Argumentative Text "Too Much Waste"

On the following slides, you will read an article about the problem of excessive plastic waste and possible solutions for it.

​"Too Much Waste"

Argumentative Text

Multiple Choice

Question 1.

Which sentence best states the claim of the selection?

• A. "...people's way of life has changed thanks to ... technologies and products meant to simplify..."

• B. "...people should adopt sustainable alternatives such as... using cloth bags rather than plastic ones."

• C. "If people practiced plastic-bottle reuse, they would greatly reduce...landfills."

• D. "...people claim that reusing plastic bottles adds harmful chemicals to the beverage inside."

Multiple Choice

Question 2.

How does the structure of the selection contribute to the author's purpose?

• A. It compares and contrasts plastic bags and cloth bags.

• B. It uses cause and effect to describe what plastic is and how it has affected the environment.

• C. It uses problem and solution to argue in favor of using alternatives to disposable items to reduce waste.

• D. It uses description and details to discuss the reasons people use disposable water bottles and paper bags.

Multiple Choice

Question 3.

(see image)

• A. vague statistics

• B. debatable beliefs

• C. authoritative proof

• D. emotional opinions

Open Ended

Question 4.

This article already has the title "Too Much Waste", but that's boring!

Come up with an alternative, clever title that will "Hook" your readers' attention.

Open Ended

Question 5.

Name something from the article that you disagree with and why.

Possible sentence stems:

"I disagree that ...."

"I don't agree with .... "

"I'm not so sure that .... "

​The next slide has the last activity for this lesson--a Quizizz game!
Compete against your friends!

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