Greta Thunberg

Famous People

Low Int – Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

In this lesson, students read about an environmental activist who took a year off from school to be a youth spokesperson on climate change. Students review new vocabulary and practice the present progressive tense.

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Focus

topic-based
academic
4-skills
biography
present progressive
question formation
environment
climate change

Vocabulary

activist
climate change
depressed
protest (noun)
walkout
environmental
conference
fail
A spinning paper plane
A spinning paper plane