This new way to eat up plastic trash could help clean up the Earth. Right now, we don't recycle much plastic, and it ends up in places where it shouldn't be. With this special thing, we can make new plastic without needing to get new stuff from the Earth. The company wants to share its idea with others, but it might cost more money to make plastic this way.
There are other people trying to find ways to eat up plastic trash, too. The French company is doing the best so far. But it's still hard to eat up other kinds of plastic, and some might never be eaten up. Even though it's not easy, these new ideas could help us take better care of our planet and reuse plastic instead of throwing it away.
Original news source: The T-shirt chewing enzyme ready to tackle plastic waste (BBC)
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– News Summary
Instructions: In pairs, students will read the article and write a summary of the main points in their own words. They will then share their summaries with the class.
– Vocabulary Pictionary
Instructions: Divide the class into teams. Give each team a set of vocabulary words from the article. One student from each team will come to the front of the class and silently draw a picture representing one of the words. The team must guess the word within a time limit. Continue until all the words have been guessed.
– Think-Pair-Share
Instructions: Students will individually read the article and think about one question they have about the topic. They will then pair up with a partner and share their question. Finally, they will share their questions and answers with the whole class.
– Pros and Cons
Instructions: Divide the class into two groups – one representing the company in the article, and the other representing environmental activists. Each group will brainstorm the pros and cons of the company's idea to eat up plastic trash. They will then present their arguments to the class and have a debate.
– Sketch It
Instructions: In pairs, students will take turns describing a scene from the article while their partner sketches it. They will then compare their sketches and discuss any differences or similarities.
π€ Comprehension Questions:
A company in France made a special thing that can eat up plastic trash.
This special thing is like something found in old, dead leaves because it's really good at eating a certain kind of plastic that is used to make things like bottles and clothes.
This special thing can eat up a certain kind of plastic that is used to make things like bottles and clothes.
The company wants to build a big place where they can use this special thing to eat up lots of plastic trash and make new plastic from it.
This new way to eat up plastic trash is good for the Earth because we can make new plastic without needing to get new stuff from the Earth.
If we don't recycle plastic, it ends up in places where it shouldn't be.
Yes, there are other people trying to find ways to eat up plastic trash.
π§βοΈ Listen and Fill in the Gaps:
A company in France made a special thing that can eat up trash. This thing is like something found in old, dead leaves. It's really good at eating a kind of plastic that is to make things like bottles and clothes. The company wants to build a big place where they can use this special thing to eat up lots of plastic and make new plastic from it. This new way to eat up plastic trash could help clean up the Earth. Right now, we don't much plastic, and it up in places where it shouldn't be. With this special , we can make new plastic without needing to get new from the Earth. The company wants to share its idea with others, but it might cost more money to make plastic this way. There are other people to find ways to eat up plastic trash, too. The company is doing the best so far. But it's still hard to eat up other of plastic, and some might never be eaten up. Even though it's not easy, these new ideas could help us take better care of our planet and plastic instead of throwing it away.
π¬ Discussion Questions:
1. What is the special thing that the company in France made?
2. How would you feel if there was a big place where plastic trash could be turned into new plastic?
3. Do you like the idea of recycling plastic? Why or why not?
4. What do you think might happen if we don't recycle plastic?
5. How do you think this new way of eating up plastic trash could help clean up the Earth?
6. Do you know any other ways to take care of our planet? What are they?
7. How would you feel if you found out that some kinds of plastic can never be eaten up?
8. What are some things that can be made from recycled plastic?
9. Do you think it's important for companies to share their ideas with others? Why or why not?
10. Have you ever seen plastic trash in a place where it shouldn't be? Where was it?
11. What can we do to encourage more people to recycle plastic?
12. Why do you think it might cost more money to make plastic this new way?
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