LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH TEACHERSTHE COLDEST CONTINENT
LinguaHouse
Jun. 30, 2023
Level: Pre-Intermediate (A2-B1)
Type of English: English for Teenagers
Tags: Historical Events; Nature; Paraphrasing and Explaining; Passive Voice; 10-12 Years Old; 13-15 Years Old; 16-18 Years Old; Vocabulary and Grammar; Video Talk
Publication date: 06/30/2023
The two themes of the lesson are climate zones and Antarctica. There are two videos, each with different types of tasks. The language focus introduces the passive voice with the familiar tenses. Students practice using the passive voice in exercises and through reading and solving riddles. They write their own riddles at the end of the lesson or as homework (by I. Rybak).
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VIDEOS
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT
Tropical Climates
Tropical climates are one of the major climates on earth. They cover about one third of the earth’s land surface. Tropical climates are categorized by high temperatures all year round and they get lots and lots of rain. Tropical climates are sometimes called equatorial climates because they are located close to the equator. Some tropical climates include the Amazon basin in Brazil, the Congo basin in Africa and many of the forests from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. Tropical rainforests don’t have four seasons like many other land climates. Instead, they have a wet season and a dry season. Many of the world’s rainforests are located in tropical climates. These warm and moist forests are the most diverse land habitats on earth. They’re home to millions of different kinds of plants and animals, many of which are still to be discovered. Sadly, tropical rainforests are being cut down for timber or burned and cleared to make way for farms, roads and cities. It’s really important that we protect these tropical forests, so the millions of plants and animals that live there will be around forever.
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT
Polar Climates
Polar climates are very far from the equator, and they are cold all year round. There are cool summers and very cold winters. There aren’t many trees, and the ground is often covered in ice. Polar regions get less direct heat and sunlight from the sun compared to temperate and tropical regions. There are very long days in summer and very short days in winter.
Temperate Climates
Temperate climates are located between tropical climates and the earth’s poles. Temperate climates usually have four seasons; summer, fall, winter and spring. The temperature can change a lot from day to day and also from season to season. It may snow in the winter and get as hot as 40 degrees Celsius in summer. Precipitation is lower than in tropical climates, but it may rain throughout the year.
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT
Antarctica - Destination World
This is Earth. Maybe you’ve heard of it? I sure hope so, because you live on one of its seven continents! This one is the coldest, the windiest, and the driest. You better huddle up, because we’re headed to Antarctica. It’s the fifth largest continent, and it’s full of snow and ice. Antarctica is also the world’s biggest desert. Deserts aren’t just hot sand and sun. Any climate that has little to no precipitation, better known as rain, is considered a desert. For example, the famous Sahara Desert in Africa gets about 3 inches of rain a year, while Antarctica averages just 2 inches. Instead of the rain soaking into the ground, arctic rain turns into snow and piles up. Winter temperatures can drop to between 14 and negative 22 degrees. But don’t worry, summer temperatures can warm up to highs of around 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
Thousands of tourists travel to Antarctica every year to see amazing animals and more. Let’s start with the Antarctic ice sheet. It’s massive, the largest single piece of ice in the world, covering more than 5 million square miles. Rising above the ice is the southernmost active volcano in the world, Mount Erebus. Swirling inside the volcano is one of the world’s only molten lakes made of lava.
Antarctica is a cold and icy place, making it the perfect home for wildlife. Vegetation like lichen, moss, and algae have adapted to life above the ice, along with a few different types of seabirds, including one of the most popular in Antarctica, the penguin. And below the ice are some of the most amazing and diverse marine wildlife on the planet, including seals, octopuses, and whales, making Antarctica one of the best places for scientific research. Dozens of countries from around the world have set up their own research stations here, studying everything from climate change to meteors from outer space. It’s the harshest environment on the planet, cold, dry, and barren, but scientists and explorers have been braving this continent since the early 1900s, and there’s still more to discover under the ice and snow of Antarctica.
Adapted from: https://www.linguahouse.com/esl-lesson-plans/english-for-teenagers/the-coldest-continent. Accessed on July 19, 2023. © 2008–2023 LinguaHouse.com. All rights reserved.
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