LESSON 1 Lesson Length: 60 minutes Setting: Summer I.C.E.

program Learner Background: Mixed level learners with various L1s; 7-13 students; 15-19 years old Materials: Guide-o-rama Task cards Lorax youtube clip (pt. 1) (1:50-11:20) Whiteboard, marker Topic: Introducing ideas of sustainability and environmental concerns Activ Time Task Learner behaviors Teacher behaviors ity # 1 2 Settling in Students (Ss) Teacher (T) greets Ss mins arrive; Ss take seats 2 30 Introducing Ss look on, T stands on desk and seco awestruck yells I am the Lorax I nds speak for the trees! 3 2 Previewing Ss work in pairs; T draws 3 lines on the mins key board to create 4 Ss draw 3 vertical vocabulary columns and asks each lines in a notebook and pair to do the same; and label the 4 rememberi T writes Lorax, Oncecolumns as per ng and/or instructed by T; ler, Truffula Tree, & guessing Thneed; Ss define (either from previous T asks pairs to briefly knowledge or state what they think guessing) each is 4 10- Watch Ss watch clip and T asks Ss to watch the 12 youtube pay attention to the clip and to focus on how mins clip; listing, 4 key terms the four terms they classifying, http://www.youtube.com have written in their and /watch?v=i5jnJdnQPr8 notebooks interact (and Materials Smiles Language content Greetings Outcomes Good vibes Curiosity Key words that will be featured in the clip

Voice; desk Whitebo ard, marker

Simple declarative Lorax, Onceler, Thneed, Truffula Tree + Ss definitions

Clip: (1:5011:20); Guide-orama

Needs, business, progress, industry, production,

Shared narrative to discuss

predicting

Ss fill out guide-orama in pairs while watching Pairs join in groups of 4 and compare answers; Groups share results with class; Ss brainstorm realworld examples; Ss attempt to come up with the common factors of development (people, money, machines, nature)

8-10 Comparing, mins sharing, brainstorm ing, and analyzing

20 Judging, mins producing, designing, and rehearsing Ss break into 2 equal groups Ss read tasks, discuss options, design a plan, and rehearse Each group elects a representative or 2 to present plan

15 Presenting mins and discussing

if their guesses were close!); T asks Ss to fill in guideo-rama while watching (Appendix A) T asks pairs to make groups of 4 and compare results; T writes Development on whiteboard; After a few minutes, T leads plenary discussion of results; T asks Ss if they can come up with realworld parallels to the situation in the video clip and compiles them on the board; T asks Ss what things are common to examples and to Lorax T divides class into 2 groups T distributes tasks (Appendix B) to groups and gives them 10 minutes to devise a plan and rehearse T acts as Once-ler for group 1 and investor for group 2

technology, pollution

Guide-orama; whitebo ard, marker

Development, people (humans), money (economics), machines (technology), nature (the enviro.)

Clear understa nding of clip, connectio ns to real world, understa nding of factors of developm ent

Sustaina bility tasks

Past and future time; sustainability

Group work, plan for presentat ion

Tasks

Same

Presentat ions

Appendix A Guide-o-rama for Lorax youtube clip What are four living things in the glorious place that the Once-ler describes? 1. 2. 3. 4. What technology does the Once-ler use to increase production? 1. 2. 3. How does the Thneed production affect the air: the water: the earth: the animals: the people: the Once-ler: What do you think happens at the end of the story?

Appendix B Sustainable development Group 1: You must select one of the animal groups to represent (hummingbird fish, swomee-swans, brown bar-ba-loots, the lorax). Your community has been damaged and your life altered significantly by the Thneed factory. The Once-ler has decided to go green, but he needs input from the concerned members of the community. Prepare a brief description of how your life was before the thneed factory showed up and what you would like to happen in the future so that it will improve. Try to account for not only the environment, but the human, economic, and technological factors as well (the factory cant just be torn down). Group 2: You represent the Once-ler and his family. You have expanded your Thneed company too quickly and not as many people have bought your product as you expected. Your company has gone into debt. A group of investors from Singapore has offered to invest in (put money into) your company, BUT only if you change your practices so that they are more environmentally friendly. Write a brief summary of the practices that you have used in the past and what changes you will make in the future if the investors finance you. Account for all four factors of development: human, economic, environmental, and technological.