📖 Part 1: Reading Comprehension & Vocabulary

Read this short text:

"Sarah loves recycling because it helps save the environment. However, her neighbour Tom thinks recycling takes too much time and effort. Sarah believes every small action makes a difference, while Tom worries about the extra work it creates for busy families."

1. What are the two different perspectives about recycling shown in the text?

Sarah likes it, Tom doesn't like it

Sarah thinks it's helpful, Tom thinks it's too much work

Sarah is young, Tom is old

2. Circle the recycling vocabulary words you know:

Environment

Reduce

Reuse

Waste

Compost

3. What does "perspective" mean?

A way of looking at or thinking about something

A type of recycling bin

A school subject

4. Match each word to its meaning by drawing lines:

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

Use something again

Make into something new

Use less of something

✏️ Part 2: Writing Different Perspectives

WALT: Write from different points of view about recycling

School Values Focus: Taking responsibility, Having respect for our environment

5. Write one sentence from a child's perspective about recycling at school:

Example: "I think recycling is..."

6. Write one sentence from a parent's perspective about recycling at home:

Example: "As a parent, I believe recycling..."

7. Complete this sentence with your own opinion:

Recycling is important because ________________________

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8. Extension Activity: Write a short paragraph (3-4 sentences) about recycling from the perspective of Planet Earth. What would Earth say to humans about recycling?