World Without Fish

LESSON 1 Introducing World Without Fish I can find the GIST of an excerpt of the Introduction of World Without Fish I can use evidence from the text to answer text-dependent questions.

LESSON 1 Introducing World Without Fish DO YOU LIKE TO EAT FISH? Why or Why not? Think-Pair-Share

Imagine a world without fish… How would it be different? Think-Pair-Share

DO YOU THINK YOU’LL LIKE READING THIS BOOK? Why or Why not? Look at the cover of the book…In your notebook, answer the following questions: What do you notice? What do you wonder? DO YOU THINK YOU’LL LIKE READING THIS BOOK? Why or Why not? Notebooks and Think-Pair-Share

LESSON 1 Introducing World Without Fish I can find the GIST of an excerpt of the Introduction of World Without Fish I can use evidence from the text to answer text-dependent questions. Pass out WORD CATCHER

LESSON 1 Introducing World Without Fish Word Catcher Make predictions of what the book will be about. Listen to INTRODUCTION Staple Word Catcher at Front of Notebook

LESSON 1 Introducing World Without Fish Is your prediction correct??? GIST Unfamiliar words Sticky Note Listening GIST- We (students) have the responsibilities and opportunities to save the ocean environment before the Earth is destroyed. GIST on sticky note for first part Unfamiliar words on word catcher and definitions in notebook for lesson- use dictionaries Read aloud additional text (one paragraph at a time) Students mark unfamiliar words with sticky notes Students re-read paragraph at a time and record GIST in notebook Repeat until completed to page xii

Lesson 1 Introducing World Without Fish TEXT DEPENDENT QUESTION 1 On page x, according to Mark Kurlansky, who is causing the problem? “well-meaning people” Draw chart on board ANSWER- well meaning people

LESSON 1 Introducing World Without Fish TEXT DEPENDENT QUESTON 2 According to Mark Kurlansky, how long could it take for most of the fish we commonly eat to be gone? “in the next fifty years” ANSWER- 50 years

LESSON 1 Introducing World Without Fish TEXT DEPENDENT QUESTON 3 What species of fish does that include? “salmon, tuna, cod, swordfish, and anchovies” ANSWER- salmon, tuna, cod, swordfish, and anchovies

LESSON 1 Introducing World Without Fish TEXT DEPENDENT QUESTON 4 According to Mark Kurlansky, how did the Industrial Revolution change things? “shifted production from handcrafts to machine-made factory goods” which “changed the relationship of people to nature” ANSWER- shifted production from handcrafts to machine-made factory goods which caused people to lose direct contact with nature (cow and milk example) and if people don’t have a relationship with nature, then they don’t realize their impact on it.

LESSON 1 Introducing World Without Fish TEXT DEPENDENT QUESTON 5 According to Mark Kurlansky, on what does the survival of the planet depend? “on how well these changes are handled” By my generation ANSWER- how well our generation handles the changes that will happen (opportunities and responsibilities)

LESSON 1 Introducing World Without Fish CLOSING What main ideas are you taking away after reading the INTRODUCTION? HOMEWORK What does the word “depletion” mean? How does Mark Kurlansky introduce the idea of fish “depletion” in the Introduction?

LESSON 2 Introducing World Without Fish I can find the gist of an excerpt of the Introduction of World without Fish. • I can use strategies to determine the meaning of words and phrases in this excerpt of the Introduction of World without Fish. • I can use evidence from the text to answer text-dependent questions. • I can analyze how Mark Kurlansky introduces the problem of fish depletion in World without Fish.

LESSON 2 Introducing World Without Fish HOMEWORK REVIEW What does the word “depletion” mean? How does Mark Kurlansky introduce the idea of fish “depletion” in the Introduction? Record how this idea introduced, illustrated, or explained in your chart. PASS OUT TRACING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN IDEA ANCHOR CHART Introduced with the use of very dramatic and almost scary sentences to get out attention---like But this story of how Earth could be destroyed and life on planet Earth could completely unravel

LESSON 2 Introducing World Without Fish I can use strategies to help me determine and understand unfamiliar vocabulary You will need 9 words per person. Break into groups of THREE and get a dictionary. Re-read pages xii-xvii stopping at the end of each paragraph (nine in all) and choose one word that is difficult to understand. Write the word and the dictionary definition in your notebook. Using your new definition, re-write the sentence in your notebook to make it easier to understand. Read pages xii-xvii aloud as students follow along—Discuss the Darwin theory Need to practice reading long passages (stamina) CHUNKING texts Have students to write how this activity helps them to understand the text better.

LESSON 2 Introducing World Without Fish I can use evidence from the text to answer text-dependent questions. TEXT DEPENDENT QUESTON 1 What is the full name of the famous book by Charles Darwin?

LESSON 2 Introducing World Without Fish TEXT DEPENDENT QUESTON 2 In your own words and in no more than a couple of sentences, describe what Darwin explained in his book.

LESSON 2 Introducing World Without Fish TEXT DEPENDENT QUESTON 3 What are the seven major levels or categories that plants and animals are organized into?

LESSON 2 Introducing World Without Fish TEXT DEPENDENT QUESTON 4 What class and order are humans in?

LESSON 2 Introducing World Without Fish TEXT DEPENDENT QUESTON 5 What are some other mammals in that order?

LESSON 2 Introducing World Without Fish TEXT DEPENDENT QUESTON 6 What family, genus, and species are we in?

LESSON 2 Introducing World Without Fish TEXT DEPENDENT QUESTON 7 According to Mark Kurlansky, what was Charles Darwin’s greatest contribution? Write your answer in your own words in no more than two sentences.

LESSON 2 Introducing World Without Fish TEXT DEPENDENT QUESTON 8 Describe the process known as evolution in your own words. As circumstances (environment, etc) change, species learn to adapt to those changes or they change into another species or become extinct

LESSON 2 Introducing World Without Fish TEXT DEPENDENT QUESTON 9 Why were Charles Darwin’s ideas seen as controversial, and why do they still cause conflict now? Write your answer in your own words in no more than two sentences.

LESSON 2 Introducing World Without Fish TEXT DEPENDENT QUESTON 10 According to page xvii, how is life interconnected? What plants and animals do effects humans and what humans do effect plants and animals

LESSON 2 Introducing World Without Fish CLOSING How does Mark Kurlansky CONTINUE to introduce his ideas about fish depletion in the Introduction of World without Fish? Kurlansky introduces very famous scientific ideas, like evolution and diversity of species by Charles Darwin, which provides a background to build his ideas on.

LESSON 2 Introducing World Without Fish What were two of the most important ideas that Kurlanksy discussed in this section of the Introduction?

LESSON 3 Introducing World Without Fish • I can find the gist of an excerpt of the Introduction of World without Fish. • I can use strategies to determine the meaning of words and phrases in this excerpt of the Introduction of World without Fish. • I can use evidence from the text to answer text-dependent questions. • I can analyze how Mark Kurlansky introduces the problem of fish depletion in World without Fish.

LESSON 3 Introducing World Without Fish THINK-PAIR-SHARE Out of ten questions that were answered yesterday, which one did you find most interesting?

LESSON 3 Introducing World Without Fish GIST Silently READ each page from 18-23. In your notebook, write the GIST for each page. There should be FIVE separate entries for GIST. Page xviii- The GIST of this page is…`

LESSON 3 Introducing World Without Fish I can use strategies to help me determine and understand unfamiliar vocabulary You will need 9 sticky notes per group. Break into groups of THREE and get a dictionary. Re-read pages xii-xvii stopping at the end of each paragraph (nine in all) and choose one word that is difficult to understand. Write the word and the dictionary definition on the sticky note. Using your new definition, re-write the sentence on the back of your sticky note to make it easier to understand. Read pages xviii-xxiii aloud as students follow along—Discuss the Darwin theory Need to practice reading long passages (stamina) CHUNKING texts Have students to write how this activity helps them to understand the text better.

LESSON 3 Introducing World Without Fish TEXT DEPENDENT QUESTIONS Use the chart provided Work in your triad group Read and answer each question Provide answers FROM THE TEXT and indicate page and paragraph numbers

LESSON 3 Introducing World Without Fish CLOSING How does Mark Kurlansky CONTINUE to introduce his ideas about fish depletion in the Introduction of World without Fish? Record your answer in your chart.

LESSON 3 Introducing World Without Fish HOMEWORK Finish your chart AND… Read the graphic story and answer the following questions… What do we learn about fishing from the graphic novel? How does Mark Kurlansky introduce the idea of fish depletion in the graphic novel? Need copies of page xxiv- graphic story