Part 1 "Recycling & Presentations"

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Part 1 - Recycling & Presentations

• Waarom is het goed om te recyclen?
• Wat doe jij zelf aan recyclen?

Binnen-buitenkring:

Task 1 Basis

The orange colour shows a grammar subject from the Basics. 

The blue colour shows words that might be new or difficult. 

Questions in English will be answered in English. Questions in Dutch can be answered in English and Dutch.

This theme we are discussing energy, one way of preserving and creating energy is by recycling and thinking about how we use our electronics and the environment. This lesson you are going to learn more about what you can do to be more green and recycle. 

You will read some articles and make a planning for some inspiring presentations in class.

A. Before we start answer the following question in pairs: We recycle because we love the world we live in, what do you think is amazing about our earth?

Text 1: Plastic Bottles Basis    

Before we find out more about ways we can live greener we should have a look at some of the problems caused by the way we live now. A large problem of the last years is plastics. As you may know we now have a law in place that forces us to pay of plastic shopping bag in all shops. One other major plastic waste issue is water bottles.

Read the following article on the next slides and then answer the questions at the end of the article.

 Write down any words you don’t know in your Wordlist (under ‘Basics’) and look up the Dutch translations that fit in the context.

 

kids.nationalgeographic.com

Answer the following questions in English.


1. What does the turtle think the ‘white blob’ is?

Answer the following questions in English.


2. What is the ‘white blob’ actually?

Answer the following questions in English.


3. Plastic isn’t necessarily bad. What is the problem with plastic? Write this down in your own words.

Answer the following questions in English.


4. How much plastic ends up in the ocean every year?

Answer the following questions in English.


5. How does the plastic end up in the ocean?

Answer the following questions in English.


6. Plastic trash is different than other forms of trash. What makes it different?

Answer the following questions in English.


7. What can you do personally to reduce plastic waste?

Answer the following questions in English


8. How many bottles of water, or other drinks do you drink per week? What do you do with the bottle once you finished your drink? Explain why.

Answer the following questions in English


9. Why is it important to know that plastic bottles are made of crude oil/fossil fuels? Explain your answer

Answer the following questions in English


10. Which of the tips in the text would you use for yourself or to tell others about in future? Explain your answer.

“I want to be a bench” – Keep America Beautiful

‘I want to be a bench’ is a project by the Keep America Beautiful foundation. The organisation tries to make people’s lives more beautiful and greener. One way of doing that is by promoting recycling, they do this in a pretty creative way.

 

Have a look at the video to learn more about this project – and answer the questions on the next slides.

1. Why is it important to understand the visual recycling process?

2. Why did they start the ‘I want to be a bench project’?

3. How did they make the benches?

4. What does recycling do to people?

Video: a critical note about recycling 

Uitbreiding   

Many are excited about recycling and talk about it a lot. We can see prompts for recycling everywhere. But is it all that good? Watch this video, answer the questions, and find out!

Deze video is niet alleen interessant op zichzelf, vanwege de informatie die gegeven wordt en door het Engels wat je er van leert, maar het is ook een goede bron van informatie en inspiratie voor de opdracht die je hieronder krijgt. De video is van toepassing op Amerika, maar ook vertaalbaar naar Nederland en Europa.

1. What is the problem with recycling in America?

2. What is the problem that America needs to solve?

3. What do the ‘chasing arrows’ symbolise on plastic packaging?

4. What is ‘Wishcycling’?

5. Consumers make it someone else’s responsibility to deal with (recyclable) waste. How did China deal with waste from America?

6. Why can combined materials not be sold as recyclables?

7. What happened in the 1940s?

8. Why was single use plastic promoted?

9. ‘We over believe in recycling’ Why do they say this?

10. The lady in yellow reuses some single use plastic containers and wants other people to use recyclable products too. What are some single use items you could use again?

Text 2: Green Tips Basis

You are going to read an article on the National Geographic Kids website about how we can change some little things in our lives to make them a bit greener.

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/science/green-tips/

F. Write down any words you don’t know in your Wordlist (under ‘Basics’) and look up the Dutch translations that fit in the context.

G. In your own words explain what the tips are, give the title and a short explanation for all 7 of them.

Text 2: Green Tips Basis

What about you?

By reading the articles above (and hopefully watching the video!) you have got some information about the impact of recycling. Maybe you have some good examples of recycling or energy preserving tips from home, friends or family!

Think about:

Effectively recycling waste

A compost heap in your garden

A vegetable garden

Water-saving measures

Solar panels

Home insulation

Electric means of transportation

Buying produce locally

Having a ‘wild garden’ to attract insects

Thema Class Presentation

During this theme we will have some students give a presentation about their situation during every lesson. Your teacher will make a planning in which every student gets a turn. This way we can listen to some inspiring stories during every English lesson, you will have a chance to practice and develop your speaking and presentation skills and we will make sure that we still have plenty of time to work on the parts during every lesson. 

Presentation Tips Basis

Your presentation follows these criteria:

• Your presentation lasts about 2 minutes.
  
• You support your presentation with visual material made by yourself. Think about photos or videos made at your house, items you have made out of recyclable material, maybe you can even bring some home-grown vegetables from your own garden!
  
• Before doing your presentation for the class, you first write your text. When your text is finished you ask at least 1 classmate for feedback on your text. Use the After that you ask your teacher for feedback.
  
• It would be smart to also do your presentation for a classmate / friends / family members and ask them for feedback before you do it in class.
  
• You send your presentation (PowerPoint, Prezi, etc.) to your teacher. They will make sure it is visible for the class.
  
• In your presentation, you only use key-words as support for language. No full sentences allowed. Your teacher will check this.
  

This is not the Masterpiece project for this theme! However, you might be inspired by one of your classmates when it comes to the topic of your Masterpiece. Pay close attention! 

You have completed Part 1

Next assignments:  

 

"Part 2 Fossil Fuels" 

2 mins Presentations