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Plastosphere: English Grammar in a play on environmental protection
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Series: Drama for Grammar/Esl, Efl Theater, Book 1431
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ISBN10: 1072092239
ISBN13: 9781072092230
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 13 2019
Pages: 244
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781072092230
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 13 2019
Pages: 244
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
236 PAGES + 24 PAGES OF summaries of the scenes and acts. ACT 1,12 Scenes, ACT 2 11 Scenes, Act 3, 18 scenes, ACT 4, 22 Scenes.A play decrying environmental hazards caused by general pollution, especially poor disposal of industrial and plastic wastes, human artificiality that totally despises effort and recklessly upholds technological prowess. It recommends creation of natural havens, recycling plastic wastes and gadget scrap, moderation in recourse to gadgets, preservation of existing forests and a life of physical effort. There is continuity in such an environment made habitable for all, especially the newly born and unborn generations .Plastosphere is an imaginary island or vessel floating in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. As the name suggests, it is a 'Plastic Sphere', where humans exhibit their dominance over nature and the economy, with all kinds of gadgets and artificial comfort. Pollution for money is a guiding policy that makes occupants of this island the richest in the world. Dialogue and discover the consequences of this type of life by reading Plastosphere.AN ESL RESOURCE: I call this play a LANGUAGE LAB PLAY, OR DRAMA FOR GRAMMAR. In the story line, or plot highlights drill the learner on reading and comprehension (427 multiple choice questions to interpret the Acts and Scenes). Also, the SVC structure of an English Sentence and word class or parts of speech are highlighted for easy identification as the plot unfolds.THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERS WILL INTEREST YOU TO DISCOVER IN THE PLAY: TEQNO, TOXICO, BOB ECOLO, GASTRO, PHILO, TOXICO, DR ROBOT, A CHILD
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