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THEME 8 ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

FUNCTIONS
F1 Describing problems
F2 Making complaints
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12 GRADE F3 Offering solutions
3 What’s Going On?

This activity enables students to describe problems in a given situation. It also helps them practice all four skills.

Materials and Preparation

Print out the four pictures on page 177. Write the useful vocabulary on the board.

Vocabulary: environment, climate change, ozone layer, greenhouse effect, pollution, global warming, air pollution,
deforestation, marine, forest fires, waste, plastic, water pollution

Procedure

1 Divide the class into six groups.
2 Let the group members choose a spokesperson for their group.
3 Hand in a picture to each group.
4 Tell the students to take notes in order to describe the problem in the given picture.
5 Give them 10 minutes to prepare their notes.
6 Let each spokesperson make a presentation about the problem in the picture.
7 After all the presentations are finished, tell the class to vote for the best one.

4 Find Fault With It

This activity enables students to make complaints in unexpected situations. It also encourages students to improve their
creative thinking and role-playing as well as reading and writing skills skills.

Materials and Preparation
Copy the page on 178 and cut up the cards. Shuffle the cards and then put them face down on the teacher’s desk.

Procedure

1 Divide the students into three groups and divide the board into three sections.
2 One person from each group comes to the board and picks up a card. Then, s/he thinks of a possible complaint
related to the times or places written on the cards.
3 Set the timer for 1,5 minutes to get them to write a sentence to make a complaint.
4 Then they go back to their seats and the next students from each group come to do the same.
5 After the last members of the groups have had their turn, count the sentences that are related to the situations and
written in an appropriate way.
6 The group with the most correct statements wins the game.

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