GREAT THANKS TO OUR partners AND THE STUDENTS FOR great cooperatıon. Thıs project wouldnt be so perfect ıf you hadn't belıeved us .
Created & published on StoryJumper™ ©2026 StoryJumper, Inc.
All rights reserved. Sources: storyjumper.com/attribution
Preview audio:
storyj.mp/ahu9vkwe9seb
2
(On the first day of the school , Englısh teacher Murat observes that most students have changed a lot. They are addicted to the telephones and internet. They look a little bit unsocial.It makes upset him and he thinks they have had enough computer skills and now they need more social interaction and improve their kinesthetic skills . He wants his students to create their own English games.
A week later, everybody brings their excellent games desinged and printed by computers. On of the students Hamza looks upset because he doesnt have a perfect Englısh game desinged by computer or done by his parents. His mother and father work very late and have no time to buy extra material for game . He uses a shoe box to create a basketball court and basketball hoop with pipettes. He writes the English words on papers used before . Teacher is happy because this game fulfills his expectations . Everybody is surprised in the class and Hamza becomes very proud of himself .
Other students come to play next to him. They pick a Word and ıf they know the meaning, they get the chance to throw the small ball in to the basket hoop. If they can , they get double points. Everybody come together and play together. Now English is used in an interactive and kinesthetic way. Then the teacher also realizes that Hamza is very enviromental friendly student and thoughtful. Then something comes to Murat teacher’s mind)
3
4
YASEMİN KAPLAN-ŞEHİT SELİM TOPAL SECONDARY SCHOOL
MURAT TEACHER:How are you hamza? ( GÜLSAH)
Hamza:Im sad everybody has done great things and their parents helped them . My father said that ı had better use waste material and create it on my own instead of sitting in front of the computer. because it will be a better idea . But now ı see , ıt was a bad idea . he said that because he was too busy to buy or help….(DURU)
MURAT TEACHER:He is absolutely right . Heyy students , look here . We have a great Word game . I will try to get a score now . who wants to play with me?( EMİN)
EGE STUDENT.: I will try . No one is better than me at basketball (ECRİN)
NİSANUR: I will get the all points (MELİSA)
MURAT TEACHER : Dear students , you see Hamza dont waste anything . He is the most enviromental friendly student today )) I wanna hear big applause for him( everybody applaudes) Now great idea has come to my mind……(BUSENUR)
5
6
EMİNE ULAŞ- İSTİKLAL SECONDARY SCHOOL
MURAT TEACHER: Why don't we make a preparation for our Science fair? (ELİF)
A STUDENT: Waaaaow, that's great! But, how will we do? (AZRA)
MURAT TEACHER: Well, we inspired from HAMZA's game. We will focus on recycling and learning English. You will create your own materials by recycling materials such as paper,plastic,fabric..... Our games will help us learn English. While learning, you will have fun and you will be active. (AYŞE TUANA)
STUDENT: But Sir, can we use our computers or mobile phones? (TUANA)
7
8
MEDİNE YALÇINKAYA - KIRIKKALE ŞEHİT AYDIN ÇOPUR İMAM HATİP SECONDARY SCHOOL
STUDENT : Sir, I also want to make a learning material from wastes but can I reuse plastic wastes to make it?(MEHMETHAN)
MURAT TEACHER : Of course you can.We can use not only paper-plastic but also fabric-glass and organics.(FATİH YİĞİT)
STUDENT: when I was a child I had a lot of lego blocks.I guess I will prepare a sentence building game by using lego blocks.(ÖMER EFE)
MURAT TEACHER: Awesome.Let's make up a name for your plastic learning material.DO you have any idea?(ZEREN)
STUDENT: What about naming my plastic learning material as '' building up sentence''.(ERVA)
MURAT TEACHER:That sounds great.By then, you and your friends will have opportinity to practice building sentences in an enjoyable way. What else ? Do you have another great ideas?(BUĞLEM)
STUDENT: Yes sir I have one more idea .We can make a '' quessing the word's meaning'' game to memorise new words.(CEYDA)
MURAT TEACHER: That's interesting.Can you tell us more about how to prepare and how to play that ''quessing the word's meaning game'' ?(ELİF)
9
10
Semra Kayaalp / GALİP ÖZTÜRK SECONDARY SCHOOL
Student:I think I can collect waste plastic bottles caps and write words in English on one side and in Türkish on other side.So we can memorize all words easily.( Eda )
Murat Teacher: ooohhh ,Wonderful my brilliant student,Kerem ! Your idea is great and you should prepare it immediately.( Nurefşan)
Kerem: Yeap , Teacher ,ı guess ı need help because ı havent got enough bottle cap.(Kayra)
Aslı: Teacher , teacher , l can help, Kerem.( Cahit)
Murat Teacher: Well done Aslı and Kerem. Do you have any idea about this matter?(Zeynep)
11
12
Hasan GÜNERİ Mehmet Akif Ersoy Secondary School Serik Antalya Turkey
Ayşenur: I cut the waste cardboard and painted it. I wrote English words on them. I designed an English game wheel. I am learning game English in class. (Aysenur).
Murat Teacher: Great job. Ayşenur congratulations.
Gözde: I designed memory cards using English words and pictures. I'm learning English by playing games in the classroom..
Murat Teacher:You have created different games. You become nature-friendly students with recycling.
13
14
HÜSEYİN ÇİL / FATSA KIZ ANADOLU İMAM HATİP HIGH SCHOOL
Ayşe: Teacher, I have an idea, too.
Murat Teacher: What do you think? We talked about lots of games made of recycled materials. So, I wonder your opinions.
Ayşe: We need a cardboard and a few paper cups to prepare this game. with this game, we can learn adjectives and their antonyms in English.
Murat Teacher: Okay, that sounds interesting. How do we do that game?
Ayşe: First, We can draw circles on a cardboard and write some adjectives in circles. Then, we write the antonyms of these adjectives on the top of cups. the last step is to match the adjestives with their antonyms on the cupboard.
Murat Teacher: Yes, Iike your game.
Beyza: Teacher, I want to add something for this game.
Murat Teacher: yes, please.
Beyza: We can paint the paper cups in two colors and we can be divided into groups. Then, players start to play the game at the same time, the first student gets the points.
Murat Teacher: This is great! I want to remember something to you. We should use the recycled materials to prepare this game, shouldn't we?
Students: Yes teacher!
15
16
MURAT ÇAYLAK / TURHAL BİLİM VE SANAT MERKEZİ / TOKAT
Rüzgar: Sir, sir. I have another good idea.
Murat Teacher: Calm down Rüzgar. What is it?
Rüzgar: We have lots of old clothes at our homes. We can cut them out, fill with cotton and sew again. Later we sew eyes and mouth on it.
Murat Teacher: So, you mean we can make puppets.
Rüzgar: Exactly sir. That is what I mean. We can use those puppets in our speaking lessons.
Murat Teacher: That is a great idea Rüzgar. Thank you very much.
Zeynep: Teacher, I can help sewing the clothes. I am
17
18
SIMONA BAETU / MIHAIL SADOVEANU SECONDARY SCHOOL
Alisa: How about making some recycling bins to help organize our recyclables?
Murat Teacher: We really need to put your idea into practice.
Irene: What supplies do we need?
Murat Teacher: We need 2 cardboard boxes, scissors, colored paper, paint, markers and popsicle sticks.
Alisa: Where do you think we should locate these bins?
Murat Teacher: There should be located around the campus with clear signage to inform the community about proper recycling. The stream system for paper, glass, and plastic can be used indoors. The recycling stations accept all recycled materials.
Irene: How will the students find out about our program?
Murat Teacher: One of you should tell them what’s recyclable, where the indoor recycling bins are, where the outdoor recycling bins are, and what your campus recyling goals are. This will help them understand how to recycle effectively.
Alisa: I can't wait to begin working on these bins. Irene you can start spreading the news and find help.
Murat Teacher: I can also be of assistance. We have plenty of time to develop this program.
19
20
Mrs Ayshe Hadzhieva and her students Mehrunka.......... and .
......
Mrs: Students, do you know, that you have to learn the IRREGULAR VERBS, but I want to leave your phones and modern technology!
Mehrunka: How to learn them? Isn't easier by phones?
Mrs Hadzhieva: We will write the verbs on recycled paper and will sort them in a box made of recycled materials too.
Yasemin; Can I make it?
Mrs Hadzhieva: Yes, of course!It will be fun, because we will exam each other face to face!
Mehrunka: Yes, we can mimes verbs and then the other student to find it and put in the box the right word and we can also draw pictures of the corresponding actions (IRREGULAR VERBS) and when students know the verb they have to say all three forms.
Mrs. Hadzhieva - Yes, this is also a good idea!
Yasemin: Yes, but we students must have learned the verbs in advance in order to know them!
Mrs. Hadzhieva - Well, yes, this is actually the main idea, students can easily learn the irregular verbs, because they are not few!
Mrs: The result of this games is amazing! When we repeat the verbs students learn them!
These are the ideas that our minds came up with ...
Let's make learning English easier and more fun!
21
22
HANDE TÜRKEKUL/VALİ MEHMET LÜTFULLAH BİLGİN SECONDARY SCHOOL/HAKKARİ
Murat Teacher :Yes, children we have shared a lot of ideas so far. They're all great ideas.Now let's integrate these ideas into known games. what are your favorite games?
İrem: I like playing scrabble
Serhat:I like it, to.
Enes:I like Tabu
Murat teacher :Perfect. So which one can we use in learning English?
İrem:It can be Scrabble, teacher. We can even use recycling materials.
Murat Teacher:Yes it makes sense. But how?
Serhat:Let's use a plastic cover and cardboard box.
İrem:Yes let's use the cardboard box for the floor
Murat Teacher :Good idea.
Enes :Let's use the covers for letters too. Let's score each letter. The team with the most points wins.
İrem:In this way, we can both reinforce our vocabulary and have fun.
Enes:We will also contribute to recycling
Murat Teacher :All excellent ideas, my children. I am proud of you. You are all environmental English learners.
23
24
SEDA AKANOĞLU/MAMAK ORTAOKULU/ANKARA
GÜLCE: Well, how about a classroom orchestra?
MURAT TEACHER: Fantastic! Very good idea.Have fun and learn with music.
REYYAN: We can make our instruments with recycle materials from our homes.
MURAT TEACHER: Who wants to prepare and play with instrument?
EMİR: I always want to be a drummer.I can play different size of drums.I can use old yoghurt cups and toy baloons.
MURAT TEACHER:And you can use old ballpoint pens like drumsticks.
MUHTEREM:I can use metal bottle taps, apiece of cardboard and glue to prepare castanets.
MURAT TEACHER:Any different idea? Come on, i want to see a big band, a big orchestra.
SUDENAZ: I think we need a wid instruments. I can make a panpipes with plastic straws.
İSMAİL: Sir,We can enjoy singing and playing instruments and also we can learn new words.
MURATTEACHER:Yes you are right. Then ok. we will prepare our musical instruments with recycling materials and we will sing songs together so we can enjoy the lesson and also we can learn new vocabulary
25
26
LIDIA RISTEA / PROFESSOR NICOLAE SIMACHE GENERAL SCHOOL
Carmen: How about the idea of making some decorative objects from plastics, for example from bottles? Let's organize them according to the type of efficiency.
Professor Murat: We need to put your ideas into practice.
Iulian: What consumable materials do we need?
Professor Murat: For this we need 1/2 l, 1 l plastic bottles, scissors, colored paper, adhesive for gluing, paint bonding, markers and PVC support to mount them.
Carmen: Where do you think we should expose these objects?
Professor Murat: They should be placed in the open space on the ground floor, with a poster to draw the attention of everyone who enters the school and to inform the community about this way of recycling. There are plastic bottles in the school for collecting , so there will be no problem with the materials.
Iulian: How will our classmates find out about this program that we will implement?
Teacher Murat: One of you has to make some posters and send it to the school site administrator to post on the site of school , and others to be displayed on the school notice board, on the doors at the entrances of students and teachers, to see the purpose and objectives of this action . It will be an action to reduce the storage of plastics and to raise awareness of efficient recycling.
Carmen: I look forward to starting to implement my ideas for making plastic decorations.
Iulian: You can start making the poster and distribute the posters and look for colleagues who can get involved to give a helping hand in making as many objects as possible.
Professor Murat: I can help you with information on how to get started. We have enough time to make various objects in this program.
27
28
ANNUNZIATA SARRA / I.C. BARONE - BARANELLO - SECONDARY SCHOOL - ITALY
Murat Teacher: all your ideas, dear pupils, are awesome. I think that exposing all these recycled items in the open space of our school will lead other students and orher schools to do the same and to be more and more aware of the importance of recycling for our health and for our planet!
Giovanni: Yes, teacher, I agree with you and In this regard, I've come up with another great idea: why don't we organise an event at the end of the school year, having a big party where we display all the products we have recycled so far?
Murat Teacher: Great idea, Giovanni! Maybe at the end of June....
Sara: Teacher, a party is a very great idea, also because we can dress up in clothes we have made ourselves by recycling fabric and old, forgotten clothes ;-)
Murat Teacher: I'm really proud of you guys, you've really become responsible and, above all, environmentally friendly students!
29
30
CIORCILA AURICA MIHAELA/STUDENT:STROE ANDREEA, MIHAI VITEAZUL SECONDARY SCHOOL, ROMANIA
Didi:How about we take the X & 0 game to another level.
Murat Teacher:And how do we do that?
Didi:We can take advantage of the fact that no one understood the verb tenses and turn in into a game to learn easily.We can use a cardboard as the base and cut circular pieces out of paper and use them as the X & 0`s.
Murat Teacher:And how could that help us improve?
Didi:The teacher must have prepare a text without the verbs included in the text and write them on a piece of paper.We will choose the correct form of the verb and put it in the missing space.In that way we can easily understand when and where we should use that form of the verb.
Murat Teacher:That sounds amazing, Didi.I`m really proud of you guys , you have such good imagination.I knew I could trust you.
31
32
FATMA GÜRSOY - TÖNGÜÇLÜ SECONDARY SCHOOL
MURAT TEACHER: I' m really appreciate all of you my dear students.
STUDENT: Thank you teacher. And one more thank to Hamza for his inspiring game.
MURAT TEACHER: Exactly. You all understood that we can reuse materials over and over.
STUDENT: Yes, teacher. I am sure that we won't waste plastics, paper, glass and fabric anymore. We will both protect the world and have more enjoyable lessons.
MURAT TEACHER: I will talk to our headmaster and other teachers about our project. In that way all the classes can attend this project. We can get the habit of recycling as school.
STUDENT: Maybe other schools will want to do these activities, as well.
MURAT TEACHER: Great idea, İrem! I believe that all the schools in our city would like to be a part of this project. I will write the director of national education. Thank you all for your great contributions. Now, have a break.
TWO YEARS LATER;
The project of recycling materials and using these materials during classes became widespread at all the schools in that city.
Murat Teacher and his students got a reward for their great project.
Most of the students living in that city became more conscious and careful about recycling and saving resources & earth.
33
DANIELA CULO ,LICEO LINGUISTICO NINNI CASSARA
HAMZA:(sees a woman carrying a garbage bag in her hand) Good morning my lady how are you?
LADY: Aa hi Hamza thanks a lot
HAMZA: are you about to throw all this stuff away?
LADY: dont worry honey, ı know about recycling thanks to your project. I recycle end reuse the objects
HAMZA: you are great
LADY: FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT,FOR A BETTER WORLD
HAMZA : exactly!
34
FOR A BETTER WORLD
FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT
35
36
READ
storyjumper.com
- < BEGINNING
- END >
Encourage this author
-
LIKE
-
COMMENT