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    The document is an 8th grade workshop on reducing ecological footprints. It discusses how ecological footprints represent the amount of the environment we use to support our lifestyles and can be reduced by changing lifestyles. It also has students listen to conversations about eco-friendly actions, complete a questionnaire about their transportation, possessions, waste management, and more to determine their ecological footprint, and write ways to reduce their footprint and verbs in English and Spanish.

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    The document is an 8th grade workshop on reducing ecological footprints. It discusses how ecological footprints represent the amount of the environment we use to support our lifestyles and can be reduced by changing lifestyles. It also has students listen to conversations about eco-friendly actions, complete a questionnaire about their transportation, possessions, waste management, and more to determine their ecological footprint, and write ways to reduce their footprint and verbs in English and Spanish.

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    The document is an 8th grade workshop on reducing ecological footprints. It discusses how ecological footprints represent the amount of the environment we use to support our lifestyles and can be reduced by changing lifestyles. It also has students listen to conversations about eco-friendly actions, complete a questionnaire about their transportation, possessions, waste management, and more to determine their ecological footprint, and write ways to reduce their footprint and verbs in English and Spanish.

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    COLEGIO NELSON MANDELA I.E.

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    Resolución 08-030 del 22 de Abril de 2015
    NIT: 900871861-6 DANE 111001110477

    EIGHTH GRADE
    WORKSHOP #2
    1. Listen to Miguel talking about ecological footprints. Label with the words in the Word Bank. Then
    match the answers with the questions.

    Transportation possessions energy waste water

    Word Bank:
    Water energy possessions transportation waste

    a. What does an eco-footprint represent? It represents how much of the environment we use to support or
    lifestyles
    b. What does it measure? It measures how much we consume
    c. How can we reduce our eco-footprint? We can reduce our footprint by changing our lifestyles

    2. Listen to Tommy and Rocío talking about their lifestyles. Complete the chart with the correct name.
    Eco-friendly actions

    Rocío grows his/her own food


    Tommy buys packaged food
    Tommy has a lot of appliances
    Rocío has a solar panel
    Rocío turns off the lights when not in use
    Rocío rides a bike to school
    COLEGIO NELSON MANDELA I.E.D
    Resolución 08-030 del 22 de Abril de 2015
    NIT: 900871861-6 DANE 111001110477

    3. Label the parts of the questionnaire with the words in the box. Then answer the questions and check
    your answers.
    Word bank
    transportation possessions at home waste

    How big is your eco-footprint?

    1. How do you get to school?


    a. by bicycle
    b. by bus
    c. by car

    2. How do you travel short distances?


    a. on foot/by bike
    b. by bus
    c. by car

    3. How often do you turn off the lights


    when you leave a room?
    a. I always turn off the lights when
    I leave a room. I also turn off
    appliances when they are not in use.
    b. I often turn off the lights when I
    leave a room.
    c. I sometimes turn off the lights when
    I leave a room. I often forget.

    4. How much water do you save?


    a. I take short showers and turn off the
    tap when I brush my teeth.
    b. I use a glass when I brush my teeth.
    c. My shower is only 15 minutes.

    5. How big is your house?


    a. It’s big enough for the family.
    b. It’s a big house with a garden and extra
    rooms.
    c. It’s a very big house with a garden, a
    garage and a lot of rooms.

    6. What do you do with clothes, books


    and magazines you don’t use any more?
    a. I give them away to charity.
    b. I pile them up in my bedroom.
    c. I throw them away.

    7. How does your family manage waste


    at home?
    a. We use organic waste for
    composting, recycle some materials
    and reuse plastic bags.
    b. We reuse plastic bags and bottles.
    c. We put all our waste in one bag.

    8. What do you do with old or damaged


    appliances, or electronic waste?
    a. I take it to authorized e-waste
    recyclers.
    b. I put it in the attic.
    c. I put it in the rubbish bin.
    COLEGIO NELSON MANDELA I.E.D
    Resolución 08-030 del 22 de Abril de 2015
    NIT: 900871861-6 DANE 111001110477

    4. Write 5 things that you do to reduce the impact of your eco-footprint.


    For example: I use coconut vegan deodorant without chemicals and sprays
    a) consume fresh food
    b) reduce waste
    c) Save unnecessary water
    d) avoid leaving appliances plugged in
    e) re-use

    5. On your flashcards, write the following verbs don’t forget to make a drawing or paste a cut-out of its
    meaning.

    Present tense Simple past Past participle Spanish


    Eat Ate Eaten Comer
    Fall Fell Fallen Caer
    Feel Felt Felt Sentir
    Fight Fought Fought Pelear
    Find found Found Encontrar
    Fly Flew Flown Volar
    Forget Forgot Forgotten Olvidar
    Forgive Forgave Forgiven Perdonar
    Get Got Gotten (got) Obtener / llegar
    Give Gave Given Dar
    Go Went Gone Ir
    Grow Grew Grown Crecer
    Hang Hung Hung Colgar
    have Had Had Tener
    Hear Heard Heard Escuchar

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