February+18,+2011

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Unit 3 Essential Questions: What makes us the same? What makes us different?
= February 18, 2011 =

Students will:
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 * == be able to identify why global warming is important.  ==
 * == identify how to stop global climate change.  ==
 * == learn how to identify a credible source.  ==
 * == reread Article 1 for reading comprehension.  ==
 * Write a paragraph summarizing Article 1 using the template.

=Reminders:= include component="page" page="table_bot"
 * Checking homework today: Grammar Book
 * Go to the Night Library for extra help!

=__Agenda__=

1. Copy the Learning Objectives and Homework.

2. Students will reread Article 1 from the Persuasive Packet as a class. After reading the article students will answer the questions below in their table groups and as a class. a. What is global warming and why is it important to the people in the Himalayan region? (par. 2 and 8) b. Why is it important to walruses that ice is disappearing from the Arctic? (par. 3) c. What is the biggest cause (السبب, causa ) for global warming? (par. 6) d. What is happening in India's Kashmir mountains? How do humans use the glacier to live? (par. 8) e. How will the Arctic look in 20-30 years if nothing changes and what does that mean to animals like the walrus and polar bear? (par. 12) f. Why should global warming be important to humans? g. The glacier that is melting is on the other side of the world. How is that going to affect us in El Cajon? h. It states in paragraph 12, "if nothing changes, the Arctic will be almost free of summer ice within 10 years..." It also states in paragraph 14, "time is running... short." These two statements are similar in that they both discuss the changes happening because of global warming. Thinking about these two statements, what changes can be made by countries to help stop the the ice from melting and changes from happening as a result of global warming? What changes can we make in our lives to help global climate change?

3. Discuss, as a class, what the citation is and why is the citation important. Have the discussion with the class about the difference between a citation that is from a credible source and one that is from a suspect source. Students will create a list in their notebooks of credible sources on these topics: education, government, immigration, and the environment. Tell the class that authors are not always credible and that important people are also not always credible.

==** Template ** ==

Article 1 is about ... and how the world is getting ... causing ... In Article 1, Jennifer Walters gives the examples ... and ... about global warming. These two examples show that the Earth is ... The Earth warming is important because when it warms ... and ... happen. Some ways that we can stop this from happening are ...

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