The environment 69 Unit aims Students will talk about environmental
issues. This includes:
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learning vocabulary for sources of energy and
materials
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saying what we should and shouldn’t do to help
the environment
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asking what we should do to help the environment
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designing an eco-friendly home
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learning about recycling
Background information The photograph
shows a house made from recycled bottles at Cap-
Egmont, Prince Edward Island, Canada. This house
and other similar buildings were created by Edouard
Arsenault, a lighthouse keeper. No one lives in the
bottle houses, but they’re open for tourists to visit.
Introduction to the unit •
Read the unit title and model the pronunciation of
The environment for students to repeat. Tell them to
look at the photograph and ask
What’s Unit 6 about? Elicit
recycling or model the word if necessary for
students to repeat.
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Then ask
What’s different about the house in the photograph? (
It is made from bottles/recycled materials. )
Where is this house? Do you think anyone lives there? Tell students about the bottle house (see
Background information above)
. •
Ask
What other materials can be recycled? (
Paper, cardboard, plastic – students may also mention
metal/ aluminum, which is covered in this unit.)
Which materials and things do you recycle at home and in school? Why is it important to recycle things? (
Recycling is good for the environment. )
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Then ask students
How else can we help the environment? Accept any ideas and explain that students
will be discussing this issue in the unit.
