Plastic bags

Vocabulary from last week

______________ a golf buggy

Become a model ___________

Trek through ______________

Stung by a __________

Ride ___________________

Share ______________

Promote ___________________

Raise ___________________

In the future,

will you ________

_ and why?

Money for charity

drive

employee

Africa/ a place

a jellyfish

an ostrich

your experiences

tourism

Today’s topic is . . .

Plastic Bags

What are they good for?

Speaking about plastic bags

Today

Listening

Verb Noun Collocations

Entering a competition

Homework

Plastic Bag Quiz!!!!!!!!a) 75 millionb) 100 billionc) 200 billion

1. Number of plastic bags Americans throw away each year:

2. Number of plastic bags used globally every year:

3. The number of plastic bags HCM City uses every day:

4. The number of plastic bags the average Vietnamese household uses every month:

a) 5-9 millionb) 10-15 millionc) 16-20 million

a) 500 billionb) 1 trillionc) 4 trillion

a) 43b) 109c) 223

Plastic Bag Quiz (2)a) During Tet

holidayb) At Lam Truong

concertsc) When it rains

5.Vietnamese people use most plastic bags:

6.Which of these continents/countries has banned plastic bags?

a) Africab) The USAc) The UKd) Chinae) Central America

Which of these Vietnamese people has come out against plastic bags?

Successful Vietnamese Businessman, Dr Thanh

Famous Worldwide, Vietnamese Poet, Nguyen

Du

Evil Bomb Scientist, Anh Nguyet Duong

Winner of Masterchef 3, Christine Ha

The Vice President of Germany, Phillip Rosler.

Classically Trained Singer, Ngoc Khue

“Tôi không thích ‘plastic

bags’ một chút nào hết” 

Ngoc Khue

Plastic Bags

Problems Solutions

First Listen (0.42-2.22)

• Choose one:

• The plastic bag problem is:

• i) Not a problem ii) ok iii) serious

• People want to change this:

• i) No they don’t ii) Yes they do

Take That Plastic Bags

http://www.storyofstuff.org/2012/01/22/take-that-plastic-bags/

Summary (0.42-1.30)

• You can find plastic bags everywhere. They litter our landscapes and collect in tree branches and oceans, where sea turtles and other animals mistake them for jelly fish and eat them. They clog our drains, increase flooding, and sacred cows are dying from eating them. They thwart other recycling, clog up the machines and they are made from oil. Plastic bags are gross, and it’s time our society moved beyond them.

Summary (0.42-1.30)

• You can find plastic bags everywhere. They litter our landscapes and collect in tree branches and oceans, where sea turtles and other animals mistake them for jelly fish and eat them. They clog our drains, increase flooding, and sacred cows are dying from eating them. They thwart other recycling, clog up the machines and they are made from oil. Plastic bags are gross, and it’s time our society moved beyond them.

Listen and circle the answer (1.30-2.30)

1. The amount of plastic bags an average shopper uses:

2. Some people didn’t get frustrated they got:

3. Who lost his job:

4. He was by the number of plastic bags he saw.

5. He created the6. 3 of the biggest plastic bag companies took

Andy/Andi to

50 500 5000

angry active upset

Andy Carroll Andy Peters Andy Keller

shocked rocked mocked

Chica bag Cheeky bag Chico bag

dinner court Their company

Listen once more. Can you add anything else?

Problems Solutions

Listen and watch the video!! Can you add any more things?

Problems Solutions

Why Plastic Bags are Evil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i20tw5Gcjfg

Look back at this

• You can find plastic bags everywhere. They litter our landscapes and collect in tree branches and oceans, where sea turtles and other animals mistake them for jelly fish and eat them. They clog our drains, increase flooding, and sacred cows are dying from eating them. They thwart other recycling, clog up the machines and they are made from oil. Plastic bags are gross, and it’s time our society moved beyond them.

Match the pictures to the phrases underlined in the listening!

Match the pictures to the phrases underlined in the listening!

To increase flooding

To clog up a machine

To litter our landscapes

For rubbish to collect in our oceans

To thwart something

To clog drains

Are these problems or solutions?What type of collocations are they?

Verb + noun collocations

Jumping from side to side

Yes No

If rubbish collects in the oceans, it affects the animals

living there!

If a machine clogs up, it still works!!!!

Flooding is caused by heavy rain!

If you thwart something, does it carry on like normal?

If we litter the landscapes, will they remain beautiful?If you clog a drain, can

the water pass through?

Vocabulary from today

It’s the same as . . It’s like . .

It’s different to . . It’s the opposite of . .

To increase flooding

To clog up a machine

To litter our landscapes

For rubbish to collect in our oceans

To thwart recycling

To clog drains

To feel shocked

Buy a chico bag

Can you number the problems?1 = most serious, 6 = least serious!! State why!

•I think the worst problem is . . . Because . . .

•I feel most strongly about . . .

•There is no bigger problem than . . .

• . . . . is also quite worrying!!!!!

Language to Help You

why

http://plasticbagbanreport.com/ are running a competition to raise awareness of plastic

bag use around the world. They have asked students to write a 200 word essay

highlighting the problems and solutions related to plastic bags. The winning article

will be published on their website. All entries must be submitted by November the 1st 2012

to willis@plasticbagban.com .

Plastic Bag Competition

Structure of the Essay – Can you match?

Introduction

Problems

Solutions

Conclusion

Structure of the Essay

Introduction •General statement about problem (use statistics). Introduce essay.

Problems •Highlight 2 main problems plus use example (say how it affects people)

Solutions •Outline your 2 answers to the problems (say how they can be implemented)

Conclusion •Summarize your main points. Speculate about the future

Work by yourself

• You have 30 minutes to write and check your essay to http://plasticbagbanreport.com/. .

• Finished early?• Check your ideas are developed, and that you have

paragraphing.• Check grammar.• Check spelling.

Feedback

• Read your partner’s essay for the competition. Circle the problems and underline their solutions.

YesNo

Verb+noun collocations Writing a newspaper article

listeningDiscussion on plastic

bags

Present perfect grammar

Lam Truong’s monkey

What have we done today?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17027990

Homework – Reading/ Survey

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/T6PCW2V