This document provides instructions for a series of activities to practice discussing controversial issues. It outlines steps for students to analyze a video on environmental problems, select and organize a controversial topic, create a concept map, and present their topic. Students are encouraged to test their political knowledge, summarize conversations, paraphrase a photo story, and discuss opinions on issues. They also work on related vocabulary, grammar, listening and speaking exercises, with a focus on recycling language and strategies.

3. 1  Video Analysis: ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS & CHALLENGES
2  Controversial Issues: SELECT & ORGANIZE YOUR TOPIC
3  Concept Map: ORGANIZE YOUR PRESENTATION
4  Presentation: SHARE YOUR CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE

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6. • Read Test yourself to find out how much you know about politics
• Listen Summarize & provide details from a conversation about politics
• Voc. Paraphrase statements from the Photo Story in your own words
• Speak Discuss & share your opinion about controversial issues
• Don’t stop! Continue interaction to recycle language & strategies

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9. • Voc. Become familiar with adjectives related to political and social beliefs
• Listen Summarize and identify positions and beliefs to complete a chart
• Gr.mmr Identify form and active use of Non-count nouns for abstract ideas
• Speak Change the conversation model to talk about controversial issues
• Don’t stop! Continue interaction to recycle language & strategies

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12. • Grammar Identify form of Verbs followed by objects & Infinitives
• Listen Summarize Pros & Cons from people’s opinions about issues
• Speak Change the conversation model to discuss controversial issues
• Provide reasons to support your point of view
• Don’t stop! Be sure to recycle language & strategies

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15. • Read Identify position and reasons that support points of view of global problems
• Speak Discuss answers to questions about the reading
Propose solutions to global problems
Give reasons to support your point of view { your position }
• Don’t stop! Be sure to recycle previous language & strategies

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18. • Voc. Become familiar with new expressions to debate issues
• Speak Respond and react politely to your partner’s point of view
Provide reasons to support your point of view { position }
• Don’t stop! Be sure to recycle previous language & strategies

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