Lesson 3
Food Pyramid
Project Lead-in In groups of four, look at an electricity bill. How much is the bill? What do all the numbers mean? Task You will create a poster to make students in your school aware of how they use and waste electricity. The poster should contain advice on how to reduce energy consumption in the home. Step 1 Find out the following: - What is a unit of electricity called? - How much is the cost per unit?- What is the average electricity bill for each household in the class? Step 2 Discuss as a class: - which appliances are used the most in each house and the least expensive to run. Use the information in Tasks 2 & 3 in Listening 2 (p.104). Step 3 In your group find out as much as you can about electricity consumption in the house. Each member of the group will be responsible for different areas:
Each student will report back to the group in the next lesson. The group will then prepare a poster project on Electricity Consumption and how to save it. See this site for ideas on uses of electricity: http://www.teachnet.ie/pcoakley/consumers.htm |
Self-evaluation
Activity A Complete each sentence with a word from the box
___/2.5 points Activity B 1) Match the words in the two boxes.
___/2.5 points 2) Use the pairs above to complete each of the sentences.
a) We couldn't play tennis because of the ………………..
b) The gas from the factory gave off a ……………… which made us feel sick. c) Many people who live in the shanty towns are ………………… . d) The ………………… from the chimneys blocked out the rays of the sun. e) The oil burned with a …………………. which lit up the whole area ___/2.5 points Activity C 1) Find words from the Unit which go with the following words a-e.
___/2.5 points 2) Write the Greek equivalent for each expression from C1 below. a) …………… b) …………… c) …………… d) …………… e) …………… ___/2.5 points |
Self-evaluation
Activity D Complete the following sentences with a suitable word pair (noun+noun).
i) One of the major causes of global warming is the increase in …………………… from sprays
and air conditioning units. ii) Gottlieb Diesel invented the …………………… for cars and trucks. iii) In recent years …………………… in many Greek cities has improved greatly. iv) People in Tirana have breathing problems because of the …………………… from the cars. v) One day the world will have no …………………… left and we shall need to find other energy sources for our vehicles. ___/2.5 points Activity E Write five sentences about what someone you know said to you recently. For example: My mother said that I needed to clean my room more often. ........................................................................................................................................................ ........................................................................................................................................................ ........................................................................................................................................................ ........................................................................................................................................................ ........................................................................................................................................................ ___/5 points Total ___/20 points Now tick how well you can do the following:
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