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__**Warm up: **__
 * [[image:imagesIUYTRESADZXCV.jpg width="265" height="274"]]Green Issues [[image:imagesP9897TRESDZ.jpg width="245" height="296"]] **


 * 1) //Do you have a garden or balcony? //
 * 2) //Do you grow plants, flowers, vegetables or herbs? //
 * 3) //Have you ever planted anything in a garden? //
 * 4) //Do you have any pot-plants? //
 * 5) //What is your favourite flower? //
 * 6) //Have you ever grown anything that you could eat? //
 * 7) //Did you have a garden in your country of origin? If yes, what did you grow in your //
 * 8) //garden? Were the plants different to Australia? //
 * 9) //Do you know what compost is? //
 * 10) //Have you ever planted anything from seed and watched it grow? //
 * 11) //What would you want to grow in a vegetable garden? //
 * 12) //Do you notice how some trees change in the different seasons? //
 * 13) //What are the easiest things to grow in a garden? //
 * 14) //What is your favourite Australian fruit?[[image:wdwddd.jpg width="312" height="195" align="right"]] //
 * 15) //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Do you know what season this fruit is available? //
 * 16) //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">What kind of fruit is grown in your home country? //
 * 17) //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">What kind of herbs do you use in cooking? //
 * 18) //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">What would you grown in a herb garden? //
 * 19) //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Do you prefer to plant seeds or seedlings? //
 * 20) //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Do you know the names of any Australian native plants or flowers? //
 * 21) //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Do you know the benefits of growing native plants in your garden? //
 * 22) //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Do you know what a worm farm is? Do you have a compost bin or a worm farm? //


 * <span style="color: #0b4b0b; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">2. Reading comprehension **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Cheni arrived in Sydney one year ago from China. Cheni lives in an apartment with her husband and two children in South Sydney. Their apartment has a balcony, but Cheni misses the garden she had in China. Her garden had lots of pretty flowers in it that smelt so nice and vegetables that her and her mum used for cooking. To make her apartment feel more like home Cheni decided to go to the nursery with her husband and children to buy some flowers and pot plants they could put on the balcony. Cheni’s daughter’s favourite colours are pink and red so they bought lots of bright coloured flowers and a watering can to water the flowers. Cheni chose some plants that she could grow on her balcony to use for cooking. She bought some coriander seedlings, a chilli plant and seeds for growing bok choy, as these are things she uses a lot in her cooking. Cheni bought a pot and some soil to plant the coriander and a box to plant the bok choy. Cheni is much happier in her home now and spends more time on her balcony watching her plants grow and watering them everyday. Her favourite thing is to be able to use the food she grows for cooking. Cheni’s children also love being able to watch the plants grow and help pick the chillies off the tree when Cheni needs them for cooking. They all agree that Cheni’s home grown food tastes delicious!


 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">What does Cheni miss about China? **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Why did Cheni decide to go to the nursery? **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">What kind of vegetables and herbs did Cheni buy? **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">What did Cheni plant in the box? **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">What is Cheni’s favourite thing? **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">What do Cheni’s children help with? **

**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Intermediate to advanced reading & activity: ** **<span style="color: #0b4b0b; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Worm-farming and composting ** <span style="color: #0b4b0b; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Around 50% of what goes in our bin is organic waste. Recycling organic waste is a simple way to help combat climate change and reduce the amount of rubbish you send to landfill. When food and garden waste is sent to landfill, the organic nutrients become a contributor to environmental problems including water pollution and the greenhouse effect. Instead of throwing out your food scraps you can compost them and have great fertilizer for your plants, as well as helping the environment. A compost bin would be most suitable if you live in a house or a worm farm if you live in a unit. Most Sydney councils provide free workshops and compost bins or worm farms to local residents
 * <span style="color: #0b4b0b; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Compost bin **

<span style="color: #0b4b0b; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Compost is natural and an inexpensive way of producing fertilizer for your garden. Composting is the natural decomposition of organic material by organisms such as insects, bacteria and fungi into a dark, soil-like substance. By turning your food and garden waste into compost you can make a difference to our environment, by: <span style="color: #0b4b0b; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">•reducing the amount of waste you dispose <span style="color: #0b4b0b; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">•reducing the use of artificial fertilisers <span style="color: #0b4b0b; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">• improving your local soil quality <span style="color: #0b4b0b; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">• creating a more natural, healthier (and happier) place to live. <span style="color: #0b4b0b; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Anything that was once a plant or animal can be composted, including fruit and vegetable peelings, newspapers, grass clippings, weeds, tea leaves, coffee grounds, egg shells, old potting mix, dead flowers, human and animal hair. Worm farming You don’t need a large garden to have a worm farm. Worms can be kept outside, inside, on the balcony or in the garage and are ideal for people who live in units. Worm farms do not smell so they can be kept indoors without any problem. Worm castings are great for feeding house plants, adding to seedling mixes and potting soils or top dressing around plants.


 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">What kind of gardening do you like? //
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">How much time do you spend in the garden? //
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Do you think gardening is good for your health? //
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">What are the names of some famous gardens in your city? //
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">What are some vegetables which you grow in your garden? //
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Do you think trees need pruning every year? //
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">What are the names of some famous gardens in your country? [[image:imagesCAEADG94.jpg align="right"]] //
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">What are names of common flowers in your country? //
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Does your house have a garden? //
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Is there a flower store near your house? //
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">What are some things that need to be done in the garden in the spring? //
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">What are the some names of gardening tools? //
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Would you prefer to have a flower garden or a vegetable garden? Why? //
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">What do you like best, a landscaped garden or the formal garden? //
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">How does your family help you when you are gardening? //
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Which do you prefer for your garden organic or chemical fertilizers? //
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">What is your national flower and do you have it in your garden? //

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 * <span style="color: #0b4b0b; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">Vocabulary : Idioms **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">click here, here and here to learn and practise some plant idioms. **


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