They should also refer to the questions on the Ozone Quiz and confirm or modify their original answers as necessary. After pairs have read the article, discussed it with their partners, and reviewed their answers to the Ozone Quiz , ask for volunteers to give their answers to the quiz items. Encourage students to explain their answers and to read aloud the sentence in the article that confirms their answer. Tell the students that they will now have a class discussion and that they should use their background knowledge and opinions, along with what they have learned from the article and quiz, to answer the questions. If time allows, ask students to write a few sentences summarizing their ideas about ozone depletion and what, if anything, they feel should be done about it.
Volunteers can read their sentences to the class.
Students can include information about what the ozone layer is, its importance, the materials and actions that contribute to ozone depletion, and actions people can take to improve the situation. Record the news program on audiotape or videotape. Have students use the Internet to find articles about ozone depletion. Ask them to write a brief summary of one or two of the articles and read their summaries to the class. Have students create a brochure, listing actions people can take to protect the ozone layer and themselves from the dangers of overexposure to ultraviolet radiation.