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Mid-Unit 3 Assessment Part 1: Researching Information about Buying Fish Caught Using Sustainable Methods Lesson PlanMid-Unit 3 Assessment Part 1: Researching Information about Buying Fish Caught Using Sustainable Methods Lesson Plan
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EngageNY
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6th
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English Language Arts
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Duration
45 mins
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Year
2014
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Mid-Unit 3 Assessment Part 1: Researching Information about Buying Fish Caught Using Sustainable Methods

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  • 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)
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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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CCSS: Designed

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

W.6.7 SL.6.2

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