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Interacting in Meaningful Ways: Academic Collaboration
Learning Targets
• Demonstrate active listening. PI.7.5
• Ask and answer questions about an essay in conversations. PI.7.1
• Express and support opinions about facts from an essay in conversation. PI.7.3 • Read closely to make inferences and draw conclusions. PI.7.6b
Turn to your partner or small group to discuss each question about America the Not-So- Beautiful. After you have discussed a question, write notes about your answer before going on to the next question.
ACTIVITY 3.4
1. At what point does Rooney transition from throwing things away to poisoning the earth? ccss.RI.7.1
In paragraph 5, Rooney first mentions poisoning the earth. He goes on to say that humans and all living things will be poisoned, also.
3. What statistics does Rooney use to support his claim about wastefulness? ccss.RI.7.1
According to Rooney, .
Of all household waste, 30 percent of the weight and 50 percent of the volume is packaging. Americans spend more for the packaging of food than all our farmers together make to grow the food.
asking Questions
2. What is the connection between throwing things away and poisoning the earth? ccss.RI.7.3
Many of the things that people throw away are harmful. This trash will sit for many years and poison the earth, as well as the people who inhabit it.
4. What does the word landfill mean, and what is Rooney’s attitude to this word? ccss.RI.7.4
Rooney’s attitude to is .
A landfill is a hole in the ground where trash is dumped. Rooney feels negative about landfills because he worries that people create them as a simple solution to a much bigger problem.
The connection between and is .
Rooney makes a transition from to in paragraph .
Considering Rooney’s feelings about trash in America, do you think he is serious in the first paragraph of the essay? Reread the first paragraph from America the Not-So-Beautiful and discuss with a partner whether or not you think he is serious. Write a question you would ask Mr. Rooney if you could?
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