Should we ban smoking?

Lesson overview

In this lesson, the students:

learn about the law in New Zealand
get to know basic vocabulary connected with laws and bans
discuss arguments pro and against and possible ways of discouraging people from smoking
discuss statistics and charts in English

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Listening and vocabulary

Ready for the news?

The lesson is based on an idea in New Zealand for the law that prohibts the sale of cigarettes. Use this lesson to discuss the addiction, the ban and its consequences for the addict, but also for the whole country. A short piece of news is packed with useful vocabulary, which can be practiced in definition matching and question discussion. Optionally, you can use a video with statistics in the UK and practice listening for details. The brick also includes vocabulary booster with word formation with exercise – gaps + speaking (the perfect match!). If your students are still willing to talk after that – make them assess different methods to discourage young people from smoking. A necessary lesson – both in the social and the linguistic sense.

This lesson contains

a lesson plan for students in PDF for download (Student’s Brick)
a lesson plan for teachers with key and teaching notes in PDF for download (Teacher’s Brick)
an online presentation in Google Slides (Online Brick)
a link to an optional authentic material (video)