LESSON WE WORK IN THE COMMUNITY GARDEN - CONNECT PRIMARY 6 Term 1 - سادس ابتدائي

2 UNIT 1 Green cities

In this unit I will ... listen, read, write, and research about green spaces in towns. talk about how often we do things. listen and read about a project to make a city greener. say the sounds th and s. write an informal email about things. I miss about Egypt. ⚫ research and make an infographic about my area. Look, discuss, and share Look at the photo of a city park. Why do you think having green areas in cities is important? UNIT 1 Did you know? 'Urban greening' is an important part of town planning in many countries. It means creating areas of plants and trees in cities. These can be small parks between buildings or gardens on people's roofs. Find out Where is the park in the photo? Why is it famous? 3

UNIT 1 LESSON 1 WE WORK IN THE 1 Look and write COMMUNITY GARDEN apartment block chemicals harvest natural fertilizer plant roof 2 3 4 5 6 Listen and read. Where does Mariam go on Fridays? Nour Mariam No school tomorrow! Do you want to come to my house? Thanks Nour, but I always help my aunt on Friday afternoons at the community garden. Nour The community garden? What's that? 4 Mariam It's a big green space on the roof of my Aunt Salma's apartment block. The people who work there are all volunteers from the neighborhood. We grow vegetables to eat, and sometimes we sell them in the market, too! Nour Mariam Nour That's interesting. What things do you grow? Well, we usually plant tomatoes, peppers, onions, lettuce - things people eat all the time. Sometimes we also plant fruit trees. This year we have lemons and dates. And you grow all this food in the middle of the city. Wow! Mariam Yes, it means people can grow their own fresh food and it's organic, too, which means we only use natural fertilizer - we never use chemicals.

5 Nour Does your garden produce a lot of vegetables? Mariam Nour Yes, it does. From just one square meter of roof garden, we can harvest twenty kilos of vegetables a year. And that's not all. Roof gardens also help clean the air in the city, which is good for people's health. They're also a great place to meet people and make friends. It sounds great, Mariam. We need more community roof gardens like that in our city! 3 Listen and read again. Check (✓) the foods Mariam UNIT 1 mentions 2 3 4 7 8 4 Complete the summary with the words from the box aunt clean friends grow plants roof sell tomorrow Nour asks Mariam to go to her house 1 to help her 2 on the 3 but Mariam goes on Fridays. They work in a community garden of an apartment block. They 4 vegetables and fruit for people in the local area, and sometimes they 5 them, too. Mariam thinks the community garden is a good also help to 7 idea because the 6 the city, and it is a good place to make new 8 5 Work with a partner. Discuss these questions the air in 1 Does your family have a garden or a balcony? What do you grow there? 2 Where do the vegetables and fruit that you eat come from? Do they come from gardens or farms? 5