Monday, April 28, 2014

Debate Topic: Should Plastic Bags Be Banned?

We read about this topic in our Scholastic News this week.  What should be done?  Read a few of these links for more information about this topic as we debate and write persuasively about it.

How does this have an effect on your life?  Read about San Jose's plastic bag ban.

Ban Plastic Bags -- Why does this 11 year old author feel this way?
Unintended Consequences -- Why does this author feel this way?

Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- Nat Geo
Paper vs. Plastic
Pro & Con newspaper article about bag bans.
European perspective on this issue.
Plastic Bags and Take Out Containers

34 comments:

  1. I think plastic bags should be banned. ; -) Alyana

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  2. I read it TYLER O

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  3. I read the articles!!!! :-)

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  4. I agree with Alyana. Also I did the homework. Alexandra

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  5. I agree with Alyana and I did it. -Soli

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  6. Plastic bags should bags. -Penny

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  7. I read the articles

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  8. Sorry, this is Alyana

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  9. I agree with Alyana and I think the first article's author felt the same way, but the second article's author thought that they should not ban plastic bags.

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  10. I finished the articles. The second article about the guy who makes plastic bags was harder to understand because the words were harder.
    Garrett

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  11. I have read the two articles, 'Ban Plastic Bags" and "Unintended Consequences". In the article, "Ban Plastic Bags" the author's opinion is to ban plastic bags. He feels this way because he listed the many reasons how plastic are harming and littering the environment and did many things to not only encourage other people to ban plastic bags, but also by trying to help make the problem better. The other article's author thought that plastic bags should not be banned. He feels this way because he himself is the president of a plastic bag manufacturer and he stated a reasonable amount of reasons he thinks that banning plastic bags are both bad for the economy and the environment These are the opinions of the authors of the two articles and why they feel that way. - Mary N.

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  12. I did it I don't think plastic bags should not be banned ~ payton

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  13. I think plastic bags should be banned because it can harm wild life

    liza thorpe

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  14. i think plastic bags should be banned...
    -eric

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  15. I think plastic bags should be banned. I think this because they pollute our environment, most bags aren't recycled, and they take a very long time to decompose. - Luke

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  16. I think plastic bags should be banned. I did the reading.
    -Maya Bal

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  17. In my opinion I think plastic bags should be banned.And I did it

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  18. In my opinion I think plastic bags should be banned.And I did it

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  19. I forgot to enter the comment yesterday but i did
    the reading-
    Taylor-

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  20. I did the reading

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  21. I did the reading.

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  22. I did it -maggie

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  23. Yea! Plastic bags are often discarded on streets and are basically litter. At science camp we learned that all litter eventually ends up in the ocean. An sea animal could suffocate in that! D: (BTW: I haven't checked your blog in ages!) - Aimee

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  24. Hello Aimee. Why did you comment? This is not your class anymore! -Anonymous

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    1. Former students are always welcome to comment. She gave good opinion.

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  25. I think plastic bags should be banned because it kills a lot of marine animals each year

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