VWO 4 - week 36 -entl 7 - lesson 1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Food for Thought

Discuss in groups of 4 the article on marine pollution you've found and read (ex. 14 - p. 16)

1. What was the source/publication date/author?
   
2. What have you learned from your article?
   
3. Which article is most reliable: the one read in lesson 1 (Boyan Slat) or the one you've found?
   

ie.: I think/feel this one is more/less reliable than ... 

• because of the recent publication date
  
• the source is (not) objective
  
• the information is (not) up to date
  
• the author is (not) an expert
  
• the author only tells one side of the story
  

Homework 

Ex. 14 - p. 16

• Find an article on marine pollution (400-700 words)
• Give source/publication date
• Read the article
• Write a 5-line summary + indicate ONE new thing you've learned
• Compare with the text on p. 10/11 -> which article is more reliable?
• DISCUSS YOUR ARTICLE AND YOUR OPINION (RELIABILITY/NEW ITEM) IN GROUPS OF 4

Teacher's example of article

• Source: Frontiers in Marine Science (online scientific journal = reliable source, verified by other scientists) 

• Publication date: August 31, 2020 (quite recent!)

• Author: Dr. Juan José Alava, University of British Columbia, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (= an expert)

• What I've learned:

-> new vocabulary: trophic level/cetacean/biomagnification 

-> Research was done into the accumulation of microplastics in marine mammals (whales/dolphins). Although it could not be establised that microplastics accumulated in these animals, there is a risk for accumulation of this in fish and people living near the coast and relying on/eating seafood. It has been predicted that there is microplastics rapidly increase in species at the lower end of the food chain (plankton, small fish)

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Trophic level food chain

The trophic level of an organism is the position it occupies in a food web. 

A food chain is a succession of organisms that eat other organisms and may, in turn, be eaten themselves. The trophic level of an organism is the number of steps it is from the start of the chain. 

A food web starts at trophic level 1 with primary producers such as plants, can move to herbivores at level 2, carnivores at level 3 or higher, and typically finish with apex predators at level 4 or 5.

Cetacean & Biomagnification

• Cetacean = Marine mammal -> whale; dolphin; porpoise
  

• Biomagnification = 
  

the concentration of toxins in an organism as a result of its ingesting other plants or animals in which the toxins are more widely disbursed. 

Today's objectives

• Reading: Scanning for info/linking words/reading for detail
  

• Literary analysis (novel and literary devices) - DYI mini-project
  

Reading - Summer in the City - p. 17-19

Reading - Summer in the City - p. 17-19

Read text & answer questions p. 20/21

• Ex. 1 - Scanning for specific information -> quickly search text/read 1st sentences (5 min.)
  

• Ex. 2 - Linking words (words to logically connect paragraphs/sentences so you understand the relation between them) ->  5 min.
  

• Ex 3 - 11 - Detailed reading 
  

Homework

• Finish reading ex. 3 - 11 (p. 20/21) & Do vocabulary ex. 12

• Study vocabulary lesson 2 (blue pages/online woordtrainer in som Of Course Unit 1.2)

What have you learned today?