Graphic Organizer

Hello and Welcome to your Graphic Organizer Assignment! PLease read the following direction
in order to complete this reading and writing assignment.

1. Write-up detailed directions

a. Your Reading Assignment is: Gale, Cengage Learning (2017) Is it possible to
create zero waste? Newsela
b. Requirements:Student will use the Graphic Organizer strategy as a form of taking
notes while reading Is it possible to create zero waste? Students will write what
they think is the 10 main concepts and/or ideas in the Ideas from Text column that
the author discusses in Is it possible to create zero waste?. Students will then
respond to these main ideas with comments/questions, the main ideas purpose or
function, or how these ideas can be utilized in our society and others. Students
will write these responses in the Reaction/Connection column. I am assessing
your critical thinking and how you connect the concepts to the topics that we have
learned throughout the semester.
c. To begin, first log on to your Newsela account. Type in Is it possible to create
zero waste? into the Search Newsela bar at the top of the page. The article should
be the one that is listed on the screen. (For whatever reason, if you can not find
the article you can further search it by entering the author and date: Gale,
Cengage Learning, 11/09/2017).
d. Once you have opened the article, please make sure the reading level is set to the
MAX level, unless otherwise instructed. You may read the lower levels for better
comprehension or further.

2. Sample Graphic Organizer

a. Below is a sample graphic organizer that I created to guide you through this
assignment. Use the sample for additional help. Do NOT copy it.

Double Entry Journal

Ideas from Text Reaction/Connection/Questions

1. Zero waste 1. Zero waste is term used to identify

2. “Zero waste also means that when the
zero waste product itself is no longer
useful, it too is composted or recycled
and not sent to a landfill.”
processes that create no waste or that
uses waste and converts it into raw
materials to create new products.
2. How many products do we use that are
considered zero waste and are not sent
to the landfill?
3. “respiration, animals combine oxygen
with food molecules to produce the
energy needed for movement, growth
and reproduction. Animals release
carbon dioxide as waste, and plants
use that carbon dioxide in
photosynthesis, in which they convert
light energy into the chemical energy
they need to sustain life.”
4. “Choosing sustainable materials for a
product, streamlining the production
process and reducing the need for
packaging all result in significant cost
savings for the manufacturer.”
5. “In order for zero waste programs to
thrive and expand, municipal and state
governments need to require recycling
of both commercial and household
waste.”
6. “By 2010 San Francisco had become
the greenest city in the United States,
keeping 80 percent of its waste out of
landfills and incinerators.”
7. “Cradle-to-cradle design tracks a
product from its birth to the rebirth of
its components, eliminating the
“grave,” or trash stage.”
8. “The organization considers recycling
a last resort. “
9. “The zero waste concept expands the
traditional three Rs — reduce, reuse,
recycle — into refuse, reduce, reuse,
recycle and rot.
10. “Preventing waste is more efficient
than handling it after it is produced.”
3. I am connecting respiration and
photosynthesis to lessons learned prior
and am considering how resources
affect these processes and energy.
4. How many corporations consider and
incorporate sustainability when
creating products?
5. How does the state of California
implement recycling? How does my
city implement recycling? Are there
any incentives?
6. Have these numbers changed? How
many landfills, incinerators, and waste
management facilities are in this
region? How many landfills,
incinerators, and waste management
facilities are in my city?
7. I can use this method to reduce my
Carbon Footprint and the resources
that I use.
8. To prevent recycling, I should reduce
at the sources, use less, and reuse the
materials I already have. This will also
reduce my Carbon Footprint.
9. “Refuse means “do not accept what
you do not need”; rot means “compost
whatever you can to replenish the
soil.”
10. How can I prevent waste?
 3. Scoring Rubric for the assignment

4 3 2 1
-Followed all of directions -Followed directions -Followed most of the -Followed some of the
listed. listed. directions listed. directions listed.

-It was apparent that the
student read,
comprehended, and could
explain and connect the
information that was read.
-Used 10 or more
concepts for Ideas from
Text.
-Wrote appropriate and
thoughtful responses for
Reaction/Connection/Que
stions that used critical
thinking.
-It was apparent that the -It was apparent that the -It was apparent that the
student read and student read. student read and
comprehended most of the Comprehension needs comprehended little of the
information that was read. improvement. information that was read.
-Used 8-9 concepts for -Used some concepts for -Used few concepts for
Ideas from Text. Ideas from Text. Ideas from Text.
-Wrote appropriate -Wrote responses for -Provided few responses
responses for Reaction/Connection/Que for
Reaction/Connection/Que stions that used some Reaction/Connection/Que
stions that used critical critical thinking. stions.
thinking.