Microplastics
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Microplastics

This ESL lesson plan on microplastics helps students improve listening, vocabulary, and speaking skills through a variety of interactive activities. The lesson includes brainstorming, matching exercises, and engaging discussions on the environmental impact of microplastics. Students watch a video to practice listening for detail and participate in thought-provoking debates to express their views, enhancing comprehension and conversational fluency.

Skills

  • Can understand documentaries in the standard form of the language.
  • Can use a variety of strategies to achieve comprehension, including listening for main points; checking comprehension by using contextual clues.
  • Have a sufficient range of language to be able to express viewpoints and develop arguments without much conspicuous searching for words.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
1

Warm-up

Brainstorm a list of everyday items that are made of plastic.
For a small group (up to 5 students): Think of at least 10 items. Write them on the board. Play the game "I have never…". The aim of the game is to think of plastic items that you haven't used. How to play: The first student says: "I have never used a plastic bottle." If the students have used a plastic bottle - they put down one of their fingers. If the students haven't used a plastic bottle - they don't. The next student names another plastic item. The student who has more fingers left is the winner. For a bigger group (6 students and more): 
 
 Split into teams. Each team should write down a list of items made of plastic. You have two minutes to create your lists. After that, each team names one plastic item from their list, the same item can't be named twice. The team with more remaining items on their list wins.
2

Match the words to their definitions.

3

Watch this video about microplastics and select the correct title for it.

4

Watch the video again and choose the correct option. In each question only one option is correct.

5

Read the opinions on microplastics. Which one can you relate to? Explain why, provide examples from your personal experience.

6

Connect the words into logical statements.

7

Discuss the questions with your partner.

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