1. Should the government fund stem cell research and cloning?
To Clone or Not to Clone
Should the government fund stem cell research and cloning?

2. Dr. Moreau http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4feQbyy_v1k
Double Trouble
Dr. Moreau
South Park Parody of Moreau

3. Reproductive vs. Therapeutic Cloning
Please find the following:
Define reproductive cloning
Define therapeutic cloning
Find the similarities and differences

4. Picture Walk
You’ve asked why those pictures of animals were hanging around the room…as you walk around the room and examine all 7 photos, write your INITIAL reaction to hearing that scientists have successfully cloned each of these.
Then write a paragraph answering this question:
If you could clone any of the animals you just saw, which would you choose? Explain why,

5. Create a Timeline!
Cloning began in experimental stages as early as the 1800s and has been controversial from the get-go. Work in groups to create a timeline that explores cloning beginning at the mid 1800s that includes all significant events related to stem cell research and other types of cloning.

6. Timeline
Work with your team to create a timeline of the history of cloning from 1885 to Include at least 30 events.
Include H.G. Wells: The Island of Dr. Moreau, published 1896
Try a google search: “timeline of the history of cloning”
The team with the most artistic timeline will win a set of homework passes.

7. What your partner thinks.
“Surveying the Text” Prompt from Teacher
What you think.
“I think…”
What your partner thinks.
What does the title suggest the article will discuss?
What does the end of the article include? Why did the author include it?
What has happened in cloning since 2004?

8. Homework-Vocabulary
Self-assessment of passage vocabulary. Check the words you are familiar with and include definitions; at any time during the reading, fill in the definitions of words for which you don’t know a meaning. Charts will be collected after the reading is completed.

9. Categorize by Heading
Identify words that fall into the following categories:
Animal Surgeries/treatment/general medical terms
Words pertaining to babies or pregnancy
Words pertaining to copying
Words pertaining to times of life or age

10. Marking the Text
Briefly scan the text and draw a line across the page where you think the introduction ends; then draw a line across the page where you think the conclusion begins.
Be sure to have some sort of reasoning behind why you drew the lines and be ready to explain them for our discussion.

11. Read with a Purpose
Whenever reading (especially for school or work) you should always have a purpose in mind to help keep you on track.
As you read through for the first time, circle the claim(s) and underline the support.

12. Read with a Purpose
As you read through the second time, begin interacting with the text. As you read claims or assertions, comment on them in the margins: Do you agree? Disagree? Why?
Now reading this article becomes interactive and like a conversation between you and the text.
Keep in mind that you will be using this as a resource for your argumentative writing assignment on cloning.

13. Reflect on Your Reading Process
On the back of the article, answer the following using complete sentences.
1. What have you learned from the “conversation” you had with the text?
2. What do you want to learn next?
3. How will the strategies you used while reading this article help you in your other classes?
4. In what ways has your ability to read articles such as this one improved?
5. How has your understanding of cloning changed after reading this article?

14. First Citation:
Said, Carolyn. “Here, Kitty-Kitty-Kitty-Kitty.” San Francisco Chronicle 15 Apr. 2004: A1. Print.