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1 Breaking News Ready-to-Use English Lessons by Sean Banville 1,000 IDEAS & ACTIVITIES FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS Thousands more free lessons from Sean's other websites Level 3 - 10th February, 2022 Fast fashion is harming the environment FREE online quizzes, mp3 listening and more for this lesson here: Contents The Article 2 Discussion (Student-Created Qs) 15 Warm-Ups 3 Language Work (Cloze) 16 Vocabulary 4 Spelling 17 Before Reading / Listening 5 Put The Text Back Together 18 Gap Fill 6 Put The Words In The Right Order 19 Match The Sentences And Listen 7 Circle The Correct Word 20 Listening Gap Fill 8 Insert The Vowels (a, e, i, o, u) 21 Comprehension Questions 9 Punctuate The Text And Add Capitals 22 Multiple Choice - Quiz 10 Put A Slash ( / )

2 Where The Spaces Are 23 Role Play 11 Free Writing 24 After Reading / Listening 12 Academic Writing 25 Student Survey 13 Homework 26 Discussion (20 Questions) 14 Answers 27 Please try Levels 0, 1 and 2 (they are easier). Twitter Facebook Level 3 Fast fashion is harming the environment 10th February, 2022 More free lessons at - Copyright Sean Banville 2022 2 THE ARTICLE From Environmentalists are getting more worried about the effects of fast fashion on the environment. Fast fashion is the mass production of clothes at a low cost.

3 They are put in shops and online quickly to create a high demand. Manufacturers make 100 billion items of clothing every year. This is expected to grow by 60 per cent by 2030. The fast fashion business model is having a negative effect on the environment. Many of the clothes end up in landfills and are not recycled. Another negative effect on the environment is caused by the chemicals used to make the clothes. These cause health problems for people working in clothes factories. There are reports children make many of these clothes. The way people are buying clothes is adding to the problem of clothing waste.

4 Many years ago, people went to stores and tried clothes on. People took more time and thought more carefully before they bought clothes. They also wore them for longer. Today, people order cheap clothes on the Internet and if they don't like them, they send them back. Some people say this is causing a throwaway society. Some people buy clothes and never even wear them. The German media company Deutsche Welle wrote: "Every year in Europe, four million tons of clothing ends up in the trash. Less than one per cent of this is recycled." It seems the fashion industry is not so sustainable.

5 Sources: Level 3 Fast fashion is harming the environment 10th February, 2022 More free lessons at - Copyright Sean Banville 2022 3 WARM-UPS 1. FAST FASHION: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about fast fashion. Change partners often and share your findings. 2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life? environmentalist / fast fashion / mass production / clothing / negative / chemicals / waste / cheap / Internet / throwaway / media / society / trash / recycled / industry Have a chat about the topics you liked.

6 Change topics and partners frequently. 3. 10 YEARS: Students A strongly believe we should all try to wear clothes we buy for at least 10 years; Students B strongly believe the opposite. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 4. ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS: How bad are these problems? How can we reduce them? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote. How Bad Solutions Human waste Overpopulation Biodiversity loss Deforestation Desertification Pollution 5. FACTORY: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "factory".

7 Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. 6. FASHION: Rank these with your partner. Put the most serious issues concerning fast fashion at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings. Water usage Poisonous dyes Plastic microfibres Overconsumption Landfills Child labour Waste Energy consumption Level 3 Fast fashion is harming the environment 10th February, 2022 More free lessons at - Copyright Sean Banville 2022 4 VOCABULARY MATCHING Paragraph 1 1.

8 Effect a. Making large amounts of something by using machines. 2. mass production b. A person or company that makes things to sell. 3. demand c. A change that is because of an earlier action. 4. manufacturer d. A large area in which trash is put. 5. expected e. Thought something would happen. 6. landfill f. A building or group of buildings where things are made by machine. 7. factory g. The amount of things asked for by people who want to buy things. Paragraph 2 8. waste h. Able to be kept going at a certain rate or level.

9 9. try on i. Changed something that was unwanted or thrown away into something else. 10. society j. Look so. 11. recycled k. Unwanted things that are thrown away. 12. seem l. Put on an item of clothing to see if the size is OK. 13. industry m. Economic activity of a particular area ( health, tourism, car ). 14. sustainable n. All of the people living together in a country. Level 3 Fast fashion is harming the environment 10th February, 2022 More free lessons at - Copyright Sean Banville 2022 5 BEFORE READING / LISTENING From 1.

10 TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F). 1. Environmentalists are worried about fast and slow fashion. T / F 2. Clothes makers make 100 billion items of clothing annually. T / F 3. Fast fashion will be 60% bigger by the end of this decade. T / F 4. No children are involved in making clothes any more. T / F 5. Fast fashion has changed people's shopping habits. T / F 6. People used to take their time when they shopped for clothes. T / F 7. The article says we all buy clothes that we never wear. T / F 8.