1. Aim: How do we cite evidence to support what text #3 says?
Do now: Read the following evidence to support the statement. Determine which evidence is very strong and why (rate the strong evidence with +, weak evidence with – with your explanation) .

2. Do you understand today’s “Do Now”?
Checkpoint # 1:
Do you understand today’s “Do Now”?
Raise your right hand if you clearly understand how to do today’s “Do Now”?
Raise your left hand if you do not clearly understand how to do today’s “Do Now”?

3. Statement: Animals are mistreated in the zoo.
“So far, the record on reintroductions to the wild is dismal (Text #1, l. 16)”
“My own investigations have revealed animals in visible distress lying unprotected from the full glare of the hot summer sun; primates in barren cages with no opportunity to climb; (Text #1,ll )”
“Of the estimated 200 public display facilities in Canada, only 26—slightly more than 10 percent—have been deemed to meet the standards of the Canadian Association of Zoos and Aquariums (CAZA) (Text #1, ll )”.
“Nearly every zoo, from the smallest amateur operation to the largest professional facilities, claims to be making important contributions to conservation (Text #1, ll.8-9)”.

4. Aim: How do we cite evidence to support what text #3 says?
I.Activity One: Review yesterday’s work by reading its title and its two subtitles to answer the following question. What is this author’s position about zoo animals? Which subtitle shows con attitude and which shows pro attitude? ________________________________________________________

5. Aim: How do we cite evidence to support what text #3 says?
II. Group work: Jigsaw work
G1 Read 4 paragraphs under the subtitle of “Zoos Deserve Boos”
G2 Read 4….. “Good News on Zoos”
Each group find one strong evidence from the text to support the author’s view and explain in your own words what the evidence means.

6. Do you understand today’s group work?
Checkpoint # 2:
Do you understand today’s group work?
Raise your right hand if you clearly understand today’s group work?
Raise your left hand if you do not clearly understand today’s group work?

7. Aim: How do we cite evidence to support what text #3 says?
Group # ___ Subtitle: ____________
Evidence from the text
My explanation of this evidence

8. Aim: How do we cite evidence to support what text #3 says?
# Write a paragraph giving your position on zoo animals and cite one example from the text to support it.
Sentence starters:
In the text #3 the author’s view is neutral presenting both pro and con attitudes towards zoo
animals. In my view I think animals should/shouldn’t be kept in the zoo. One evidence from this
text is ________________________ (cite the evidence with line #). This means ____________
_________________________________________________(explain the evidence in your own
words). Therefore, I believe ______________________________________________________
(state your view again in different words).

9. Aim: How do we cite evidence to support what text #3 says?
RI Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.