment
• Linkers: Contrast, Cause and Effect 1
• Future Perfect and Future Perfect Continuous 1

After-Class Speaking/Writing Journal:

Make a short recording (or free-write a journal entry) in which you give your opinion about climate change. Do believe that climate change is a serious problem? Should we do anything about climate change? Give reasons for your opinions, and give examples to support them.

Learning Objectives

• Read news articles to identify possible solutions to food insecurity. (R409)
• Identify rules for future perfect and future perfect continuous. (G427, G428, G429)
• Write an essay to respond to others' opinions about the future of food. (W406, V418, V424)

See page 43 of your K+Notes book for key vocabulary

Do this K+ Tools homework for Thursday's class:

• Future Food
• Future Perfect and Future Perfect Continuous 2
• Linkers: Contrast, Cause and Effect 2

After-Class Speaking/Writing Journal:

How do you think the eating habits of people in your country will change in the future? Consider some of the ideas from Lesson 3 of your K+ Notes textbook in your essay.

Learning Objectives

• Listen to a radio interview to identify advice about how to be environmentally friendly. (L411)
• Expand vocabulary about environmental issues by taking a quiz and completing sentences. (V475)
• Create and present a public message to the class to communicate information about being environmentally friendly. (SP442, SI432)
• Recognize and produce intonation to show emotion and emphasis.

Do this K+ Tools homework for Friday's class:

• How Environmentally Friendly Are You?
• Linkers: Contrast, Cause and Effect 3
• Future Perfect and Future Perfect Continuous 3

After-Class Speaking/Writing Journal:

Describe one of the most environmentally destructive habits that you see in people around you? How does this habit negatively impact the environment? What are two or three simple things the public can do to break those habits? What will be the result of changing this habit?

• Linkers: Contrast, Cause and Effect 4
• Future Perfect and Future Perfect Continuous 4
• Far Away from Home! (Optional)
• Far Away from Home! (Optional)