Unit of work ( Lesson plan )

LESSON PLAN

DURATION : October 2007 CLASS : Contemporary Issues SCHEDULE : Monday Friday NUMBER OF STUDENTS : 30 (3 :00 PM - 3 :45 PM

Language Level : intermediate level in EAP prep

: Challenges and Responses to Environmental Degradation

Rationale

This course seeks to give students a holistic idea of the problem of environmental degradation in the world . This subject seeks to enlighten students of the detrimental effects that man has caused the environment in its aim for development . The lesson will look into the literatures that are currently available to deal with the issue

of environmental degradation . The initial parts of the lesson will focus on the issues and problems behind environmental degradation . In the latter parts , the lesson will look into the efforts used to combat the problems caused by the abuse of man in the environment . The s that shall be discussed are held every Monday and Friday from 3 :00 PM to 4 :00 PM for students who took the contemporary issues class

Course Objectives

The instructor 's aim is to let students cooperate in class discussions With this , the instructor will use several teaching strategies to foster a collaborative effort of learning . These include reporting , peer review , written s , discussions , and examination . At the end of the course , all students are expected to have a firm understanding of the issues regarding environmental degradation as well as knowledge in the initiatives to address these problems

Communicative Aims

Students are given the opportunity to explore ideas given by the course Their participation shall be in form of group reports and peer reviews Each lesson there will be groups who shall be reporting on the assigned s per day . Also , students are expected to submit reaction s per session in response to the lesson discussed for the day . In addition , students are expected to actively participate and voice out concerns regarding issues during class discussions

Linguistic Aims

This subject is aimed at making students understand the important environmental terms that will help them throughout the course . Each important idea /s will be emphasized in each to give the students an idea of the subject that shall be discussed and also give the students the opportunity to choose on what issues can be reported in class prior to the approval of the instructor

Assessment Strategies

Students will be assessed based on the following criteria

Group Reports

Individual Presentation

Reaction s

Participation in discussion

Written examinations

Peer Reviews

Procedures of the Lesson

Date and Time to be Discussed

Monday

October 1 , 2007

Friday

October 5 , 2007

Monday

October 7 , 2007

Friday

October 11 , 2007

Monday

October 15 , 2007

Friday

October 19 , 2007

Monday

October 22 , 2007

Friday

October 26 , 2007

ORIENTATION

GLOBAL WARMING

CLIMATE CHANGE

BIODIVERSITY

ENDANGERED SPECIES

EPA

Examination I (written

Examination II (oral Materials and Resources

Books , Journals , Handouts and Website Resources are given to students to have an idea or background of the issue that will be talked about . It also serves as reference materials for the reporting that...