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ISLAND CIVILIZATION

ISLAND CIVILIZATION. 11A Module #2. Introduction to Module,. Day1. ENTRY EVENT. This module asks you to consider the “history and future of wilderness and civilization on planet Earth.” Essential Question: What will civilization look like on planet Earth in the distant future?. Activity1.

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ISLAND CIVILIZATION

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  1. ISLAND CIVILIZATION 11A Module #2

  2. Introduction to Module, Day1

  3. ENTRY EVENT This module asks you to consider the “history and future of wilderness and civilization on planet Earth.” Essential Question: What will civilization look like on planet Earth in the distant future?

  4. Activity1 Read each statement. Then, in Column I, write a plus sign if you agree with the statement, a minus sign if you disagree, or a question mark if you are unsure about your opinion. For most statements, there are no right answers.

  5. Activity 2- Survey the Text Consider the following excerpts from the text: • “The new third millennium we are just entering affords an excellent opportunity to think big about the history and future of wilderness and civilization on planet Earth” (371, par. 1) • “As a historian I am concerned about how the future will regard what happened to the planet on our watch.” (372, par. 1)

  6. Activity 2- Survey the Text Consider the following excerpts from the text: • “What could the human tenure on Earth be like a thousand years from now—at the start of the Fourth Millennium? My proposal involves some really major changes. I expect it to be controversial.” (372, par. 2) • “As a starting point, let’s consider wilderness. It’s a state of mind, a perception, rather than a geographical reality, and prior to the advent of herding and agriculture about ten thousand years before the present, it didn’t exist.” (372, par. 3)

  7. Activity 3- Reading with the Grain • Chart the text • Highlight sentences that have key words from vocabulary cards • Partner-Pass-Read paragraphs 1-4

  8. Homework • Read Chief Seattle’s Speech • Answer the reading questions (full sentences with examples from the text) • Rhetorical Précis • Reflection summary “How does Chief Seattle discuss wilderness & civilization”? • Vocabulary Crossword (use your notecards) • WHY? By the end of the week, you will produce an annotated bibliography about environmentalism

  9. Homework • Read excerpt from “Walden” by Henry David Thoreau **Check out an 11th grade textbook** • Pages 382- 386 (Don’t go past the title ‘Solitude’) • Write a Rhetorical Précis of Thoreau’s experiences in nature • Sentence Pattern 6 practice

  10. Day 2

  11. Activity 4- Reading with the Grain • Chart the text • Highlight sentences that have key words from vocabulary cards • Partner-Pass-Read paragraphs 5-8 • When you finish: Complete a SOAPStone summary of paragraphs 1-8

  12. SOAPStone Summary

  13. Activity 5: 5 Word Summary

  14. Homework • Read excerpt from “Silent Spring” by Rachel Carson • Write a Rhetorical Précis of Carson’s excerpt • Answer Questions

  15. Day 3

  16. Activity 6- Loaded Language • Read paragraphs 9-14 • Complete Says / Does • Highlight examples of “loaded language” • Extreme feelings, either negative or positive • Words with bias and tone • Words that are used figuratively to show opinion

  17. Activity 6- Loaded Language • Example:

  18. Activity 6- Loaded Language • Make a chart like the one below. • Find 5 examples of loaded language • Describe their connotation • Offer neutral and substitute words

  19. Activity 7: Allusions

  20. Activity 7: Allusions & References • Underline all the allusions you can find in paragraphs 9-14. • What kinds of allusions does Nash make in paragraphs 9-14? • How do these allusions make him more credible? • Why does he use these allusions? What claim is he supporting?

  21. Homework • Find an article on the environment. • Write a Rhetorical Précis of it

  22. Day 4

  23. Read para. 15-29 • Complete SAYS / DOES • Underline the different scenarios that Nash proposes for the future

  24. Activity 8 – Different Perspectives

  25. Activity 8 – Different Perspectives

  26. Activity 8 – Different Perspectives

  27. Homework • Write a rhetorical précis of Nash’s article. • Focus on covering the whole article.

  28. Day 5

  29. Dialectical Journal

  30. Homework • Create a visual interpretation of each of Nash’s 4 scenarios. For each visual, add one direct quote from the text that supports your picture. • Choose a prompt. Each prompt is tied to a rhetorical mode. Write an essay that answers the prompt.

  31. Day 5

  32. Activity 9 Quick-write • “Wilderness and civilization can co-exist in harmony.” • Agree or disagree • Come up with specific examples to support your opinion

  33. Preparing to Write • Choice of Prompts: 1. Write an argumentative letter to Nash 2. Write an argumentative essay about which scenario is likely to happen and why 3. Write an argumentative essay that proposes a scenario of your own

  34. Activity 10: Entering the Discussion • Is humanity doomed? • Is the Earth doomed? • What will civilization look like in the future? • Are humans selfish?

  35. Activity 10:

  36. Activity 10:

  37. Thesis Writing • Using Sentence Pattern 8 • Using Sentence Pattern 1c • Using Sentence Pattern 11 and 11a

  38. Day 6

  39. Timed Write

  40. Revisions to essay & Annotated Bibliography Day 6

  41. Annotated Bibliography • Type your Précis statements into an annotated bibliography • Thoreau • Carson • Chief Seattle • Nash • Article of Choice

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