Carbon Footprint and Climate Change

In this A2 ESL lesson, students focus on carbon footprint and climate change through various interactive exercises including word completion puzzles, synonym matching, sentence building, and reading comprehension with discussion questions.

Warm-up: 

The lesson starts with students discussing their own carbon footprint and daily environmental habits. It’s a great way to introduce key environmental vocabulary while encouraging students to share personal experiences and connect the lesson topic to their own lives.

Video: 

Students watch a video: “What is Climate Change?” They then complete gaps in sentences based on video content.

Exercises: 

The vocabulary building section includes several targeted activities designed to strengthen students’ environmental language skills. Students work through word completion activities with climate-related phrases, practice synonym matching exercises to expand their environmental vocabulary, and tackle sentence unscrambling tasks focused on planet conservation topics. These varied exercises help reinforce important terminology while giving students plenty of practice with sentence structure and understanding relationships between related words.

Reading: 

During the reading portion, students analyze an informative text about climate change impacts and environmental challenges. This reading comprehension activity helps develop critical thinking skills while expanding vocabulary and improving reading fluency.

Discussion: 

The lesson concludes with students sharing diverse perspectives on stopping climate change. This final conversation provides an opportunity for students to use their new vocabulary.