Reading comprehension: plastic pollution

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• Leerjaar 6

Class 2E: Reading comprehension

Program

- 10 minutes of silent reading

Read your novel

Reading comprehension

End plastic pollution

Text: Around the world in 4,205 days

In pairs

- Read paragraph 1 and talk about what happened.

- Paragraph 2: What do you think 'flotilla' means?

- Did the load consist of ducks only?

In pairs

- Read paragraphs 3 - 8 and talk about how 'these toys have been working during their trip'.

Answer the following questions

- Scan the text and look at how these ducks have been able to help 'investigate a suspected murder (...) along the way'.

(Hint: go to page 25)

- Explain the pun (joke with words) in paragraph 26: "The person who finds the first one is going to make a big splash." Also explain how.

Discuss

Paragraph 20:

"There are 50 of these big steel cargo containers floating in the Atlantic at any one time and they're definitely a hazard."

What are the dangers of these floating containers in the Atlantic? Any ideas on solution(s)?

Beach cleanup tour
van Stichting De Noordzee

Marien zwerfafval (zwerfafval in zee) en plastic vervuiling zijn een wereldwijd groeiend milieuprobleem. Jaarlijks stroomt er ongeveer 8 miljoen ton plastic in onze oceanen.

Dit is schadelijk voor de oceanen en de vele diersoorten die erin leven. Zeezoogdieren, vogels en vissen zien het afval, zoals stukjes plastic, dopjes of plastic zakjes, aan voor voedsel. Ze raken verstrikt in afgedankte of verloren netten, visdraad en touwen.

Plastic deeltjes zijn inmiddels in 660 in zee levende soorten aangetroffen. Mogelijke effecten op de menselijke gezondheid worden onderzocht.

Remember SE Speaking: Part 3?

- A 3-minute speech on a subject that has to do with the English-speaking world (culture, language, country, history)

- You have to learn it by heart, no cheat sheet, only pictures allowed.

Today's goals

1. Decide on a subject and tell me

(remember, having to do with something in the English-speaking world!)

2. Plan your talk (lay-out/ 'bouwplan')

3. Start writing your speech

(think about what visual aids you could/ want to use)

Tomorrow

- Revise the ‘examenidioom’

- Bring your novel, SE Speaking reader and device to class

Be ready to present on Thursday, March 24th!