| LESSON OVERVIEW
The main objectives of this lesson are to:
- read and discuss an article about a smoking ban;
- learn relevant vocabulary and express opinions;
- explore tactics to promote non-smoking.
With this lesson, students discuss an article about a smoking ban and think about the trend in general. They practise adjectives connected with the topic (illogical, harmless, etc) and share their opinions. They discuss statements and questions about smoking and vaping and analyse ideas to encourage people to stop smoking.
B2 / Upper Intermediate30 min
45 minCritical Reading ClubUnlimited Plan
This is a Critical Reading Club worksheet. With this format, students need to read an online article at home and do the exercises in the classroom. Learn more about how to use such worksheets and their benefits in our post.
ACTIVITIES
This lesson begins with a warm-up in which students consider some smoking statistics and discuss the trend. Then, students practise relevant vocabulary by completing adjectives with the correct prefixes and suffixes (harmful, unacceptable, etc). Next, students explore controversial opinions on smoking using the target vocabulary (e.g. smoking is a personal choice and shouldn’t be judged, vaping is equally as harmful as smoking cigarettes, etc) After that, they discuss some comments from the article about smoking in state-owned parks and campgrounds (e.g. “Those who pay for campsites should be able to smoke there.”). Then, students talk about smoking regulations where they live. To finish up, students analyse some tactics to promote non-smoking (pop culture, nicotine regulation, etc) and discuss some questions.
ARTICLE
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