Yuyu's Environmental literacy (YR 4.1-EPSY 20-2nd assignment)

Working on environmental literacy:

Working on environmental literacy Managing learning in the classroom Nor Ayu Zie 1

Approach:

Approach The communicative classroom Why communicative classroom? to extensively use group work in learning to complete a task successfully through communication (focus : fluency, not accuracy) 2

Previous knowledge:

Previous knowledge how to be more responsible towards mother earth – 3R (reduce, reuse, recycle) how to write processes & procedures the importance of preserving mother earth examples of the effects of global warming - extreme weather - decreased crop yields - increased deaths, diseases and injury due to extreme weather 3

Part of the task :

Part of the task (T asked Ss to bring used jar, boxes, bottles and papers in the previous lesson) T will number the Ss from 1 to 6 Ss get into their groups One representative from each group needs to draw for a project Two groups will do reduce, two groups will do reuse and the other two will do recycle 4

Cont. :

Cont. v. As a group, Ss need to decide what they want to do, and how they want to do it When they have completed their project, Ss need to draw a flow chart of their project For example if Ss choose to recycle, they can create a toy from a used egg carton. Then, Ss need to draw a flow chart on the processes in making the toy 5

Cont. :

Cont. As a group, Ss will present their project to the whole class The flow chart and the product will be displayed in the classroom at the ‘GREEN’ section 6

Expected outcome:

Expected outcome Language learning through interaction Previous knowledge and target vocabulary: discussions T arget vocabulary: producing the flow chart P revious knowledge and target vocabulary: presentations 7

Cont. :

Cont. Environmental literacy in language classroom U nderstanding the responsibilities toward mother earth Making some effort to help the environment 8

Slide 9:

Example of ‘recycle’ 9

Slide 10:

Another example 10

From TE (with love):

From TE (with love) The project was to make a tapa cloth First the Ss learned how to make dyes from natural resources ( tumeric , flowers, leaves, onion, carbon) Then they made cloth by recycling old newspaper 11

Slide 12:

This is how a tapa cloth looks like 12

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Slide 14:

Reflection Why is it important to teach environmental literacy in Malaysia? Environmental awareness is still low Waste production is very high When is it appropriate? Afternoon classes Anytime you like  What are the plus points? Fluency practice Target both English literacy & environmental literacy Engaging language activities A variation to teacher fronted lesson 14

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Useful resources http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/?source=NavKidsVid http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/lessonplans/earth/recycling.html http://www.recyclezone.org.uk/home_az.aspx.html http://www.ecofriendlykids.co.uk/AGuideWhatProductsCanBeRecycled.html 15