Wednesday, 3/9

Announcements

The first expository book fair has been moved from Friday, March 11 at 11:00 to Tuesday, March 15 in class.

Your second personal reading report is now due on Tuesday, March 15 at the beginning of class. In class on Thursday, we will study examples and practice writing expository summaries. On Monday, we will go to the lab so that you can work on your reports and get individual help.

Classwork

Students

• Reviewed paragraph 6 on the white handout. The pattern was cause/effect. The main idea was The example of the Kong Mountains shows that ignorance about African geography often led to inaccuracies on maps.
• Formed questions from the titles in Chapter 10, "Big Organic." For example, from the title "Once upon a Time," you could create the question "How is big organic like a fairy tale?"
• Using the questions formed from the titles, found the main idea of each section. We only looked up vocabulary words if we needed them to find the main idea.

Homework

• For your section of Ch. 11 in the Omnivore's Dilemma, write a question from the title. Then read the section in order to find the answer to your question. Write both the question and answer on the handout. Remember, look up only the vocabulary words that you need for the main idea and supporting details.
• Read NorthStar, pg. 140. Answer the questions on pg. 141.
• Complete the vocabulary exercises in NorthStar, pgs. 144-146.