" Green school" . Текст та завдання до нього.

Text “Green School”

I.  Pre – reading tasks.

1.  Answer the questions:

• What school do you study at?
• What subjects do you study at your school?
• Have you ever heard about “green school”?
• Why do you think it is called so:

•   because it is green in colour;
•   because it is environmentally friendly;
•   because it is in the green forest

 2. Read these sentences about Green School. Underline what you                             think is true:                

a) The classrooms are made of grass/bamboo wood.

b) The school uses electricity/solar power.

c) The students look after the plants and learn to cook them/learn only school subjects.

d) They have a rule that twenty percent of the students must be local children/foreign children.

II. While reading tasks. Read the text.

1. Are the statements right  (R), wrong (W) or does the text say (DS)?

a) Green School is completely environmentally friendly. ____

b) All the school`s energy comes from the sun. ____

c) Adults can study at the Green School in the evenings.____

d) At Green School, students also learn about growing food.____

e) There aren`t any rules about how many students must be from Bali.____

f) Now some students live in green houses near the school.____                 

Green School Bali is an unusual school. It was an experiment in 2010 by John and Cynthia Hardy. Their idea was to make a school that was totally environmentally friendly. Everything in the school is `green` - that means it`s good for the environment. The classrooms are made of bamboo wood  and the light is from the sun. The school uses solar power and water power from their river.

The Hardys` experiment was successful and there are now 160 students from more than twenty-five countries – and it goes from kindergarten up to age eighteen. The students at Green School don`t only learn subjects such as English and Maths; they also learn to grow organic vegetables and other foods such as rice in the huge school gardens. They look after the plants and learn to cook them. The school also has a cow, some pigs and a buffalo. The students also study building, making furniture and traditional art and dance.

The Hardys want the local community to be a part of Green School. They have a rule that twenty percent of the students must be from Bali because they

want local children to learn about protecting the environment. The children are often poor, so people from all over the world pay for them to go to the school. The idea of green living is becoming more popular and now people are building green houses near the school so their children can walk to school. The Hardys` dream is that one day all the schools in the world will be green.

III. After reading task: 

Draw Venn Diagram to compare and contrast  Green School and ordinary  one.

How ordinary school is different   How Green School is different          

                                How both schools are  alike 

Keys

Green School.   

1.                     Task 2. a) bamboo wood; b) solar power; c) look after plants and learn to cook them; d) local children.

2.                  Task 1.  a)  R; b) R; c) DS; d) R; e) W; f) R.