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A Lesson on The Recycle Center	Export Lesson as PDF \| Save As Favorite

	Grade: Grade 5 Subject: English Language Arts Created by: Marymar Esquilin Lesson Length: 1 hour 45 minutes Keywords/Tags: Reading, Vocabulary, Discussion and Writing Lesson Description: The objective for this lesson plan is to give the students the opportunity to develop their reading and writing comprehension skills. This assignment addresses the reading, writing, and discussion benchmarks. Students will begin the activity by reading "The Recycle Centers". Once the reading is completed, the students will then apply their reading knowledge by answering a series of questions. These questions are both given in multiple choice form and written essay style. Students have 1 hour and 45 minutes to complete this assignment.
Common Core Standards Covered with This Lesson CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.4: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.1: Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.1a: Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.2e: Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.

Lesson Content: Reading
Instructions: Please read the following reading passage as many times as needed (aloud and silent) before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of this passage is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this content. Feel free to print the passage if needed.

The Recycle Center

Students at an elementary school in Chicago studied ecology. They learned that there was so much trash that it was a world-wide problem. They asked their teacher if they could do something to help solve the problem. “It is a very big problem,” she said, “but if every community helps, that would really make a difference.”

The students decided to set up a Saturday Recycling Center. They would collect trash. Then they would get it to a place. The students used the Internet to find out more about recycling in Chicago. They found that there are 15 “drop off” sites, places where people can bring trash to get it recycled.

The students had to figure out how to get the trash to the site. They went to talk with the minister of the church near their school. They knew that he drove a van and helped people. They went to ask him to help with their plan.

The minister agreed to help. He said he would pick up the recycling one Saturday each month after the students pack it. He said it was such a good plan they could use the churchyard for the Recycling Center. They decided it would be once a month, on Saturday afternoon. They chose the first Saturday of the month.

So everything was organized. All they needed was trash to recycle.

The students made posters to put in stores in the neighborhood. The minister announced the new recycling program at the church service and put up a poster, too. The community center put a note about the recycling center in their monthly newsletter. The students went in to the other classrooms at their school and asked children to tell their families about the Saturday recycling.

The first Saturday was a great success. In fact, they got so much trash that the minister had to make two trips to take it all to the drop off site. The students still send reminders home, but now most people in the community know that if it’s the first Saturday it’s time to recycle.

Task 2: Discussion Activity (40 points)
Instructions: This discussion forum will have questions for students to respond. Read the posted questions, and respond to each. Students are responsible for posting one initial and and two peer responses for each topic.


	Topic Title	Replies

	Trash problems Why do you think trash has becomed such a problem? Sent on: Oct 9, 2016 by: Marymar Esquilin	0

	Reusable or Non reusable What items are in your home that can be reusable or non reusable? Sent on: Oct 9, 2016 by: Marymar Esquilin	0

	Impact on the enviroment What kind of impact does trash have on both the community and the environment? What are the possible negative effects of leaving trash on the ground? Sent on: Oct 9, 2016 by: Marymar Esquilin	0

Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.1,

Task 3: Writing Activity (40 points)

Instructions: "It is a very big problem,” she said, “but if every community helps, that would really make a difference."

You are to write and post here a 350 word essay on some of the strategies that you and your community can do to minimize the trash problem.

Make sure to provide specific examples.

Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.1a, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.2e,

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