5TSO Unit 3, Check in / Step 1: How green are you?

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This unit will be about the ENVIRONMENT. Which words come to mind? Add them to the word web in the next slide.

the environment

CHECK IN: Going to waste

Ex. 1

Watch the video of man’s relationship with the earth.

a) What is man doing? Close your book and try to memorize as much as you can without taking notes.

Ex. 1

d) Indicate what man is doing in the video.

Which of these were shown?

1. dumping waste in landfills
2. killing snakes to make boots
3. starting a war
4. shooting birds for fun

Which of these were shown?

1. beating the seal to death for a coat
2. killing the elephant for its ivory
3. killing cow to make a carpet
4. planting new trees

Which of these were shown?

1. dumping nuclear waste in the ocean
2. fishing the oceans empty
3. building polluting cars
4. cutting trees to waste paper

Which of these was NOT shown?

1. building huge cities with lots of traffic
2. drilling for oil
3. using animals for testing
4. piling up mountains of waste

What is the message of this video?
Describe it in 1 sentence.

STEP 1: How green are you?

Ex. 1

Are you a tree hugger or more of an environmental disaster? Take the quiz and find out! Count your scores and indicate your result. Take notes on a piece of paper 

if you don't make the quiz in Typeform.

Timing: 2 min.

form.typeform.com

What was your score?

> 10: born tree hugger!

8-9

5-7

<5: big spender!

Ex. 2

Can you go for zero waste? New Yorker Lauren Singer has produced very little waste in the last two years. She has produced so little waste, her waste fits into one small glass jar.

Imagine you get to talk to Lauren. 

What would you ask her? 

My question to Lauren:

c) Watch the extract and fill in the missing words.

d) List the food that Lauren buys using her own containers.

e) Which environmentally friendly alternative does Lauren use for the items listed?

f) Which tips does Lauren have for someone who wants to reduce waste?

c) Fill in the missing words. Type the missing words in the next slides. Use commas between words.

1) The average American produces ... a day.

2) We could go off the trash grid and minimize thousands of pounds of ... into just a single ...

3) This is everything basically that I couldn't .. or couldn't ... or figure out what to do with.

4) Where did you get the idea to become ... ...?

5) After class I went home to make dinner and I ... my fridge and I ... that everything in there was ...

6) We're supposed to ... and here you are making all this trash.

7) It was just like seeing that I didn't have that to do that much to produce very little waste by ... and ... . I essentially ... 80% of my waste.

d) List the food that Lauren buys using her own containers.

d) Which food does Lauren buy using her own containers?
(which ones did she mention in the video?)

1. spaghetti, beer
2. beer, olive oil
3. olive oil, nuts
4. honey, beer

e) Which environmentally friendly alternative does Lauren use for the items listed?

e) Which environmentally friendly alternatives does Lauren use? Name at least 3.

f) Which tips does Lauren have for someone who wants to reduce waste?

f) Which tips does Lauren have for someone who wants to reduce waste?

a canvas bag / tote bag

cardboard box

jar

lid

paper bag

tin can (tin/can)

3) What do you think about Lauren's lifestyle?
Do you agree?
Is it something you would want to try? Why (not)?
Did you learn something new? Write at least 3 full sentences.