1.4 Emergency response
1 Look at the picture. Then complete the tasks.
a Describe what is happening in the picture.
b What else would you like to know? Write a question.
✓ Research
✓ Collaboration
2 Read the notes by a reporter who interviewed one of the rescue workers. Then answer the questions.
Call received at 10 a.m. on 4 June at mountain rescue centre.
Wife of hurt man called by mobile phone. Accident on side of mountain by a lake. Man about 40 years old hurt leg – not able to walk.
2 hours to reach him on foot.
Called ahead to helicopter on radio. Bad weather – snowing.
Man taken to hospital by helicopter. Leg broken.
a What questions do you think the reporter asked to get this information?
b What else would you like to know? Write two more questions.
a Explain good communication to your partner in your own words.
b Use the advice to write a checklist of tips for good communication.
Keep information short and clear.
4 Use your communication skills. Complete the tasks.
a These children need to line up alphabetically, using their family names. What advice would you give them to help them communicate effectively?
b Now organise your own group alphabetically.
c Organise yourselves in the way your teacher tells you.
d How effectively did you communicate as a team?
Talking point
How did you help your team today?
Before you go
2.6 Tell me how …
1 How good are you at explaining? Tell a partner how a mobile phone works. Try not to hesitate or repeat yourself. You have one minute! ✓ Communication ✓ Research
2 Look at the pictures.
a Choose an object. Write a short, clear paragraph to explain how your object works. Present your ideas logically. Only include information that you think is important and relevant.
b Read out your explanations. How well did you communicate?
Waste is usually crushed into small pieces and buried in landfills. Landfills are ugly and smell bad.
4 Add to your KWL chart.
want to know
We waste food. What happens to the food we waste?
learned
30–40% food to land ll
a Find the information from the ‘L’ column in the text you have just read.
b Look at the questions you wrote for Activity 2. Can you find answers in the text? Write any answers in the ‘L’ column of your chart in note form. Use the Note-taking tips to help you.
c Record any other information you have learned from the text.
d What questions in your chart have not been answered?
Talking point
What did you learn about note-taking today? How good were you at making notes? Give yourself a ranking of 1 to 5, where 5 is the best.
Top tips
Note-taking tips
• Use single words or short phrases.
• Do not write complete sentences.
• Record important facts.
• Use your own words, if possible.
Before you go
3.2 Reduce food waste
1 Read the text. Rewrite the actions in bold to show a different consequence. Use the example to help you.
Sofiya and Anoushka buy some fruit. One banana has gone brown, so they throw it away.
The children prepare a fruit salad using one banana, one apple and half the melon. It looks delicious so they take a big helping. They can’t finish everything on their plate, so they throw half an apple into the bin. The rest of the melon is left out on the side and spoils.
One banana has gone brown, so they throw it away. One banana has gone brown, so they use it to make a milkshake
2 Identify actions to reduce food waste.
a Explain these actions to reduce food waste in your own words.
b Which of the actions do you do in your home?
3 Sofiya’s school is researching food waste. Her teacher has asked her to keep a log about food waste. Food waste log
use before freeze food compost take smaller portions only buy what you need ✓ Research ✓ Analysis
Key term log: a record of all details and events relating to a particular thing