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PRE-LESSON 1. Write I Am the Earth on the board, and tell pupils that this is the title of the song they will hear and later sing.
2. Tell them that the song refers to a number of natural features on earth e.g. deserts.
3. Ask pupils to predict other words they might hear in the song, and write these on the board
4. Play the song.
5. Check predicted answers as a whole class. Clarify the meaning of ‘we turned the tide’: this will be helpful in stages 7 and
8.
6. Ask pupils whether they like the song or not, and to tell you why.
7. Play the song again, and ask pupils to sing along. together as a whole class, and ask pupils to make corrections to
sentences on the board and in their own work if need be.
8. Elicit the meaning of lyrics towards the end of the song, by asking pupils whether the idea is that young people should try
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to improve the environment or not, and to explain their answer. The specific end-of-song lyrics are:
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I am the storm clouds gathering (Stanza 6 Line 7) until Side by side (Stanza 7 Line 9)
9. Clarify if necessary that the message is a positive one (clues include: One earth, one people, stand side by side, we turned
the tide etc)
10. Elicit a few things pupils can or already do to improve the environment around them (e.g. throw rubbish in rubbish bins,
recycle paper, glass).
11. Divide pupils into 2s or 3s and ask them to make a poster of 5 things we can do to help our world. Ask them to use
imperatives when expressing their ideas. Pupils can illustrate their posters if they like, but must work on their text first.
12. Put posters on the wall or on desks, and ask pupils to read their classmates’ ideas.
13. Ask pupils to explain any interesting or unusual ideas to their classmates.
POST-LESSON 14. If there is time, sing the song again together.
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TEACHER’S Teacher had to make the posters drawing as homework because of the time constraint. However, the snowball activity for
REFLECTION Objective 1 is very successful.