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UNIT 6
Teens in action
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ΕικόναListen and match the speakers (1-3) with the ideas in the photos (A-D).
There is one extra photo.
Listening
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READ
  • a poster about recycling
  • school environmental schemes on the Internet
  • an advertisement for volunteers
  • a quiz on a historical area in Athens
  • a student’s letter of application and CV
  • an online article about the Kazantzakis museum
LISTEN TO
  • a radio news report on a school trip
 TALK ABOUT
  • your experiences
  • voluntary work
  • learning by doing
WRITE
  • a letter of application
  • your CV
  • a Treasure Hunt task sheet
LINK TO
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Lesson 1
Εκπαιδευτικό Παιχνίδι Γλωσσάριο-Lesson 1
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1
 Recycling
a. What does it mean?
b. What Greek word does ‘Recycling’ remind you of?
c. What can we recycle? Find out in the word-snake. Can you add anything else?
glassbottlescansbatteriesmagazinesplasticbagsbooksnewspapers
2
 Do Andrew's quiz to learn more about the environment. Then, check with the
key on page 141. How does it make you feel? Do you know any other
environmental facts?
Quiz - The Environment
1. Recycling one aluminium can save enough energy to power a television for....
a. one hour b. three hours
2. ...... do not rot. They will stay in the ground forever.
a. Glass bottles b. Plastics
3. The average family uses .... trees worth of paper a year.
a. six b. three
4. Newspapers contain about ......... of recycled paper.
a. 50% b. 10%
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3
 Andrew's class made this poster. Read
the text on it. What is it about?
4
 How can students help protect the
environment? In pairs, make a list
of ideas.
Let’s go green!
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1
 Lots of students take part in school environmental
schemes. Read quickly what some of them wrote for
Andrew's site. Are there any of your ideas?
2
 Decide on a suitable name for
each school scheme. Choose
from a-e. There is one extra.
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a. ‘Zero Waste Day' ...
b. ‘Clean-up Day' ...
c. ‘Draw to Help!' ...
d. ‘Cash for Cans' ...
e. ‘Recycle Paper' ...
 
Andrew, 15
“Recycling a can is 20 times cheaper than
making a new one, so manufacturers are
happy to buy used ones. I've joined an eco
team which collects cans students usually
throw away and takes them to the nearest
recycling point. It's really cool! We've bought
three new basketballs with the money they've
given us for the used cans so far. Have you
ever volunteered for your community?”		  
Sheila, 12
“We've started a Waste Reduction Week at
our school. Today, we've removed the waste-
paperbins from all classrooms and the
headmaster has given each student a bag
where we must put all the litter we produce
during the day. At the end of the day, the
student with the smallest bag will get a prize!
So, let's get down to work!” 		Tony, 13
We've teamed up with other schools in
our area and we've formed eco teams.
We're trying to recycle as much paper
as possible. We've asked the local
council for extra recycling bins and
they've given us green flags to fly! It's a
good start but we haven't gone green
yet. We must keep working.”
Bettina, 14
“My team has designed recycling posters which encourage people to sort the paper,
glass and cans from their rubbish. We've also made a poster with the names and
addresses of phone and computer stores which take old mobiles and computers and
give them to people in poor countries or recycle them. Have you ever heard of that?”
ideas taken from
www.ci.fort-collins.co.us, www.kidsrecycle.org/index.php
Lesson 1
3
 Read the students’ text in more detail. Find the team that....
a. needs something extra at their school.
b. has unusual bins today.
c. has bought something new.
d. uses its members' artistic skills.
e. has organised a special week. 		...
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4
 Which of these schemes would you like to join? Say why.
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Guessing words from context
1
 Find the words (1-8) in the students' texts (Texts 1-4). In
pairs, guess what they mean and match then with their
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1. manufacturer (Text 1)
2. volunteer (Text 1)
3. community (Text 1)
4. waste reduction week (Text 2)
5. remove (Text 2)
6. get down to (Text 2)
7. sort (Text 4)
8. stores (Text 4) 		......
......
......
......
......
......
......
...... 		a. start
b. the people who live in a place
c. shops
d. offer to work without getting any money
e. a person or company that makes sth
f. to take sth off or away
g. put things in groups
h. we throw less rubbish away during this week
The Environment
2
 Match the signs (a - e) with the pictures (1 - 5). Then, listen and check.
Listening
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Let’s go green!
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 ‘ENVIRONMENT' collocations. Put the verbs in the right box.
trees
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……………		 water / energy
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……………		 animals
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……………		 cars / bicycles
……………
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environment /
forests
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……………		 beaches /
parks
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……………		 paper / glass /
aluminium
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……………		 litter
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Present Perfect Simple (1)
1
 Look at the example sentences and complete the Grammar table.
PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE
Finished actions that are important NOW

They are fresh NEWS
or personal EXPERIENCES
  • We've formed eco teams in our community.
  • Have you ever heard of the three R's?
They have RESULTS in the present
  • They've given us green flags to fly.
  • We haven't gone green yet.
Do we mention the exact time? YES / NO
Is the exact time important? YES / NO

We use Have you ever ....? to ask
about NEWS / EXPERIENCES 		Present | Perfect Simple

img + ....... / has + past participle img
Have / ...... + img + p.p ?
img + ........... / .......... + ....... x

Short answers
Yes, I have / No, I haven't
Past Participle
Complete with verbs from the texts on p. 85

regular: verb - ed
e.g. formed , .............. , ..............

irregular:
e.g. gone, ................. , ................
see Grammar Appendix, page 171 see Grammar Appendix, page 168
2
 In pairs, make a list of what the students on Andrew's site have done for the
environment.
e.g. Andrew has ...... / At Sheila's school, they have .... UNIT 6
Lesson 1 Let’s go green!
3
 Today is a ‘Let's go green' school day in the UK. Say what the students in the drawings have done to help.
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Look at page 147. The student who will be the first to complete
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2
 Based on your answers, do you think that your class care about the
environment?
Το παρόν αποτελεί μέρος του ψηφιακού εμπλουτισμού των σχολικών βιβλίων (Ψηφιακό Σχολείο) και διατίθεται μόνο για εκπαιδευτική χρήση και στο πλαίσιο για το οποίο διαμορφώθηκε.