The Reading / Listening - Children's Books - Level 0

The UK's King Charles has written a children's book. It is called "Climate Change". Charles is an environmentalist. He speaks about the environment a lot. He hopes his book will teach children about nature. The other writer of the book wants to give children facts. He said children must find answers to climate change for their future.

Last Friday, Charles asked business leaders to help protect nature. He said he was excited because children want to help the Earth. Charles loves "the level of energy and passion [for nature] shown by young people". Charles wrote: "Ever since I was a young teenager, I have been deeply worried about…our world."

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Sources
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64665675
  • https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/king-charles-pens-afterword-for-ladybird-climate-change-book
  • https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1736271/king-charles-climate-change-ladybird-book


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. Charles has written a
  2. It is called
  3. Charles is an
  4. He speaks about the
  5. teach children about
  6. The other writer
  7. give children
  8. children must find answers
  1. environment
  2. environmentalist
  3. to climate change
  4. children's book
  5. facts
  6. nature
  7. "Climate Change"
  8. of the book

Paragraph 2

  1. Last
  2. business
  3. help protect
  4. He said he was
  5. children want to
  6. the level
  7. Ever since I was a
  8. I have been deeply
  1. excited
  2. nature
  3. of energy and passion
  4. worried
  5. Friday
  6. young teenager
  7. help the Earth
  8. leaders

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

The UK's King Charles (1) ___________________ children's book. It is called "Climate Change". Charles (2) ___________________. He speaks about the environment a lot. (3) __________________ book will teach children about nature. The (4) ________________ the book wants to give children facts. He said children (5) ___________________ to climate change (6) ___________________.

Last Friday, Charles (7) ___________________ to help protect nature. He (8) ___________________ excited because children want (9) ___________________ Earth. Charles loves "the (10) ___________________ and passion [for nature] shown by young people". Charles wrote: "(11) ___________________ was a young teenager, I have been (12) ___________________…our world."

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

TheUK'sKingCharleshaswrittenachildren'sbook.Itiscalled"ClimateC
hange".Charlesisanenvironmentalist.Hespeaksabouttheenvironme
ntalot.Hehopeshisbookwillteachchildrenaboutnature.Theotherwrite
rofthebookwantstogivechildrenfacts.Hesaidchildrenmustfindanswe
rstoclimatechangefortheirfuture.LastFriday,Charlesaskedbusinessl
eaderstohelpprotectnature.Hesaidhewasexcitedbecausechildrenwa
nttohelptheEarth.Charlesloves"thelevelofenergyandpassion[fornat
ure]shownbyyoungpeople".Charleswrote:"EversinceIwasayoungte
enager,Ihavebeendeeplyworriedabout…ourworld."

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

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Free writing

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Answers

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