Saving Our Ceiba Tree
February 3rd, 2013.
By Gloria P. Rincón M.
English Teacher.
WELCOME!
This is a CLIL self-access Material
​Level: This lesson is intended for a public, large-sized group consisteing of 8th graders, A1 ​CEFR learners who range from 13 to 15 years of age.
Previous Knowledge required: Present Simple, past simple.
Skills to be practiced: Listening, Reading, and Writing.
Study time: two hours.
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Aims:
- Review grammar rules related to imperatives, and
the modal should.
-Read for specific information.
-Understand texts about ecosystems.
- Talk about ecosystems and their importance.
- Propose ways to help the Ceiba ecosystem.
By the end of the lesson, the learners will be able to:
- Be able to present, define and explain concepts related to ecosystems.
- Discuss the importance of ecosystems.
- Design ways to promote the sustainability of the Ceiba tree in the school.
- Use strategies for seeking, understanding, classifying and discussing information related to ecosystems.
- Solve academic problems.
Learning Objectives
Introduction
CLIL is a dual-focus educational approach (Marsh, 2002) in which a foreign language is used for the learning and teaching of both content and language.
What is this video about?
That`s right is about a Ceiba tree.
This will be our main topic. Let`s see!