ISLAND CIVILIZAITION
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ISLAND CIVILIZATION
11A Module #2
Introduction to Module,
DAY1
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?
Activity1
Agree= +
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.
I
Disagree= -
Don’t know=?
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 huntergatherers, 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
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)
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)
Activity 3- Reading with the
Grain
• Chart the text
• Highlight sentences that
have key words from
vocabulary cards
• Partner-Pass-Read
paragraphs 1-4
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
Homework
• Read excerpt from
“Walden” by Henry David
Thoreau
**Check out an 11th 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
DAY 2
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
SOAPStone Summary
Activity 5: 5 Word Summary
Homework
• Read excerpt from
“Silent Spring” by
Rachel Carson
– Write a Rhetorical Précis of
Carson’s excerpt
– Answer Questions
DAY 3
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
Activity 6- Loaded
Language
• Example:
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
Activity 7: Allusions
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?
Homework
• Find an article on
the environment.
– Write a Rhetorical
Précis of it
DAY 4
Read para. 15-29
• Complete SAYS / DOES
• Underline the different scenarios that Nash
proposes for the future
Activity 8 – Different Perspectives
Activity 8 – Different Perspectives
Activity 8 – Different Perspectives
Homework
• Write a rhetorical précis
of Nash’s article.
• Focus on covering the
whole article.
DAY 5
Dialectical Journal
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.
DAY 5
Activity 9 Quick-write
• “Wilderness and
civilization can co-exist
in harmony.”
• Agree or disagree
• Come up with specific
examples to support
your opinion
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
Activity 10: Entering the
Discussion
• Is humanity doomed?
• Is the Earth doomed?
• What will civilization
look like in the future?
• Are humans selfish?
Activity 10:
Activity 10:
Thesis Writing
• Using Sentence Pattern 8
• Using Sentence Pattern 1c
• Using Sentence Pattern 11 and 11a
DAY 6
Timed Write
Revisions to essay & Annotated Bibliography
DAY 6
Annotated Bibliography
• Type your Précis statements into an
annotated bibliography
• Thoreau
• Carson
• Chief Seattle
• Nash
• Article of Choice