Liceo Nuevos Horizontes
English 8th Grade
Workshop 1 – Environment
Cognitive dimension
Hello! This is your teacher Ricardo. Remember that we have been discussing environmental
issues. We have practiced vocabulary, and you have shared your ideas and concerns. The following
workshop is for you to put into practice the information we have talked about.
A. Look at the pictures and write the name of the environmental problem.
1. ___________ 2. _____________ 3. _________________
B. Read the texts. What is the problem that the students are describing?
Hi! My name is Diego. I live in 4. What is the environmental problem?
Bogotá. It is difficult to breathe in
this city. There are many cars and a. Soil pollution
industries. They produce fumes b. Air pollution
that affect our health. c. Water pollution
Hello! I’m Paola. I live in the
coast of Colombia. It is a 5. What is the environmental problem?
beautiful place. However, some
people opened a factory, and it a. Deforestation
dumps a lot of waste. There is a b. Air pollution
nice lake, but now it is in c. Water pollution
danger. I’m concerned because
fish are dying.
Liceo Nuevos Horizontes
English 8th Grade
Workshop 1 – Environment
Cognitive dimension
Hi! My name is Ana María. I am 6. What is the environmental problem?
from Boyacá. We have amazing
landscapes here. People a. Soil pollution
cultivate the land, and they take b. Air pollution
care of cattle. Some years ago, c. Water pollution
people started to use a lot of
pesticides. I’m worried because
it has had negative effects.
I’m Pablo, and I’m 13 years old.
I’m concerned about my town. 7. What is the environmental problem?
There were a lot of trees, but
a. Deforestation
people cut them down to
b. Air pollution
produce paper. Now, there are a
c. Illegal mining
few trees. It is sad.
C. Organize the words to create a sentence.
Example: hurt / to / would / like / not / I / animals = I would not like to hurt animals.
8. would / I / to / like / a / organize / petition
9. not / would / demonstration / go / to / a / like / I / on
10. like / plant / to / would / trees / I
11. I / not / design / to / website / would / like / a
12. water / save / I / would / to / like
D. Complete de texts using the words.
mining produce rubbish dump biodiversity soil
petition health minerals deforestation pesticides pollution
concerned river environmental demonstration air cut down
Liceo Nuevos Horizontes
English 8th Grade
Workshop 1 – Environment
Cognitive dimension
People in our town are 13. ______ Amazonas 16. ______ is suffering
about 14. ______ pollution. We from water 17. ______. There are
decided to pick up 15. ______ from some factories that 18. ______ waste.
public places such as parks. For this reason, fish are dying.
Our city has several 19. ______ I have a friend who lives in small village.
problems. I am worried about all of People 22. ______ a lot of trees, and it
them. Farmers use 20. ______ that has created 23. ______. My friend
affect the soil. Another problem is illegal organized a 24. ______ to ask the
hunting. There are some animals that major to prohibit that activity.
are killed, and it has affected 21.
______.
25. ______ pollution is common in big Yesterday I saw some people who were
cities where there are cars and participating on a 28. ______. They
industries which 26. ______ fumes. It were protesting because they want to
affects our 27. ______ because we stop 29. ______ companies from
cannot breathe clean air. extracting metals and 30. ______.
E. Listen to the audios and complete the table.
Audio Name Age Place Environmental He/She would like
problem to…
1 Carlos 13 Medellin Water pollution go on a demonstration
2 Sara 12 31. _______ 32. ________ 33. ______ a petition
3 David 34. _____ Villa de Leyva - Deforestation 36. ______________
35. ________
