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DIDACTIC UNIT
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Didactic Unit: Put an R in your Life!
©Elena González Guerrero
1. Have a look at these six pictures and think about them. Do they show
something positive or negative? What do they have in common? Give an
appropriate title to each picture:
2. SUSTAINABILITY
WORD CLASS
DEFINITION
RELATED WORDS
………………………… (v.) ; ………………………… (adj.)
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2.b. Watch this video on sustainability and answer the questions below:
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5NiTN0chj0)
c. What is unsustainability?
2.c. Since 2005 it has been agreed that that sustainability relies on three
basic pillars. Have a look at this scheme. Which are the pillars? What is
your interpretation of this picture? You can use the expressions below
to give your opinion:
In my opinion,
As I see it,
From my point of view,
I think,
I believe,
I agree,
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REUSE
REDUCE
RECYCLE
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3.b. Write the appropriate R-word next to each sentence. There may be
more than one answer:
a. Take carrier plastic bags back to the shops when you go shopping
to avoid using new ones. Also, use them as bin bags instead of
buying special bags for this purpose.
c. Wash glass jars and pots. You can use them as containers to store
your odds and ends.
e. When you mow the lawn, leave the grass cuttings on the ground
instead of throwing them away. They turn into an excellent fertilizer
for the soil. This is called grass cycling.
g. Take printer cartridges back to the shop where you bought them
to refilled. It can cost 10% of what original cartridges do!
h. Give away or sell unwanted items to people who may need them.
i. When you buy a new mobile phone, check if the company has a
recycling programme, so you can send it back when you want to
upgrade and make sure it is going to be recycled.
l. Use organic waste: eggshells, old tea bags and raw vegetables to
make compost that you can use in your garden as an organic
fertilizer.
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4. RECYCLING Didactic Unit: Put an R in your Life!
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4.a.3. Complete Super Recycler‟s advice with the words in the box.
Then listen to your teacher to check your answers:
spread buy (2) cut clean ask sort rinse use classify avoid (2) check take (2)
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4.b. Recycling Paper: ©Elena González Guerrero
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4.b.2. Check your answers in the website below and correct your
mistakes: http://www.recycling-guide.org.uk/science-paper.html
verb object
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We can turn active sentences into passive ones by performing a series of changes:
We form the passive verb with the verb ………………. followed by a past
participle. The verb to be will function as the auxiliary for negative and
interrogative sentences.
To form the passive agent we need the preposition ……………. In many cases,
the passive agent disappears, especially when it is obvious or unknown. They and
people are always omitted.
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Glass ……………………. (take) from the bin and ……………………. (take) to a glass
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treatment plant.
The glass ……………………. (sort) by colour and ……………………. (wash) to remove any
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impurities.
The glass ….. then ………… (crush) and ……………………. (melt), then …………………….
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(mould) into new products such as bottles and jars. Or it may ……………………. (use)
for alternative purposes such as brick manufacture or decorative uses.
The glass ….. then ………… (send) back to the shops ready to ……………………. (use)
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again.
4.c.2. Check your answers in the website below and correct your
mistakes: http://www.recycling-guide.org.uk/science-glass.html
4.d.1. Learn about the process of recycling aluminium and rewrite the
paragraphs using the passive voice:
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They send the ingots to mills where they roll them out. This
gives the aluminium greater flexibility and strength.
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4.d.2. Check your answers in the website below and correct your
mistakes: http://www.recycling-guide.org.uk/science-aluminium.html
4.e.1. Apart from paper, glass and aluminium, we can recycle many
other materials. Now we will learn how to handle with them:
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