Lesson 1
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Questions, questions? • •
How can you register information to make a quiz?
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Explores questionnaires with different types of questions. Reads questionnaries with different types of questions. Researches and interprets information about a topic. Writes questions about a topic.
1.
Do you ever do quizzes? Where do you find them? Talk about the quizzes you do with the class.
2.
In pairs, answer the mini-quiz. Discuss each question and come up with an answer. Don't worry if you don't know the exact answers.
Pairs
1. When was plastic first made? 2. How many plastic bags are given away by supermarkets every year? 3. Where does unwanted plastic end up? 4. How many years does it take for plastic to break down? 5. How much plastic is recycled each year?
3.
Read the text to check your answers. Did you get them all right? With your partner, talk about what the purpose of the quiz in activity 2 can be.
Read
Pairs
The first plastic was made in 1907 by a man called Leo Baekeland. He was an immigrant to the US from Belgium. The material immediately became very popular. Now there are many different types of plastic. One type of plastic is used to make supermarket bags. Nowadays, supermarkets give 17 billion of them away every year. Most of these are thrown away. In fact only 9% of the world´s plastic is recycled. Most of it ends up in landfills or in of the ocean. The problem with plastic is that it takes ages to decompose in landfills or in water. It can take up to 1000 years for plastic to decompose. It’s also very toxic. Soon there will be more plastic in the sea than fish!
4.
With your partner, read the text again and answer these questions. Then, discuss the following: Do this kind of quizzes need you to look for information before you answer them? Why? What happens after you read information related to the topic of the quiz? Was Baekeland born in the United States? Is plastic waste toxic? Does it decompose quickly? Are most supermarket bags recycled?
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Registers information about a topic to make a questionnaire.
Pairs
