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Preparing for Further Research: Industrial Food Chain Lesson PlanPreparing for Further Research: Industrial Food Chain Lesson Plan
Publisher
EngageNY
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Grade
8th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
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Collaborative Learning
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Year
2014
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Preparing for Further Research: Industrial Food Chain

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  • Grade 8 ELA Module 4 Unit 2 Overview (.pdf)
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  • Grade 8 ELA Module 4 Recommended Texts (.pdf)
  • Grade 8 ELA Module 4 Recommended Texts (.docx)
  • Grade 8 ELA Module 4 Overview (.pdf)
  • Grade 8 ELA Module 4 Overview (.docx)
  • Grade 8 ELA Module 4 Assessments (.pdf)
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Using an informative resource, pupils discover how to write research questions that are focused, answerable, and relevant. Scholars evaluate resources about the industrial food chain from Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma and then create supporting research questions.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

omnivores, nonfiction texts, food chains, research writing

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Invite partners to discuss some of the pros and cons of the industrial food chain

Classroom Considerations

  • This is lesson two of 17 from the consecutive Grade 8 ELA Module 4, Unit 2 series
  • In advance, prepare the research folders required for student research

Pros

  • Includes tips for meeting all learners' needs
  • Provides extensive teaching notes

Cons

  • None

Common Core

W.8.7

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