ESO4: Global issues and Carbon Footprint Calculator

WARM-UP: Watch this videoclip by Michael Jackson. What global issues does it address?

LISTENING: You can take this quiz from http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/songs/michael-jackson/earth-song.html.

READING: Now, read the following definition from timeforchange.org:

A carbon footprint is defined as:

The total amount of greenhouse gases produced to directly and indirectly support human activities, usually expressed in equivalent tons of carbon dioxide (CO2).

In other words: When you drive a car, the engine burns fuel which creates a certain amount of CO2, depending on its fuel consumption and the driving distance. (CO2 is the chemical symbol for carbon dioxide). When you heat your house with oil, gas or coal, then you also generate CO2. Even if you heat your house with electricity, the generation of the electrical power may also have emitted a certain amount of CO2. When you buy food and goods, the production of the food and goods also emitted some quantities of CO2.

Your carbon footprint is the sum of all emissions of CO2 (carbon dioxide), which were induced by your activities in a given time frame. Usually a carbon footprint is calculated for the time period of a year. Do you want to know how big is yours?

Then, calculate your carbon footprint with this application provided by WWF: http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/
You might want to adapt it to your context (this is from a UK webpage), so change British pounds for euros, instead, and so on. I'm sure you will be surprised with your results!

HOW BIG IS YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT?

Notice the tips given on the right while you answer the questions. Once you finish answering questions about your FOOD, TRAVEL, HOME, and other habits like RECYCLING, complete the sentence:

"We would need ___ planets if everyone lived my lifestyle We only have one."

Remember: Your footprint is roughly how many planets we would need if everyone lived your lifestyle (notice the use of the second conditional). A lower score is better.
SPEAKING: What can we do to reduce our carbon footprint?

WRITING: Write a paragraph about what we can do to reduce our footprint. Use conditional sentences to express facts and give tips. "If we use the bicycle instead of the car, we will reduce carbon emissions" / "If we didn't recycle, the planet would be in worse conditions"...

EXTRA: More ideas: WWF proposes a campaign to reduce your footprint. If you wish, sign up to their 7-day challenge and follow 21 tips to reduce your footprint. Then, share the experience with your family and friends!

TO SUM UP. Reflect on this sentence: We can act locally to impact globally. Do you agree or disagree? To what extend?

CAMPAIGNS: Divide into groups of 3 to 5 students, choose a cause and design a campaign.
Suggestions: ENVIRONMENT (endangered species, recycling, carbon footprint, global warming/climate change); GLOBAL ISSUES (poverty, racism, xenophobia, homophobia, bullying...).

Think of the content (problem, causes, consequences, how we can help) and the form of advertising (posters, leaflets, radio announcement, ...). You may want to use the Internet for your cause (virals, meme, change.org, Tweeter hashtags...). Use language creatively (puns, rhymes...) to get your message through!


Comment the aspects of communication in the following campaigns: and identify the source ("emisor") and the addressees ("receptor"), code (language), channel (image, text, video, poster...), and the message itself:
 a) "Give a hand to wildlife"


b)"What on EARTH are we doing to our planet"

c) "Be like a Panda"

d) "Discrimination. The end is in your hands."

e) Poverty Puzzle- Oxfam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5veIlFgugAI

f) #bringbackourgirls


EXTRA: Study the communication context and reflect on intimacy levels nowadays.

ESO3: Bedrooms of the future

How do you imagine bedrooms in the future? Here you have 8 ideas. Read them, look at the picture and discuss with your classmates.




How would you design your bedroom if you lived in 2050?
Describe the bed, the walls, and all the gadgets you would use!

 

EXTRA: Look at this invention. "The Dreampod can be used as a normal bed, but you can also program your dreams to some extent." Carry on the composition...

ESO4 Unit 6: Global issues. Revision.

Eso4 unit6 india from bcnhumberto

ESO4: Fossil and Renewable Energies and the Three R's rule: Reduce, Re use, Recycle!

MAKE TWO GROUPS.


GROUP A:
SPEAKING: Look at the image. What renewable energies can you identify in the picture?

Think of: hydropower, wind, biomass, or solar sources. Where does the energy come from? What do we use to generate energy from them? Do you know any uses or examples in your area?
Now think in pairs: What are the advantages and disadvantages of these energies?
Prepare a speech to explain what you learnt to group B.



GROUP B
:
SPEAKING: Look at the image. What fossil fuels can you identify in the picture?

Where do they come from? What do we use to generate energy from them? Do you know any uses?
Now think in pairs: What are the advantages and disadvantages of these energies?
Prepare a speech to explain what you learnt to group A.



DEBATE. Once you have exposed what you have learnt, compare these two pictures and debate.
Data: Oil and natural gas supply about 62 percent of the energy we use today




EXTRA: Ideas for your campaign! What's the order in the 3 R's? Do you apply them in your school? And at home? Can we do something else to accomplish them? Share!

ESO2: Creative Food Exhibition

CREATIVE FOOD EXHIBITION

Don't be scared as these poor eggs are... Be creative!

Here you have four examples I've cooked to inspire you. Remember to have an adult's supervision in the kitchen if you are going to use fire or sharp knives.

This is a MASQUERADE'S MENU: what are the snack, starter, main course, and dessert "masks" made of?





Artistic faces and Lidia's ideas about sausages as octopus and crabs!:


Work in teams. What are your ideas? Bring them to class!

ESO3 & 4: Conditionals

EXTRA HELP FOR CONDITIONALS:


Remember we have the ZERO CONDITIONAL (it's always 100% sure):

If water is at 0ºC, it freezes.
[IF + Present] ,  [Present]

If you heat ice, it melts.
More explanations here: http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-conditional_5.htm

FIRST CONDITIONAL (it's possible and probable, e.g. from 50% to 99% sure)

If I study, I will pass the exam.
What's the formula?:

SECOND CONDITIONAL (it's possible but improbable, e.g. 10% sure)

If I won the lottery, I would help people and travel a lot!
What's the formula?:

For the first and second conditionals have a look in here:
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/if.htm

If you are curious about the Third Conditional, have a go... if you dare!
THIRD CONDITIONAL (it's impossible, 0%, you regret but you can't go back to the past)

If I had known, I wouldn't have tried that food.
What's the formula?

SUMMARY:

Formulae: (provide your own examples to remember)


Type 0:      [If + Present], [Present]   
Type I:      [If + Present], [will+ inf.]
Type II:     [If + Past ], [would + inf.]
Type III:    [If + Past Perf], [would have + past part.]

Mixed II & III: [If + Past Perfect], [would + inf.]

Remember:
1. The conditional construction does not normally use will or would in if-clauses.  

2. For the second conditional, were replaces was: If I were a rich man... If I were you...

3. Instead of if not, we can use unless: I'll be back tomorrow unless I have an emergency call. 

4.There is a "mixed type" as well, for the present results of an unreal condition in the past:

[If + Past Perfect], [would + inf.]
If you had warned me [then], I would not be in prison [now].

Source Last remarks by Rob De Decker, more info in grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/conditional2.htm. Table from

LISTENING: Fantastic cover with lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujf-EfOwdw8

"If I were a boy"...
I ______ turn off my phone.

1.What type of conditional is it?
2.“What is Beyonce’s job in the video?
3.What is her boyfriend’s job in the video?
4.Where do they see each other?
5.What do they argue about in the middle of the video?”

What does she mean with this song?
Now complete the sentence with at least three ideas and share: "If I were a boy/girl, I would..."
You can use this template:

If I Were A ____________
If I were a ___________ even just for a day
I'd _____________________
And I'd _________________________
 I'd _____________________
And I'd _____________ 
because ____________
If I were a _______________
I think I could _____________ 
I swear I'd _______________

*NOTE FOR TEACHERS and source: http://strictly4myteacherz.wordpress.com/2009/01/22/beyonce-if-i-were-a-boy-2nd-conditional-song/

GAME (BILLIONAIRE'S CONDITIONALS): http://eslgamesworld.com/members/games/ClassroomGames/Billionaire/Conditionals%20Billionaire%20Game/index.html?zoom_highlight=get

ESO3: Modals and scenarios for the future

What might life be like in the future?

READING: "We face an infinite number of futures". When I was your age we imagined a future with flying cars,  teletransportation, and the capacity to minimize objects and keep them in our pockets.

Well... we are still waiting for flying cars but actually, we have sort of seen the other possibilities come true: twenty years ago we had to send a letter, a picture or a film through the post and it would take a long time to get from Spain to, say... New Zealand.

Now, it's just a click away with the internet! Letters have turned into e-mails, photographs have gone digital and you don't need to have a physical tape to watch a film. Isn't it a kind of teletransportation?

Every two minutes, we take as many photos as all of humanity took during the 1800s.

Same with the minimization of objects... Have you got a smart phone? Well, look at the picture below and think about the changes we've had in just a couple of decades!

SPEAKING: Comment on the picture below and imagine how technology would be in 20 years time.

Everything in this 1991 RadioShack ad exists in a single smartphone.

For more amazing facts: http://news.distractify.com/geek/trivial-facts/12-astonishing-facts-that-will-warp-your-perception-of-timeforever/

Imagine you have a "time machine"
So... How do you imagine the future in 20 years? And in 2100? And beyond?

Let's stop in the mid-way and watch a video on what will life be like in 2015. Hyper innovation:

LISTENING: http://www.theguardian.com/futurescapes/video/what-will-life-be-like-in-2025-scenario-one-hyper-innovation-video

What are the innovations mentioned? Do you agree or disagree? What do you think it will happen?

WRITING: Write an essay on this topic: "Technology will control our lives in the future"
Instructions (revise 'your' modals):

You have to structure it into an Introduction, a Body (pros and cons) and a Conclusion.
You don't have to check innovations on the Internet.
You can list advantages and disadvantages of technological innovations
...or you could even invent future gadgets too. 
You shall give your opinion. You should not use informal language.
You may include a creative title. You also might include pictures.
You must be punctual. Therefore, you must not be late in give it in!
And remember: you need to double-check your work before printing it off (spelling, tenses, connectors...)
You ought to see the TIPS below!

NOTE: try to work in pairs, one giving reasons in favor of the thesis and the other against it.


TIPS ON FLUENCY (CONNECTORS): 
First, write a short paragraph introducing the topic.
Then, try to use these expressions in the body of your composition (ideally two paragraphs: positive and negative effects of technology):
a) On the one hand, on the other hand... firstly, secondly... (to introduce arguments)
b) Furthermore, in addition, moreover (to add information)
c) However, nevertheless (to contradict an argument)
d) For example for instance (to exemplify)
To end up you can use:
e) In conclusion, finally, to sum up (to finish)...
f) ... I think, I consider, in my opinion... (to give your opinion)

ESO4: Global warning about global warming

Spot the conditional sentences in the video. What words from the list below can you heard? How would you classify these words?

VOCABULARY: carbon emissions, climate change, floods, endangered species, droughts, storms and hurricanes, fossil fuel, wind power, solar power, carbon footprint, tornado, greenhouse effect.

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/obama-addressing-climate-change-will-save-money-and-lives/

Obama: Addressing climate change will save money and lives

May 6, 2014, 4:31 PM|The release of a major report detailing the ways climate change is already impacting the nation should compel Americans that it's time to respond to the crisis, President Obama told Megan Glaros, a WBBM meteorologist on assignment for "CBS This Morning."

Now answer the questions. Choose the right answer according to Obama's answer in the interview:

EXAMPLE. Addressing climate change is important because...
a. It will only save money
b. It won't save lives
c. It will save both money and lives

1. People around the world can do something about climate change...
a. ...if they take it as a joke
b. ...if they take the challenge seriously 
c. ...if they let Governments act

2. Climate change is affecting...

a. tourism  
b. agriculture  
c. both

3. Governments should...
a. improve fuel efficiency
b. decrease solar and wind power
c. both

 4. Climate change...

a. is a top priority now  
b. should be a priority now  
c. mustn't be a priority

5. If temperatures rise...

a. we won't see more extreme weather events

b. less people will be at risk

c. more people will be potentially at risk

Finally, have a look to this piece of news. 

-What are the main problems in every USA region? 

-What is the role they assign to the USA as far as environmental action is concerned?  

-What question did President Obama addressed to the interviewer?

EXTRA: What differences can you find in the American reporting style compared to that in your country (e.g. Spain)?

ESO2: Cooking fun recipes!

Look at the picture: they have cooked hard boiled eggs in a creative way:



Can you name the ingredients in the following pictures?





Below you can find some fun recipes. Can you create yours? Practise cooking verbs with this video:

Include:

1. TITLE
2. INGREDIENTS
3. COOKING TOOLS
4. TIME
5. LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY
6. PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS: STEP BY STEP
7. TIPS (e.g. presentation)

Examples: (you can use what you learnt in the comic sessions!)


HELP!: What is your favourite meal? What's the STARTER? And the MAIN COURSE? And the DESSERT? (relate to the Spanish words below). Draw and describe.
EXTRA!: Can you explain how to make them?

EXTRA: Verbs and basic tools for cooking: