Real World Environment Homework

1. Throughout this unit, you must choose 8 different assignments to complete. These assignments help you explore important environmental issues as well as connect the Spanish that we are learning in class to the real world. The first four assignments that you chose will be due on Monday, October 20th. The last four will be due on Friday, October 31st. All assignments should be created within the shared folder that Sra. will share with you. Please title your document as follows: Spanishname_hour (Example: Pedro_6)
Find 3 tweets about the environment in Span- ish. Copy them into your Google docu- ment. Summarize what they say.
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Find a video on an environmental issue in Spanish. Watch the video and sum- marize what you understood in Eng- lish. Then, write two questions in Span- ish about the video. The URL must be provided. **Be sure to add new person- al vocabulario to your list!
Take the Carbon Footprint quiz: http://www.earthday.org/ footprint-calculator Summarize your results in a sentence or two in Span- ish.
Go to http://www.carbonfund.org/reduce. Read the section that talks about how to reduce the carbon footprint of your home. Then, tour your home. What steps is your family already taking to reduce your carbon footprint? What could you change? Write three or four sentences in Spanish that answer these questions.
Find two pictures of environmental is- sues. Write, in Spanish three sentences about each picture. Identify the problem being portrayed in the picture as well as suggest solutions to the problem.
Check out the comic book Aventura de la Basura from Sra.
Summarize in English what happened in three to four sentences.
Find an infograph in Span- ish on an environmental issue. Summarize the information in two or three sentences in Eng- lish. Then, write two questions in Spanish about the infograph. The URL must be provided or save the document in the shared folder.
Find an article on an en- vironmental is- sue. Summarize the in- formation in two or three sentences in Eng- lish. Then, write two questions in Spanish about the info- graph. The URL must be provided or save the document in the shared folder.
Google: hoteles eco- turisticos. Fine a ho- tel in a Spanish speaking country that is known for being green. Write three or four sentence to de- scribe the hotel and the things they are doing to make them- selves more environ- mentally friendly.
Teach someone something you have learned in class in this unit. (friend, absent classmate, family member) Give them a pre and post test and turn these in as your proof. Write sen- tence or two summary about the experience.
Find 3 advertisements or signs that have something to do with the envi- ronment. Take a screen shot of them and paste the screen shot into a Google document. Summarize what each one says.