Pollution प्रदूषण

traffic1A. Proficiency Level: Intermediate High

B. Objectives: Students will be able to:

  • recognize and speak about different kinds of pollution
  • understand and explain sources of pollution
  • discuss how pollution impacts life on the planet
  • express ideas and persuade people how to decrease pollution

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  • use vocabulary (expressions and phrases) related to pollution
  • review use of ज़रूर (adverb),  ज़रूरी (adjective), x -को x -की ज़रूरत (noun)+ होना , 
    अवश्य (adverb), आवश्यक (adjective), x -को x -की आवश्यकता (noun)+ होना
  •  use infinitives + मना  है + वर्जित है + नुक्सान पहुंचाना
  • use subjunctive following ताकि: जाए, हटाए
  • use passives in the subjunctive: सुधार किया जाए, पाबंदी हटाई जाए 

C. Performance Assessment: Students are asked to help an environment protection NGO. They develop a brochure and a presentation for Earth Day Fair on their campus.

D. Learning Scenarios:

Activity 1. Warm-up:

  • The teacher has 4 questions on separate slips in a bag/hat that one student from each group picks with common vocabulary list.

१. प्रदूषण के बारे में जरूरी जानकारी

२. ग्लोबल वार्मिंग से भारतीय लोगों को होनेवाले नुकसान.

३. ग्लोबल वार्मिंग प्रदूषण से कैसे संबंधित है?

४. प्रदूषण खतम करने के लिये क्या करना चाहिये?

Common vocabulary:

  • अकाल m. – drought                                           अनुमान m. – guess + लगाना
  • आशंका f. – suspicion                                          खेतीबारी f. – agriculture
  • चेतावनी f. – warning                                          जलवायु m. – climate
  • तापमान m. – temperature                                तुफ़ान m. – storm
  • परिवर्तन m. – change                                          पर्यावारण m. – environment
  • फसल f. – crop                                                     की वृद्धि f. – increase
  • प्रभाव m. – to have an impact on (Xपर ~ पड़ना)
  • बाढ़ f. – flood                            

Groups work on one questions: Brainstorm what you know about the question you picked from the bag. Groups take notes on the main points. They consult the vocab list above.

Activity 2. Competitions: Teacher counts to 1,2,3 and shows signs. Student in groups are asked to point, as fast as they can, to the one/s not related to the topic. Teacher draws attention on subjunctives and passives.

Activity 3. Reading: Each group works on a different text (handouts).

a) Skim and come up with a title.

b) Circle 5 new words which are crucial to understanding the text.

c) Read and answer the questions .

Activity 4. Jigsaw exercise:

  • Each student calls a number in the group (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.).
  • New groups are formed of students with same numbers.
  • Students share the main points of their text.

Activity 5. Students explore more resources to prepare their brochure and a presentation for the Earth Day Fair. The main points include:water

१. प्रदूषण के बारे में जरूरी जानकारी.

२. ग्लोबल वार्मिंग से लोगों को होनेवाले नुकसान.

३. ग्लोबल वार्मिंग प्रदूषण से कैसे संबंधित है?

४. प्रदूषण खतम करने के लिये क्या करना चाहिये?