ISLAND CIVILIZATION11A Module #2

DAY1Introduction to Module,

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?

Activity1Agree= + 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.

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 TextConsider 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

DAY 6Revisions to essay & Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography

• Type your Précis statements into an annotated bibliography

• Thoreau• Carson• Chief Seattle• Nash• Article of Choice