W2 L1 TED-Talk Ron Finley

GUERILLA GARDENING
A project for the rebels
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GUERILLA GARDENING
A project for the rebels

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  • learn useful vocabulary
    around gardening.  
  • learn all about guerilla gardening.
     
  • read a text and answer questions.
  • watch a TED-talk by a well-known guerilla gardener and answer questions.
  • research other initiatives for guerilla gardening.
  • write a proposal for your own guerilla garden initiative.
use the worksheets
 During this project you will:

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guerilla gardening

The act of gardening – raising food, plants, or flowers – on land that the gardeners, do not have the legal rights to cultivate.

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TODAY'S LESSON:
  • introducing Ron Finley
    'The Garden Gangsta'
  • learn about food deserts and how a community can help

    Has anyone ever visited the US/ Los Angeles? What do you think of when you hear 'food desert'?

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RON FINLEY
Watch the video and 
answer the questions.

+- 15 - 20 minutes
'the garden Gangsta'

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SOURCE:
https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/a-guerilla-gardener

https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-video-lessons/listening-comprehension/deep-listening-focus-on-meaning/a-guerilla-gardener/219542

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TASK 1
Match the vocabulary to the right description.

TASK 2
Comprehension questions, write your answers in English. 

TASK 3
Discussion questions. Write your answers in English 
in preparation for a discussion with your classmates.

WORKSHEET - after watching the video
+/- 10 - 15 minutes

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drive-by              = type of gang shooting, using a car
dialysis               = removal of waste/ excess water from the blood 
pay-it-foward    = respond to a person's kindness to oneself by                                          being kind to someone else
vacant lot           = empty piece of land
therapeutic        = of healing or medical benefit
kale                     = green leafy vegetable
shovel                 = tool used to move dirt/ earth
warrant               = legal order to face a court of law

Answers vocabulary matching
workheet TASK 1:                         1C 2A 3H 4E 5G 6B 7D 8F

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1. What did Ron Finley plant in his neighborhood?
2. What did he do when someone complained about it?
3. Why does he compare gardening to graffiti?
4. How does gardening change some people?
5. Why does gardening help kids’ eating habits?
6. What does he mean by
                  ‘let the shovel be your weapon of choice'

Discuss in class
workheet TASK 2:
+/- 3 minutes

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A. What plants have you grown?
B. Have you ever killed a plant?
C. What programs does your community have to help troubled youth? 
D. How popular are gardens/ gardening in the Netherlands?
E. Would you like to become a guerilla gardener?
Discuss in groups of 4
workheet TASK 3:
+/- 5 minutes

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How would you describe a 'food desert'?
Do you think we have those in the Netherlands?

What is something new you have learned today? 
Have you changed your mind about gardening?

Evaluation
next class: food deserts & Dutch initiatives for guerilla gardening

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