Back
The town that disappeared: There Is/There Was
🌊 Environment
📘 There is / There was
🏙 Natural Disasters
VOCABULARY
Students learn and practise environmental words such as flood, reservoir, drought, abandoned buildings, evacuate, submerged. Through matching, listening, and repetition activities, they memorise new vocabulary and apply it in simple sentences.
GRAMMAR
The lesson focuses on there is / there are and there was / there were in affirmative, negative, and question forms. Learners study visual charts, practise with gap-fill tasks, and use grammar to describe places now and then.
READING & DISCUSSION
Using the story of Villa Epecuén in Argentina, students explore how a tourist town disappeared underwater. They answer comprehension questions, select true/false statements, and find evidence in the text. This leads to discussions about environmental disasters and their impact.
SPEAKING & WRITING
Learners describe pictures of cities before and after disasters, tell short environmental stories, and complete a creative writing task called “The Lost Town of Eldoria”. Homework includes labelling pictures, sentence practice, and a video on modern flooding.
1
Show how interactive online lessons work in edio
2
Demonstrate learning materials, exercises, and student progress
3
Answer your questions and show how edio can fit your teaching format