1. { Year 7 English Unit of Work: Our Pale Blue Dot

2. Learning Goal By the end of this week we will be able to: Understand the importance and the concept of environmental sustainability. Success Criteria I will consider our environment broadly in terms of land, water and air. I will use my lateral thinking to find creative solutions to real problems. I will begin to consider persuasive language techniques.

3. Unit of Work: Our Pale Blue Dot Learning Goal By the end of this week we will be able to: Understand and explain the concept of environmental sustainability.

4. An Inconvenient Truth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hFxG-8I0Go Learning Goal By the end of this week we will be able to: Understand and explain the concept of environmental sustainability.

5. Unit of Work: Our Pale Blue Dot How language shapes our understanding of ourselves and our world. How a range of texts can persuade using specific language and visual choices. How to use persuasive language in the effective presentation of a speech. The importance of environmental sustainability. Learning Goal By the end of this week we will be able to: Understand and explain the concept of environmental sustainability.

6. Think-Pair-Share 1.Think about the threats which face our environment and write them down – you must consider environments of land, water and air. 2.Compare your ideas with a partner and change or add to your lists. 3.Share your responses with the rest of the class. Learning Goal By the end of this week we will be able to: Understand and explain the concept of environmental sustainability.

7. What is Sustainability? Learning Goal By the end of this week we will be able to: Understand and explain the concept of environmental sustainability. Sustainability could be defined as an ability or capacity of something to be maintained or to sustain itself. It's about taking what we need to live now, without jeopardising the potential for people in the future to meet their needs. If an activity is said to be sustainable, it should be able to continue forever.

8. Group Work In groups of 2 work together to come up with solutions to the threats you identified earlier. Keep in mind that these solutions must be sustainable and not pose any further threat to our pale blue dot. Learning Goal By the end of this week we will be able to: Understand and explain the concept of environmental sustainability.

9. Unit of Work: Our Pale Blue Dot Our task: to create an advertising campaign which persuades others to take the threat of climate change seriously. Learning Goal By the end of this week we will be able to: Understand and explain the concept of environmental sustainability.

10. Learning Goal By the end of this week we will be able to: Understand and explain the concept of environmental sustainability. Success Criteria I will consider our environment broadly in terms of land, water and air. I will use my lateral thinking to find creative solutions to real problems. I will begin to consider persuasive language techniques.