RECYCLING THINK BEFORE YOU THROW!

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1 MAY 2017 RECYCLING THINK BEFORE YOU THROW! Environmental Report JUST ENGLISH EXPLORER VOL.12 ISSUE 3 CRAZY FOR K-POP Stages Procedure Time Objectives 1. To practice a. predicting b. scanning c. finding the main idea Warmer 1. Teacher shows pictures of landfills. 2. Teacher asks and elicits from students. a. What is it? b. Is it good for the environment? Why? c. What is the best way to reduce landfills? 4 mins Pre-reading 1. Teacher shows pictures of the recycling symbol. 2. Teacher elicits response from students on what it means. Option Teacher could also show an example of reusing something. 3. Teacher asks students to quickly look through pages 44 to Teacher asks students what they expect to read in the text. 5 mins While-Reading 1. Teacher distributes Task Students do Task 1 as they read. 8 mins 1

2 Stages Procedure Time Post-reading 1. Teacher checks answers. 2. Teacher distributes Task In small groups, students work on Task Teacher checks answers. 15 mins Wrap 1. Teacher does the learning activity on page mins 2

3 TASK 1 Answer True (T) or False (F) to the statements below Statements T/F 1. Wrappers from ice-cream and candy bars make our homes neat. 2. Recycling means reusing things again. 3. You can wash and reuse papers at home. 4. You can sort your garbage into different bins. 5. Glass will be cleaned and before it is turned to pulp. 6. Old paper will be melted before it is used to make new paper. 7. If we do not recycle, the earth s resources will run out. 8. Poisonous metals pollute our water. 9. Plastic takes a long time to break down. 10. It is a must for Malaysians to sort their rubbish for recycling. 3

4 TASK 2 1. What is the main idea of the passage? a. Sorting our garbage will save us and stop pollution. b. Throwing rubbish away keeps everything neat and clean. c. People have to start thinking before they throw and help recycle. d. Malaysians have to sort their garbage for recycling. 2. What is the main idea of paragraph 2? a. Re-using is to use again. b. Part of recycling is reusing things c. The other side of the paper is still clean. d. Recycling plastic is good for the environment. 3. What is the main idea of paragraph 3? a. Sorting our garbage is good way to recycle. b. Separate food, paper, glass and plastic c. Plastic and food can t be recycled d. Food will rot but plastic can be recycled. 4. What is the main idea of paragraph 4? a. Paper will be crushed, cleaned and turned into pulp. b. The sorted garbage will be recycled into new things. c. Glass will be heated, melted and shaped into new things. d. Plastics and metals will be turned into new things. 5. What is the main idea of paragraph 5? a. Trees will be cut down if we do not recycle paper and plastic. b. New trees don t grow fast enough to replace the trees we cut down. c. We will run out of resources if we do not start recycling. d. We will run out of trees if we do not replace the trees we cut down. 6. What is the main idea of paragraph 6? a. There are dangerous things in the landfills. b. Garbage that is not recycled is usually sent to landfills. c. Recycling stops garbage from spoiling our environment. d. Plastic will takes a long time to break down. 7. What is the main idea of paragraph 7? a. Malaysians have to pay a fine if they do not throw their garbage. b. The maximum fine for not recycling is RM c. The garbage man will not collect your garbage if is not sorted. d. Malaysians must sort their garbage for recycling. 4

5 ANSWERS Task 1 1. F 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. F 6. F 7. T 8. T 9. T 10. T Task 2 1. c 2. b 3. a 4. b 5. c 6. c 7. d 5