Writing - Hello! Beyond Words Term 1 - أول اعدادي

UNIT 5 6 Writing 1 Lesson objectives: • Write a blog post about becoming more eco-friendly • Use conjunctions and, but, and because Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. 1 What things do you do to be eco-friendly at home or at school? Take short showers Walk to school Turn off electricity before you go out Recycle trash 2 When did you start doing these things? 3 Why did you start doing them? 2 Read the text. What type of text is it? Check (✓). How do you know? 1 an email 2 a blog post HOME | ABOUT | DOWNLOAD 3 a text message Helping the planet < > : ☑ Rami's eco blog Hi, my name's Rami. Last year, I watched a documentary about the effects of human activities on the planet. After that, I decided to make some changes in my life 1 but / because I wanted to be more eco-friendly. In the past, I always traveled to school by bus, 2 and / but now I ride my bike to school. It only takes 15 minutes, it's healthy, 3 and / but it's fun! Before, I never put my trash in the recycling bins 4 and / but I never thought about if it was recyclable or not. Now, I always look for the right type of recycling bin 5 and / but put my trash in it, 6 but / because I understand how important it is to reuse the Earth's resources. Now, I also try to switch off all my tech devices - like my laptop 7 and / but my games console - when I'm not using them, 8 because / and I know that this saves energy and that's good for the planet, too. We can all do things that help in small ways! What changes have you made to help the planet? Leave a comment below. ✓ Like Comment: 23 comments 66 3 Read again. Choose the correct conjunctions to complete the text. Using conjunctions: and, but, because Conjunctions are words we use to join two parts of a sentence together. We use the conjunction and to add information. We use but to contrast information. We use because to explain information or give a reason for something.

4 Read again and complete Rami's part of the table. Rami's changes In the past, he ... Now, he ... Travel Trash Technology My changes In the past, I ... Now, I ... 5 Think about one or more changes you have made in your life to be more eco- friendly. Complete your part of the table in Exercise 4. 6 Write a blog post about the changes you listed in Exercise 5. Use Rami's blog post and the expressions from the Useful language box to help you. Write 100-120 words in your notebook. Check your writing. Does your blog post ... compare action in the past to actions in the present? use conjunctions correctly? ● have correct spelling and punctuation? Useful language After that, I decided to ... In the past, I... Before, I didn't... but now I ... Now, I always ... Self-Assessment Check your progress use vocabulary for problems that climate change causes use comparatives and superlatives ■mind map ideas as a group use articles a, an, and the use and, but, and because I can do this I need more practice UNIT 5 67