1. What happened to the sea animals in the pictures?
2. How do you think it happened? You may use Indonesian.
a. Read the following dialogue between Andre, Monita, and Galang.
Around. We
Hi Monita, saw you
what’s Oh hi Galang. sitting by
going on? Hi Andre. I’m yourself,
well, thanks. looking at
your phone
Where have so seriously.
you two
been?
What did you
look at? Was
it something
interesting?
Oh, I just How much
watched plastic was
a YuTub there in the
video about oceans?
plastic in the
oceans.
The video
showed a
lot of plastic How
trash in the did it
oceans. happen?
It said people
used a lot of
plastic and
didn’t really
reuse or Also, a
recycle it. lot of
people
litter
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True, in
the end the
plastic trash
found its way
to the oceans.
It’s bad for the
oceans and the
animals there.
Many sea
animals like
dolphins or
sea lions ate
What did the the plastic
plastic trash or became
do to the sea entangled in
animals? plastic.
What
happened
to the sea
It just made turtle?
me remember
about a team
of scientists
rescuing a sea
turtle.
I’ll just give
you the link
to the YuTub
video. It's so
tragic!
Comic Strip 4.1
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b. Complete the following table based on the previous dialogue
between Andre, Monita, and Galang.
Picture 4.8 Galang and his friends
No What did the person say/ask? Who said/asked that?
1. The person said there was a lot of plastic trash
in the oceans according to a video on YuTub.
2. The person asked how the oceans contained a
lot of plastic trash.
3. The person said that many people threw plastic
trash anywhere.
4. The person said plastic trash in the oceans was
a danger to sea animals.
5. The person asked a question about an incident
that happened to a sea turtle.
Worksheet 4.9
A team of scientists from Texas University helped an injured sea turtle when they
sailed in the ocean near Costa Rica.
The scientists were collecting data on sea turtles when they saw the injured
turtle. They noticed something in the nose of the turtle when it was swimming
near their boat. But, they initially thought it was only a worm.
The scientists were curious. They caught the turtle to examine the object
in the turtle’s nose. They wanted to make sure it was not a dangerous parasite.
They extracted a couple of centimeters of the object with pliers. The object
came out. It was wrinkled and brownish.
It was a plastic drinking straw!
The scientists removed the object immediately because they were far away
in the ocean. They spent almost ten minutes pulling it from the nostril of a
sea turtle. With great diiculty, they succeeded in pulling the straw out of the
turtle’s nostril. The nostril was bleeding, but the turtle was safe.
The straw incident proved how dangerous plastic was to animals in
the oceans.
(Adapted from: [Link]
ridley-marine-debris-ocean-animals-science)
a. Which statements are true according to the story? Number one has
been done for you.
1. A team of scientists found a turtle in the sea of Costa Rica. TRUE
2. The team was from The University of Costa Rica.
3. The team saw something in the turtle’s tail.
4. The team found a parasite in the turtle’s brain.
5. The turtle was wrinkled and brownish.
6. The turtle’s body was bleeding.
7. The team removed a plastic drinking straw from the
turtle’s nostril.
8. It took about 10 minutes to remove the plastic straw.
Worksheet 4.10
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b. Answer the questions based on the story.
1. What is the best title for this story?
2. Where did the group of scientists sail?
3. Why did the scientists sail there?
4. When did they know the turtle was injured?
5. Where did the scientists decide to remove the plastic?