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LESSON 5: SKILLS 1

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LESSON
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LESSON5:
1: GETTING
Warm-up: Game: Who's faster?

WARM-UP

READING

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Task 1: Find and underline words/phrases.
Task 2: Matching.
Vocabulary
Task 3: Answer the questions.

• Task 4: Order the tips.
• Task 5: Find creative ways to reuse old
items.

SPEAKING

CONSOLIDATION

• Wrap-up
• Homework

WARM-UP
GAME: WHO'S FASTER?
- The class works in two teams
- Run to the board to write as many ways to make your
school greener as possible.
- Which team has more correct answer will be the winner.

READING
A reporter is interviewing Nam, a member of the 3Rs Club. Read
the interview. Find these words or phrases and underline them.

instead of
recycling bins

exchange
reusable
charity

READING
A reporter is interviewing Nam, a member of the 3Rs Club. Read the interview.
Find these words or phrases and underline them.

instead of

exchange

recycling bins

reusable

charity

Reporter: Can you share with us some tips to make your school greener?
Nam: Sure. Firstly, we put recycling bins in every classroom.
Reporter: What about old books and uniforms?
Nam: We exchange them with our friends or give them to charity. We don't throw them away.
Reporter: Anything else?
Nam: We borrow books from the school library instead of buying new ones.
Reporter: Great! You can save much paper.
Nam: And there's another tip. We bring reusable water bottles to school.
Reporter: I see lots of trees in your school. Is planting trees a good tip?
Nam: Yeah. It makes our school greener.
Reporter: Thanks for sharing. Do you want to add anything?
Nam: Finally, we usually find creative ways to reuse old items before throwing them away.

READING
Match the words / phrases with their meanings.
1. instead of

e. give
in thesomething
place of somebody
a.
to a personorand
something
receive
something from him / her

2. charity

d.
things
people in need
b. giving
can be
usedtoagain

3. exchange

c. containers
a.
give something
for things
to a person
that and
can
receive
something from him / her
be recycled

4. reusable

b.
d. giving
can bethings
used to
again
people in need

5. recycling bins

c.
that can
e.containers
in the placeforofthings
somebody
or
be
recycled
something

VOCABULARY

charity (n)
/ˈtʃær.ə.ti/
an organization for helping
people in need

VOCABULARY

recycling bin (n)
/ˌriːˈsaɪ.klɪŋ bɪn /
a container used to hold
recyclables before they are taken
to recycling centers

VOCABULARY

instead of (prep.)
/ɪnˈsted əv/

in the place of somebody or
something

VOCABULARY

exchange (v)
/ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ/

give something to a person and
receive something from him / her

VOCABULARY

reusable (adj)
/ˌriːˈjuː.zə.bəl/

able to be used more than once

VOCABULARY
New words

Pronunciation

Meaning

/ɪnˈsted əv/

thay vì

/ˈtʃærəti/

từ thiện

3. exchange (v)

/ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ/

trao đổi

4. reusable (adj)

/ˌriːˈjuːzəbl/

có thể tái sử dụng

/ˌriːˈsaɪklɪŋ bɪn/

thùng rác tái chế

1. instead of (prep.)
2. charity (n)

5. recycling bin (n)

READING
Read the text again. Answer the questions.

1. What is the interview about?
2. What will they put in every classroom?
3. What can they do with their old uniforms?
4.

What do they do instead of buying new books?

5. What type of water bottles do they bring to school?

READING
Read the text again. Answer the questions.

1. What is the interview about?
Ways to become greener at school/ tips to make school greener.
Reporter: Can you share with us some tips to make your school
greener?
Nam: Sure. Firstly, we put recycling bins in every classroom.
Reporter: What about old books and uniforms?
Nam: We exchange them with our friends or give them to
charity. We don't throw them away.

READING
Read the text again. Answer the questions.

2. What will they put in every classroom?
Recycling bins
Reporter: Can you share with us some tips to make your school
greener?
Nam: Sure. Firstly, we put recycling bins in every classroom.
Reporter: What about old books and uniforms?
Nam: We exchange them with our friends or give them to
charity. We don't throw them away.

READING
Read the text again. Answer the questions.

3. What can they do with their old uniforms?
Exchange old uniforms with friends or give them to charity
Reporter: Can you share with us some tips to make your school
greener?
Nam: Sure. Firstly, we put recycling bins in every classroom.
Reporter: What about old books and uniforms?
Nam: We exchange them with our friends or give them to
charity. We don't throw them away.

READING
Read the text again. Answer the questions.

4.

What do they do instead of buying new books?
Borrow books from the library

Nam: We borrow books from the school library instead of buying
new ones.
Reporter: Great! You can save much paper.
Nam: And there's another tip. We bring reusable water bottles to
school.
Reporter: I see lots of trees in your school. Is planting trees a good
tip?

READING
Read the text again. Answer the questions.

5. What type of water bottles do they bring to school?
Reusable water bottles
Nam: We borrow books from the school library instead of buying
new ones.
Reporter: Great! You can save much paper.
Nam: And there's another tip. We bring reusable water bottles to
school.
Reporter: I see lots of trees in your school. Is planting trees a good
tip?

SPEAKING
Discuss to put the tips in order from the easiest to the most difficult.

a. Putting recycling bins in every classroom.
b. Exchanging old books and uniforms with friends
or giving them to charity.
c. Borrowing books from the school library instead
of buying new ones.
d. Bringing reusable water bottles to school.
e. Planting trees at school.
f. Finding creative ways to reuse old items before
throwing them away.

Can you add more tips to the list?

SPEAKING
Can you think of any
ways to reuse

a. used gift wrap?
b. used water bottles?
c. used books?

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
What have we learnt in this lesson?
 Read the interview about some tips to make the
schools greener.
 Talk about tips for going green.

CONSOLIDATION

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Homework

- Do exercises in the workbook.
- Prepare for the next lesson.

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