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Further Reading
Unit 6 A Greener Earth
History of the Recycling Symbol
1. Learn about how the recycling symbol was created.
2. Judge the basic qualities of a good symbol.
3. Understand the efforts people made in environmental protection.
4. Figure out the features of exposition.
5. Create my own environmental symbol.
Learning Objectives
At the end of the class, I am able to:
angle tri-angle
1. It is a symbol formed by three wide arrows.
2. They form a triangular circle.
3. Each arrow has a turn in the middle.
4. The turn forms an angle of 60 degrees.
5. It represents the process of garbage recycling.
arrows
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Assignment
Lead-in Listen to the description and draw a picture accordingly.
triangular
turn
garbage
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Assignment
Yes! It’s the recyclable symbol!
History of the Recycling Symbol
Look at the title and predict: What will be discussed in the text
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Assignment
History of the Recycling Symbol
Look at the title and predict: What will be discussed in the text
Tip:
Title tells you a lot about the main idea of the coming text.
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Assignment
Tip:
Sometimes, you can catch the main idea by reading only the first and last paragraph.
Read the first and last paragraph to:
1. Check your prediction.
2. Guess at the writing style of this text.
This is a piece of __________(writing style) which mainly tells us some important information about ___________________, including _____ it was born, ____ created it and what it _________.
Main idea
exposition
the recycling symbol
when
who
represents
Gary Anderson
The recycling process

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Assignment
Read the para 2-4 and complete the mind map for the history of the recycling symbol.
movement
logo
response
recycler
awareness
enter
out of concern
Tip:
Mind-map gives you a clear and logical clue of a event or an issue.
1. How did Gary’s family background influence his design _____________________________________________________
2. What does the three arrows in the symbol mean
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. How is this symbol used nowadays
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
It contributes to his continued and growing interest in saving resources.
They show the idea of turn waste from one product into raw materials for another product.
It is often used with the phrase “reduce, reuse, recycle”, and is applied to every recycling, recyclable and recycled products.
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Assignment
Read the last two paragraphs again and find out the answers to the following question.
Read and Find
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Assignment
Read the whole passage again and discuss with your desk mate to find out the answers to the following question.
1. Why are so many figures used in this passage
________________________________________________
2. What’s the author’s tone in writing this passage
________________________________________________
3. What are the basic qualities of a good symbol
________________________________________________
To make the author’s ideas more clear and convincing.
Objective.
Clear, simple and recognizable.
Read and Discuss
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Assignment
Which of the following symbols do you like most and why
Tip:
Think of what you’ve learned in the text and use complete sentence to state your opinion.
Basic qualities of a good symbol
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Assignment
On April 23rd, 2011, Cereplast, a company that designs and makes sustainable plastics held the logo designing competition named “Make Your Mark”.
Laura Howard won the competition and $25,000.
Gary Anderson is one of the judges.
Background Information
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Assignment
Let’s have our own competition!
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Assignment
Look at this combination(组合) of symbols and do research on them.
Write a short passage to describe:
1. Do you like the design and why.
2. How will they contribute to environmental protection.
Items Agree Partly Agree Disagree
Have I known the text type
Have I grasped the main information about the history of the recycling symbol
Can I judge and describe a good symbol now
Was I active in group work
Self-assessment
I need more practice in _______________.
Thanks for listening!

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