Sample activity of integration on LSC 1:Environment and pollution

As chairperson of your school’s Environmental club, you must present a short speech to the school during assembly. Your speech may only be three minutes long but powerful enough to convince your audience.

• You need to bring their attention to the waste pollution problem that is occurring in and around the school.
  Explain the causes of the waste pollution and how this is damaging their environment.
  Get across to your fellow learners how waste pollution can be avoided and what you, as a school, can do to prevent it from happening. End off your speech by inviting them to join the club and be part of making a difference.

Summary of key concepts In this chapter, you have learnt to:

1. Appreciate the beauty and importance of different environments.
2. Recognise different types of pollution.
3. Listen to and understand recorded articles and/or short talks on the environment and pollution.
4. Utilise the library and the Internet to carry out research on pollution.
5. Use adjectives and adverbs to describe the causes and effects of pollution.
6. Express your opinion about public issues, such as pollution.
7. Suggest solutions to problems.
8. Understand and use modal verbs.
9. Use vocabulary related to the causes and effects of pollution.
10. Prepare assignments using a computer, if possible.