EXPRESSING OPINIONS: ECOLOGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Friday at COP26 saw protests on the streets of Glasgow organised by Fridays for Future, the movement inspired by teenage activist Greta Thunberg and her long-running school strike. Thunberg spoke to the crowds at the end of the march, saying, "This is no longer a climate conference. This is now the Global North Greenwash Festival. A two-week long celebration of business as usual and blah blah blah."

2- WATCH THESE VIDEOS: Greta Thunberg, a young activist against climate change speaks up.

A) After watching them write four purpose sentences using her ideas and different purpose linkers.

The sentences may be affirmative or negative

B) Now write  four contrast  sentences using different contrast linkers.

C)-And click here to read a letter someone sent to her

D) Click here to read her latest speech at the U.N. Climate Action summit

1-Watch this trailer of the documentary by Candida Brady (English File pgs 52 and 53)

 -Take notes on specific vocabulary related to the environment.
2- Do the following  exam:

3-You are going to watch a video on global warming (Close Up B2- National Geographic Learning (video 8).. Click here to do the follow-up activities 
4 Write an opinion essay on the following topic: Is climate change a real problem?
-Here you can click for some inspiration
5- Click here to find a rubrik to assess this essay
6-Click here for a checklist and ideas for getting started