1. ISLAND CIVILIZATION 11A Module #2

2. DAY1 Introduction to Module,

3. ENTRY EVENT This module asks you to consider the “history and future of wilderness and civilization on planet Earth.” Essential Question: What will civilization look like on planet Earth in the distant future?

5. Activity1 Agree= + Disagree= - Don’t know=? I II 1. _____ _____ Humans lack foresight. 2. _____ _____ Future generations will be thankful for the manner in which we treated the Earth “on our watch.” 3. _____ _____ In 1,000 years, life will be better for humans than it is today. 4. _____ _____ In 1,000 years, the Earth will be a healthier planet than it is today. 5. _____ _____ Having a goal is a vital first step to solving problems. 6. _____ _____ “Wilderness” and “civilization” can coexist in harmony. 7. _____ _____ Life in modern cities is preferable to the life of hunter- gatherers, who live off the land. 8. _____ _____ “Nature” is an oppressed minority that needs to be liberated. 9. _____ _____ Civilization is vulnerable and may not last. 10._____ _____ Wilderness is vulnerable and may not last. 11._____ _____ Human progress should take precedence over the rights and needs of other species. 12._____ _____ Humans in the future will have the ability to control nature completely. 13. _____ _____ If humans plan well now, life in the year 3010 will be better for humans and all other life forms on planet Earth Read each statement. Then, in Column I, write a plus sign if you agree with the statement, a minus sign if you disagree, or a question mark if you are unsure about your opinion. For most statements, there are no right answers.

6. Activity 2- Survey the Text Consider the following excerpts from the text: “The new third millennium we are just entering affords an excellent opportunity to think big about the history and future of wilderness and civilization on planet Earth” (371, par. 1) “As a historian I am concerned about how the future will regard what happened to the planet on our watch.” (372, par. 1)

7. Activity 2- Survey the Text Consider the following excerpts from the text: “What could the human tenure on Earth be like a thousand years from now—at the start of the Fourth Millennium? My proposal involves some really major changes. I expect it to be controversial.” (372, par. 2) “As a starting point, let’s consider wilderness. It’s a state of mind, a perception, rather than a geographical reality, and prior to the advent of herding and agriculture about ten thousand years before the present, it didn’t exist.” (372, par. 3)

8. Activity 3- Reading with the Grain Chart the text Highlight sentences that have key words from vocabulary cards Partner-Pass-Read paragraphs 1-4

10. Homework Read Chief Seattle’s Speech –Answer the reading questions (full sentences with examples from the text) –Rhetorical Précis –Reflection summary “How does Chief Seattle discuss wilderness & civilization”? Vocabulary Crossword (use your notecards) WHY? By the end of the week, you will produce an annotated bibliography about environmentalism

11. Homework Read excerpt from “Walden” by Henry David Thoreau **Check out an 11 th grade textbook** –Pages 382- 386 (Don’t go past the title ‘Solitude’) –Write a Rhetorical Précis of Thoreau’s experiences in nature –Sentence Pattern 6 practice

12. DAY 2

13. Activity 4- Reading with the Grain Chart the text Highlight sentences that have key words from vocabulary cards Partner-Pass-Read paragraphs 5-8 When you finish: Complete a SOAPStone summary of paragraphs 1-8

15. SOAPStone Summary

16. Activity 5: 5 Word Summary

17. Homework Read excerpt from “Silent Spring” by Rachel Carson –Write a Rhetorical Précis of Carson’s excerpt –Answer Questions

18. DAY 3

19. Activity 6- Loaded Language Read paragraphs 9-14 Complete Says / Does Highlight examples of “loaded language” –Extreme feelings, either negative or positive –Words with bias and tone –Words that are used figuratively to show opinion

20. Activity 6- Loaded Language Example:

21. Activity 6- Loaded Language Make a chart like the one below. Find 5 examples of loaded language –Describe their connotation –Offer neutral and substitute words

22. Activity 7: Allusions

23. Activity 7: Allusions & References Underline all the allusions you can find in paragraphs 9-14. What kinds of allusions does Nash make in paragraphs 9-14? How do these allusions make him more credible? Why does he use these allusions? What claim is he supporting?

24. Homework Find an article on the environment. –Write a Rhetorical Précis of it

25. DAY 4

26. Read para. 15-29 Complete SAYS / DOES Underline the different scenarios that Nash proposes for the future

27. Activity 8 – Different Perspectives

30. Homework Write a rhetorical précis of Nash’s article. Focus on covering the whole article.

31. DAY 5

32. Dialectical Journal

33. Homework Create a visual interpretation of each of Nash’s 4 scenarios. For each visual, add one direct quote from the text that supports your picture. Choose a prompt. Each prompt is tied to a rhetorical mode. Write an essay that answers the prompt.

34. DAY 5

35. Activity 9 Quick-write “Wilderness and civilization can co-exist in harmony.” Agree or disagree Come up with specific examples to support your opinion

36. Preparing to Write Choice of Prompts: 1. Write an argumentative letter to Nash 2. Write an argumentative essay about which scenario is likely to happen and why 3. Write an argumentative essay that proposes a scenario of your own

37. Activity 10: Entering the Discussion Is humanity doomed? Is the Earth doomed? What will civilization look like in the future? Are humans selfish?

38. Activity 10:

40. Thesis Writing Using Sentence Pattern 8 Using Sentence Pattern 1c Using Sentence Pattern 11 and 11a

41. DAY 6

42. Timed Write

43. DAY 6 Revisions to essay & Annotated Bibliography

44. Annotated Bibliography Type your Précis statements into an annotated bibliography Thoreau Carson Chief Seattle Nash Article of Choice