lesson 3: the Great Pacific Garbage Patch & Ocean Cleanup

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

THE ECO-FRIENDLY BATHROOM

a writing project - with a little use of AI...

 During this project you will:

• learn useful vocabulary
  about the bathroom and get more familiar with eco-friendly + zero-waste bathroom swaps.
• write two short pitches in which you promote a chosen bathroom swap.
  
• practice your own writing process by using the 'Booster' method.
• practice writing using AI (WordTune) and learn about the risks and benefits.
• write an essay about swapping bathroom products as a way to fight the world's garbage problem.

use the worksheets

PERIOD PLANNER:

1 EFB	Lesson 1: eco-friendly bathroom swaps Write a short pitch in which you promote a chosen 'green' bathroom swap (to a friend). An introduction to writing with AI.	6	CHRISTMAS BREAK
2 EFB	Lesson 2: zero-waste bathroom swaps Write a short pitch in which you promote a chosen zero-waste swap (to a friend). Learn about the risks/ dangers when writing with AI	7 Studiemeter	Finish CanDoOnline Unit 5 (words, expressions and grammar + final test)
3 EFB Study-day!	Lesson 3: the Great Pacific Garbage Patch Learn more about the world's waste problem. Write the introduction to your essay 'The first step to your eco-friendly bathroom', using AI (WordTune)	8 Studiemeter	SPEAK WEEK - no classes Resits: CanDoOnline Unit 5 (words, expressions and grammar + final test)
4 EFB	Lesson 4: DEADLINE essay 'The first step to your eco-friendly bathroom'. Finished? Start on CanDoOnline Unit 5 (words, expressions and grammar + final test)	9 Studiemeter	END WEEK - no classes Resits: essay 'The first step to your eco-friendly bathroom'.
5 Studiemeter	CanDoOnline Unit 5 (words, expressions and grammar + final test)

You can find the worksheets in Teams - Lease Material - Interior & Design - Y2 - Guerilla Gardening

TODAY'S LESSON:

• Focus on your writing process.
  
• Learn more about the world's waste problem.
  
• Write the introduction to your essay 'The first step to your eco-friendly bathroom', using AI (WordTune)
• Evaluate your own writing goals.

You can find the worksheets in Teams - Lease Material - Interior & Design - Y2 - Guerilla Gardening

• We will follow the 7 steps for each writing task.   --> focus on writing process!
  
  
• The teacher will show you how to tackle each writing task on the board. You will help.
  
  
• After writing, you will read your classmate's work and give peer-feedback on their work.
• You will evaluate your own writing goals at the end of this lesson.

Using BOOSTER

How many can we think of?   Four? Five? Six?

BRAINSTORM

synonyms
garbage

rubbish, trash, litter, waste, clutter

DISCUSS WITH A CLASSMATE

What kind of trash do you have so much of,
that a special container for it would be very useful?      :D

BRAINSTORM

• How do you get rid of trash/ waste where you live?  Do you/ does your family separate the waste into different categories?

• What do you know about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch & The Ocean Cleanup?

What to do with all that garbage...?!

Most of it ends up in landfills.

Or in the ocean...

the Great Pacific 

Garbage Patch

the Ocean Cleanup
by Boyan Slat

What do you know about...?

ORDENING INFORMATION

250 pieces of debris for every person on earth.

the GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH

ORDER OF THE INTRODUCTION

15-20 minutes

the Great Pacific Garbage Patch	the Ocean Cleanup - by Boyan Slat
n jh j

What do you know about...?

250 pieces of debris for every person on earth.

• opening sentence: attracts attention, make it personal.

• closing sentence : main message/ goal of the essay.

AN EXAMPLE on the board

Watch how the teacher tackles this problem on the board.
Opening sentence: make it personal/ your own experience.

STEP 1: What is the most important information? The main message?

STEP 2: Why is it important/ relevant/ worth promoting?

STEP 3: What is the goal of this introduction? Where does it lead to?

Introduction:'The first
step to your eco-friendly bathroom'.

Today we will use AI (WordTune) to help with our writing

Using AI in my classroom is little scary for me. I believe there is a lot to gain, but we also risk losing something important if we are not careful... 

Do you think we can be responsible?    :)

• Instead of 'generating with AI', write a rough draft of your introduction and copy it into WordTune. It will help you edit your work!
  
• WordTune will check your work for mistakes, but you can also shorten or change the tone. You are actively learning!

RISKS OF USING AI FOR WRITING

• SHORT-CUT/ QUICK-FIX, creates dependency.  No natural learning.
• impact on creativity and critical thinking skills.
• incorrect or over-complicated answers, the wrong tone.
• privacy/ data collection.
• fraud and plagiarism.
• can everyone access/ use it?

You are not allowed to use AI during exams or to use AI to write your school assignment and then hand it in.
          What are you allowed to do?

WORKING WITH AI: WORDTUNE

• go to: www.wordtune.com
• select: Get Started
• I'm here mostly for: Study
• My native language is: Dutch
• and I found Wordtune on: school

• select: 'AI workspace'
• select: 'Write and Paraphrase'
• copy your text: you can make 3 edits!

to improve/ improvement = verbeteren/ verbetering
to swap, to change out = verwisselen, omwisselen

to recommend = aanbevelen, aanraden
eco-friendly = milieuvriendelijk
sustainability/ sustainable = duurzaamheid/ duurzaam

alternatives = alternatieven                                  to degrade = afbreken/ uiteen vallen
trash, rubbish, litter, clutter, waste = afval     currents = stromingen (in zee)

environment = milieu, omgeving                        a patch = een pleister, een stuk

habit(s) = gewoonte(s)                                            common practice = gebruikelijk, 

landfill = vuilnisbelt                                                                                      zoals het nu gebeurt.

USEFUL VOCABULARY FOR WRITING

After writing, swap your worksheet with
your classmate’s worksheet and read
each other's work.
 

- Give feedback and highlight any mistakes you might find.

- Discuss whether you think that the introduction is convincing.     
                                                                                                          (= overtuigend)

• Read your own introduction again and edit it, using the feedback from your classmate.  Improve your introduction as much as possible!

RE-READ, EVALUATE and EDIT

WRITING PLAN essay/ final assignment

hand in
 this class!!

Paragraph 1

• Introduction (attracts attention)
• your own experience/ knowledge/ habits
• Great Pacific Garbage Patch & Ocean Cleanup
• Goal: Convince your reader to swap out a bathroom product for a(n) eco-friendly/
  zero waste alternative. 

Paragraph 2

• Body
• Main idea: That's why these are great eco-friendly alternatives and this one is my favorite!
• list at least 1 upside +  1 downside per product.

Paragraph 3

• Body
• Main idea: That's why these are great zero-waste alternatives and this one is my  favorite!
• list at least 1 upside + 1 downside per product.

Paragraph 4

• Conclusion
• Main idea: This is what I have learned about eco-friendly/ zero-waste bathroom products...
• What is the SINGLE best alternative/ swap?
• Why recommend this one over the others? 

--> 3 eco-friendly swaps and explain your favorite.

--> 3 zero-waste swaps and explain your favorite.

+-400 words

YOUR WRITING GOALS

< add overview of
last week's writing goals >

Have you worked on your writing goals today? What went well?

What needs more attention? How will you work on that?

What are your writing goals for next week?
If necessary, re-write/ edit your old writing goals.
Next week you will hand in your essay!

• Focus on your writing process.
  
• Learn more about the world's waste problem.
• Write the introduction to your essay 'The first step to your eco-friendly bathroom', using AI (WordTune)
• Evaluate your own writing goals.

Did we reach our lesson goals?

You can find the worksheets in Teams - Lease Material - Interior & Design - Y2 - Guerilla Gardening

PPLEASE FILL OUT YOUR EXIT TICKET BEFORE LEAVING THE CLASSROOM!