https://www.marineconservation.org.au/nsw-plastics-ban-must-come-sooner-for-the-sake-of-our-oceans/
 

a.Find a newspaper article with topic on environmental issues and embed(link) to your personal blog.
Article: New South Wales plastic ban must come sooner for the sake of our oceans..

b. Read the headline and try to guess the content with reading the article.
This article will be about In New South Wales plastic must be ban soon because it is dangerous for the marine wildlife in the oceans.

c. Skim the article and identify the main  idea in the article?
This article is about New South Wales government should ban on  plastic bags and other single use plastics like, straws,stirrers, cutlery,polystyrene, bowls,cups and plates. NSW is the last state in Australia to act and to ban on plastic bags despite it put wildlife at risk from choking,entanglement and death due to NSW plastic bags. In every other states and territory has a ban on plastics and they are working well.

d. Read the article in detail and write the notes (main points).

• Australia's peak marine conversation body has welcome the new south wales governments move to ban plastic bags.
• The NSW community has until 8 of May to make submissions to the Berejiklian government proposal.
• Ban on problematic single - use plastics like straws and stirrers, cutlery, polystyrene and bowls,cups and plates.
• New south Wales is the last state in Australia to act.
• Marine wildlife at risk from chocking,entanglement and death due to New South Wales plastic bags.
• Turtles,whales and fish are being killed by plastic bags.
• New south Wales Government to make lost time and introduce their ban on other  single use plastics this year joining South Australia, Queensland and the ACT.

e. Using your notes write a brief summary.

This article is about Australia's peak marine conversation body has welcome the new south wales governments move to ban plastic bags.The NSW community has until 8 of May to make submissions. Marine wildlife at risk from choking,entanglement and death due to New South Wales plastic bags.Turtles Whales and fish are being killed by plastic bags so,new south wales government must introduce ban on plastics.

f. write your personal reflection on the issue in the article.

In my opinion, marine wildlife at risk from chocking, entanglement and death due to New South Wales plastic bags so,  NSW government must introduce ban on plastics for the sake of our oceans. However, NSW is the last state in Australia even coles and woolies have banned the bags in other states.Now it is NSW government responsibilities to introduce their ban on single-use plastics this year. In addition, people of NSW treasure their beautiful beaches and iconic marine life.

Australia's coronavirus self-isolation rules: who has to do it and how it workshttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/24/australias-coronavirus-self-isolation-rules-who-has-to-do-it-and-how-it-works

Question

1. Where did you find your article?

The Guardian                                                                                                                            

2. what is the date of your article?                                                                                      

Tuesday, 24 Mar 2020                                                                                                          

3.what is the headline?                                                                                                    

Australia's corona virus self-isolation rules: who has to do it and how it works.                      

4. From reading the headline what do you think this article will be about?                    

From reading the headline I think this article will be about corona virus in Australia that how can people do self-isolation procedures. who can do this procedures and what will the outcome.

5. what is the main information in the article?

From midnight on Sunday 15 March, everyone entering Australia from overseas, except for flight attendants and residents of the Pacific Islands, is required to self-isolate upon arrival. If, they do not self isolate them selves then it is not safe for other people and they will be fined thousand dollars.

6.what are two things the article tells  you?

There are two things the article tells us Self isolating and Social distancing that people should limit their social distancing and their movement to social activities. 

7. Find two negative and positive word and phrase?

 Positive: be able to take/healthy 
 Negative: You cannot have visitor/avoid going outside

 8. What does these words tells you about the writer's point of view?

 The writer's purpose to encouraged people to do certain things like self- isolation and self distancing and to prohibit them from doing other things.

9. Identify the source of information the writer refers to the article?

News

International Live Blog

Prime Minister Scott Morrison

Brett Sutton (Chief Health officer)

Chris Moy ( the south Australian president of Australia Medical Association)

Peter Gollignon ( an infectious disease expert from Australia National University)

Daniel Andrew (the Victorian premier)

What information do these source give?

They are all resources that people who can perform their duties to protect the society in this difficult situation.

What is the link between the graph or words in the article?

These are the links that lead us directly to a more specific explanation on a particular topic.

Personal reflection: My opinion about this issue is that the disease is very grave and people should follow the rules of self-isolation and co-prate with the government as well as they needs to be more careful if,they came from overseas.In this article there are many useful information  for people to protect them from corona virus disease. 
To conclude, this article gives people more explanation of self-isolation and how to do self distancing and how to act in the society in this hard time.

Clarity and compassion': what Australia can learn from New Zealands coronavirus responsehttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/25/clarity-and-compassion-what-australia-can-learn-from-new-zealands-coronavirus-response