Green Living
Integrated Literacy activity
Speaking and Listening
These activities can be done in any order. Starting
with oral and aural activities allows whole group,
cross-level integration and offers opportunities for
learners with higher level oral/aural skills than reading
and writing to participate.
•
Watch a video or DVD on an aspect of the
environment. Since this is an area of interest to
almost everyone, a mixed group of learners can
respond at any level.
•
Each member of the group puts forward an
environmental issue of importance to them. This
could be spontaneous, following the viewing of a
video or DVD or the teacher could start the topic
and responses be prepared beforehand by
learners individually or in groups.
Curriculum references
Reading
• Provide texts for
learners to read at
appropriate levels
• Individual, paired or
group internet
research
Curriculum references
Useful weblinks:
http://www.foe.co.uk/
http://www.greenpeac
e.org.uk/
http://www.unep.org/
http://www.defra.gov.
uk/
http://www.rspb.org.u
k/
http://www.wwf.org.uk
/core/index.asp
Speaking, listening, reading and writing
Visits:
• To a supermarket to research:
o air miles of produce
o organic produce
• To local mini recycling centre
• To a local water works
• To the sea shore
Curriculum references
Writing
• Letter to a local council to find out their
policy on recycling
• Record of an interview with a
supermarket manager about company
policy on local produce
• Report of a visit to a recycling centre
• Individual or paired writing on the
findings of research on green issues
• Questionnaire for other
learners/friends/families on their attitudes
to green issues
• Poster or presentation using ICT to
explain research and/or own views
Curriculum references
Differentiated strategies for supermarket research
Supermarket research
Complete the following table for the fresh fruit and vegetable section in the supermarket.
List all the types of produce you can find in these categories:
Food which was grown
outside the UK
Food which is grown
locally
Food that is organic
Look for vegetables that come from Kenya
Write their names here
_________________________________
_________________________________
__________________________________
Look for fruit that is organic. Did you find these?
oranges
apples
pears
tomatoes
bananas
Are any of the items in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Section marked as
Local Produce?
Green Living
Integrated Literacy activity
Speaking and listening
SLlr/E1.1; SLlr/E2.1; SLlr/E3.1; SLlr/L1.1;
SLlr/2.1;
SLc/E1.1; SLc/E2.1; SLc/E3.1, 3; SLc/L1.1,
3, 4; SLc/L2.1, 3, 4;
SLd/E1.1; SLd/E2.1, 2; SLd/E3.1, 2, 3;
SLd/L1.1, 2, 3; SLd/L2.1, 2, 3, 4
Integrated activity
Useful
weblinks:
http://www.foe.co
.uk/
http://www.green
peace.org.uk/
http://www.unep.
org/
Reading
Rt/E1.1, 2; Rt/E2.1, 2, 3, 4;
Rt/E3.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9;
Rt/L1.1, 2, 3, 4, 5;Rt/L2.1, 2,
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Integrated activity
http://www.defra.
gov.uk/
http://www.rspb.o
rg.uk/
http://www.wwf.o
rg.uk/core/index.
asp
Writing
Wt/E1.1; Wt/E2.1; Wt/E3.1, 2, 3, 4;
Wt/L1.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; Wt/L2.1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7
Integrated activity