The student wants to describe the Kenyan school tree-planting programme to an unfamiliar audience. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

Question

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- Wangari Maathai's Green Belt Movement is one example of tree planting as activism.
- In Kenya, tree planting has also been organised by schools since the 1980s.
- The Kenyan school programme has planted over 10 million trees.
- Pupils tend the seedlings during the school year.

Accepted Answer

A. Since the 1980s, Kenyan schools have run a tree-planting programme in which pupils tend seedlings during the school year; it has planted more than 10 million trees.. What the programme is, who does it, and its scale.

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B. Wangari Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement. — About a different organisation.

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C. Trees can be planted as a form of activism. — A generality.

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D. Pupils tend seedlings. — One detail with no context.

Expression of Ideas practice question

Answer: A. Since the 1980s, Kenyan schools have run a tree-planting programme in which pupils tend seedlings during the school year; it has planted more than 10 million trees.

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