Warm Up: Ligers, wholphins, groler bears… Should humans hybridize animals? Write a paragraph explaining your answer. **THIS WILL BE TURNED IN** Link to Examples: https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/photos/11-amazing-hybrid-animals/savannah-cats#top-desktop
Directions: Set up notebook page with categories: problems, causes, people, vocab words
Directions: Work with your elbow partner to sort the words into the categories After all words have been sorted, work together to write 1-2 sentences predicting what the main idea of the article is. Use at least 2 words from each category. Be prepared to share!
Vocab Words: Solar System Interstellar Scientists Astronomers scrambled trajectory intrigued zipped steep asteroid
Main idea: Astronomers recently scrambled to observe an intriguing asteroid that zipped through our Solar System on a steep trajectory from Interstellar Space. *Notice that the sentence didn’t start with “I think…” or “The article…”
Read and Annotate the Article: Highlight: the main idea of each paragraph Underline: vocab. words Circle: any other unknown words “?” by something you don’t understand. Turn the annotated article into the basket at the end of the period