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Mid-Unit 3 Assessment Part 1: Researching Information about Buying Fish Caught Using Sustainable Methods

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This Mid-Unit 3 Assessment Part 1: Researching Information about Buying Fish Caught Using Sustainable Methods lesson plan also includes:

Full Grade 6 ELA Module 3B (.pdf)
Full Grade 6 ELA Module 3B Updates: June 2015 (.pdf)
Full Grade 6 ELA Module 3B, Unit 3 (.pdf)
Grade 6 ELA Module 3B: Unit 3, Lesson 5 (.html)
How to Buy Fresh, Sustainable Seafood
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Sustainable seafood is not an oxymoron. Pupils watch a video about how consumers purchase seafood responsibly. Then, using resources in their assessment research folders, they complete a graphic organizer to record factual information about buying fish caught using sustainable methods.

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Concepts

overfishing, sustainability, Research, informational texts

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

Use the consumer guide as one of the resources in student research folders

Classroom Considerations

Fifth lesson from the consecutive 13-part Grade 6 ELA Module 3B, Unit 3 series
In advance, prepare assessment research folders
Requires copies of World Without Fish by Mark Kurlanski

Pros

Includes comprehensive teaching notes
Provides strategies for lesson differentiation

Cons

Link for the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch Pocket Guide is broken

Common Core

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