The Great Barrier Reef: A Wonder on a Deadline
Aims
The largest living structure on Earth, repeated bleaching events, and the awkward language we use to describe a place that is not dead but not well. Nuance and evaluative argument for C1 students.
The lesson, stage by stage
- News10 min
In the news: The story
Read a 200-word news story: The largest living thing on Earth, and the hardest to talk about
- Vocabulary8 min
Vocabulary: Words to know
7 items
- Discussion10 min
Discussion: Two halves of one frame
2 discussion questions
- Discussion10 min
Discussion: The language of loss
3 discussion questions
- Discussion10 min
Discussion: Who acts, and when
3 discussion questions
Open the full lesson
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Target vocabulary
In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.
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