Environment – Eco Web 2.0

Learning Guide: Water conservation

Author: Nancy Encinales Ardila – Description: In this guide you will find all the activities related to the water conservation presented in Way to go,
Student book 7 module #3. You will become aware of water care and hopefully, change your habits toward
the environment and share with your classmates some ideas about the consumption of water at home. In
this guide you will find activities to improve your vocabulary, reading and speaking skills. Finally, you will
demonstrate your understanding recording a video or audio expressing the water consumption at home.

Learning Guide: Our Diverse Natural World

Author: YOHANA RAMOS GÓMEZ – Description: Welcome to this self-study guide. You will find in this guide activities related to the conservation of
endangered animals in Way to go, Student book 7 module #3, page 94. So, you improve your vocabulary
about conservation, verbs, modal can and endangered animals. You demonstrate your understanding
throw a short description about an endangered animal.

Learning Guide: My ecological footprint

Author: Luz Miryam Montilla Montaña – Description: This English self-study guide helps you create an action plan to take care of the environment. All the activities are related to the topic “My ecological footprint” presented in Way to Go Student Book, Module 1 Unit 2. It starts with some vocabulary revision activities. Then, you have to answer some questions about the language used to describe plans (gerunds), do some tasks related to an article and end up writing an action plan to save the planet.

Learning Guide: Human Actions and the environment

Author: Andrés Felipe Muñoz Cortés, Margarita María Montes Montoya – Description: This English self-study guide helps you to describe the human actions that affect the environment and express what you would do to promote the care of it. All the activities are related to the topic of human actions and the environment presented in Way to Go Student Book 8, Module 1, Unit 1, Lesson 1. Besides, you will be able to write about the environmental problems that affect your school or community.

Learning Guide: Environmental Concerns

Author: Ana Maria Quintero Ortega – Description: This guide helps you improve vocabulary and grammar about the environment. The activities are related to environmental concerns in Way to Go Student Book 8 (Module 1 Unit 1 Lesson 1) and work book 8 (Module 1 Unit 1 Lesson 1). First you are going to a practice listening and vocabulary through a song, then you are going to match the picture with environmental problems (Way to Go Student Book 8, page 10 Exercise 1). Discuss with your partner about the things you would like to do and the things you would not like to do (Way to Go Student Book 8, page 12 Exercise 5). Make full sentences with would like to or wouldn’t like to about each idea (Way to Go WorkBook 8, page 3 Exercise 3).

Learning Guide: Changing Lifestyles

Author: Genyvel Díaz Traslaviña, Adriana Martínez Torres, Luz Bibiana Lazo Esquivel, Olga Cecilia Gutiérrez Méndez – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practise giving instructions in written form. All the activities are related to the topic of the environment presented in Way to Go 8 Module 1 Unit 2 Lesson 1. It starts with some vocabulary revision activities. Then, you have a reading to identify actions to reduce, reuse, recycle and to answer some questions about the language used to describe actions (Gerunds) and end up speaking the actions for reducing the eco-footprint.

Learning Guide: Proposals for protecting our environment

Author: Andrés Arturo Huertas – Description: This English self-study guide helps you learn vocabulary about activities you do to protect the
environment. All the activities are connected to the reading in Way to Go Student Book 6 Module 3 Unit
1 Lesson 2, exercise 3 (page 94) and lesson 3 exercise 6 (page 98). It starts with some vocabulary
activities. Then, you have to read some texts and a conversation and select the right choices. Finally,
you will write some questions for an interview with a friend. Are you ready? Let’s go!

Teaching Guide: TAKING CARE OF THE ENVIRONMENT

Author: SANTIAGO SALAZAR CORTÉS – Description: This plan gives students meaningful ideas to save the planet. In addition, this lesson aims at leading students to reflect upon how aware we are about taking care of their own town or city. The planning present a variety of activities distributed in different stages of the lesson to exploit in a nice way this topic.

Teaching Guide: Natural places

Author: Julia Angélica Zuleta Roldán – Description: This plan gives teacher and students the opportunity to know natural places in different parts of Colombia, especially those which are closer to their homes. It is a way to encourage students to love nature, enjoy the beauty of Colombian landscapes and the importance of taking care of them. Also, students can deepen and strengthen the environmental care awareness.

Teaching Guide: Protect the Earth

Author: Yesenia Lisseth Flórez Sierra – Description: This lesson plan gives the students a chance to learn about the importance of taking care of the environment and it also gives you a valuable opportunity to assess your students’ level. It can also be a useful and productive class to interact with your students and share knowledge about taking care of the environment.

Teaching Guide: Geography

Author: Mary Sol Pérez Herazo – Description: This lesson plan gives students the opportunity to know their context through geography vocabulary and reflect on the use and care of natural resources. They will also learn to express their ideas on the subject using the present simple.

Teaching Guide: A Greener lifestyle

Author: Ana Elizabeth Parra Blanco – Description: This task is an alternative activity to be used with an audio from the series Way to go 8th grade. It is designed to help students better understand an audio and to develop more listening for details skills.

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