FoodWaste:Aglobalscandal

LessonTopic:FoodWasteLevel:B2C1Time:45minsto1hour(+Followup)Activity:Discussion/Videotext/Vocabularygapfill/LearnerpresentationMaterials:Video/VocabularyworksheetLanguage:Usefulcollocations(e.g.relatingtodescribinggraphs)

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Preparation1.YoucandownloadacopyofTristramStuartsTEDTalkTheGlobalFoodWasteScandalfromtheTEDsite.Oryoucanstreamthetalkliveinyourclassifyouhaveagoodinternetconnection.N.B.IwouldrecommenddownloadingthetalkbeforeclassWITHEnglishsubtitles(whenyouclickDownloadontheTEDsiteyouaregivenachoiceofsubtitles).Agoodallroundmediaplayertouseisthefree,opensourceplayerVLC.2.Printoutthevocabularyworksheet.Hereisamoreprinterfriendlyversionoftheworksheet.LessonPlan1.Askthelearnerstotalkaboutthefollowingquestionsinpairs:

Whatdidyoueattoday?Whathaveyoueatenthisweek?Howmuchfoodhaveyouthrownawayinthepastweek?Howdoyoufeelaboutwastingfood?Whatdopeopleinyourcountrysayaboutwastingfood?

2.Asklearnerstofeedbacksomeoftheirresponses.

3.Askthelearnersthefollowingquestionsinopenclassandelicitresponses:

Whatkindofsocietieswastealotoffood?Whyisthis?Isitabadthing?4.ExplainthatyouregoingtoshowavideoinwhichanactivistagainstFoodWastegivesaspeech(teachactivist=someonewhoworkstoachievepoliticalorsocialchange).5.Tellthelearnersthattheremightbesomenewvocabularyinthefilm.Giveoutthevocabularyworksheetandaskthemtofillinanyvocabularytheyalreadyknow,orjusttotakeaguessiftheyfeelconfident.6.Watchthefilm(withEnglishsubs).Its14:12minuteslong.7.Afterthefilm,askthelearnerstothink,andwritedowntheirimmediatereactiontoTristramsspeechinonesentence.Comparetheirsentencesinpairs.8.Gooverthevocabularyanswers(hereonpage5).

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9.PrintouttheFoodWasteFactsfromTristanStuartswebsite.GetthelearnerstopickoneofFoodWasteFactsandinpairs/groupscomeupwiththreepossiblesolutionstothisproblem.Tellthemtotryandusesomeofthevocabularyfromthefilm.10.PairsofgroupspresenttheirFoodWasteFactandproposedsolutionstotherestofthegroup.VariationHaveaQ&Asession.Pickastronglearner(orapair/groupoflearners)tobeTristramStuart.TherestofthegrouphavetocomeupwithquestionsforTristram,whileTristramhastotryandanticipatethequestionstheywillaskandformulategoodreplies.Followup1)AskthelearnerstogotoTristramStuartswebsite.Theycanchoosethefollowingtasks:

WriteanemailtoTristramStuartsayingwhytheydoordontagreewithhisideasandSENDITtohim!PretendtobeajournalistandwriteoutYOURINTERVIEWwithTristramHunt

2)AskthelearnerstogototheFeedingthe5000website.Writeanarticleonthiscampaigntoreducefoodwaste.ImagesTristramStuart,takenbyIntranaz(Flickr).CreativeCommonslicense2.0

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TheGlobalFoodWasteScandal:vocabularyworksheet

Fillinthegapswiththecorrectword.Introduction1)Touncovera..2)Toturnyour....upatsomething3)Tobe..forhumanconsumption4)Toscratchthe..5)Tocrop6)Tobe..thepaleGraphvocabulary7)Toprovemy..8)Tofall..twopoints9)Toplot..10)Tolevel..11)Toshoot..12)TodataFinalsection13)Wehaveanenormousbetween14)Tosetouttosomething15)Havingthroughthedata16)Hethrashedmeatmyown..17)TokickWritedownanyquestionsorobservationsyouhavebelow:

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TheGlobalFoodWasteScandal:vocabularyworksheet(Teacherversion)

Fillinthegapswiththecorrectword.Introduction1)Touncovera..(scandal)2)Toturnyour....upatsomething(nose)3)Tobe..forhumanconsumption(unfit)4)Toscratchthe..(surface)5)Tocrop(up)6)Tobe..thepale(beyond)Graphvocabulary7)Toprovemy..(point)8)Tofall..twopoints(between)9)Toplot..(data)10)Tolevel..(off)11)Toshoot..(towards)12)Todata(unpack)Finalsection13)Wehaveanenormousbetween(buffer)14)Tosetouttosomething(achieve)15)Havingthroughthedata(gone)16)Hethrashedmeatmyown..(game)17)Tokick(off)Writedownanyquestionsorobservationsyouhavebelow:

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