L.A. 3 – 11th
To Clone or Not to Clone
12-2 to
12-6-2013
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1. Activity 8: Understanding Key Vocabulary—Word Sort Activity

2. First Reading for
Understanding
Read through Carolyn Said’s article to identify main ideas and evidence to support your developing interpreta- tions Read with the grain or “play the believing game,” agreeing with the author as you examine your predictions. See Activity 4 predictions.
Answer the following questions:
a. Did the article answer your questions? Which ones?
b. Which of your predic-tions turned out to be true?
If your prediction was inaccurate, what in the text misled you?
c. What information in the article surprised you? What did not surprise you?
d. What, if anything, confused you?
Share your answers in small groups. / Organizational Structure
Map the organization of the text by taking the following steps:
a. Draw a line across the page where the introduction ends. Is it after the first paragraph, or are there several introductory paragraphs? Is it in the middle of a paragraph? How do you know that the text has moved on from the introduction? Explain.
b. Draw a line across the page where the conclusion begins. Is it the last paragraph, or are there several concluding paragraphs? How do you know that the text has reached the conclusion?
c. Discuss in groups or as a class why the lines were drawn where they were.
2. Activity 9: Considering the Structure of the Text
Descriptive Outlining
Mark your text by using marginal notes to express what the short paragraph says on the left (content) and what the passage does on the right (the author’s purpose). / 1. Activity 11: Annotating
and Questioning the Text
Your second reading should be to question the text, reading “against the grain” and “playing the doubting game.” As you read, look for claims and assertions made by Carolyn Said. Does she back them up? Do you agree with them? Explain
Read the article again, and using a highlighter, mark the following parts of the text:
a. Differences between
clone and the original
b. Arguments in favor of
cloning (who makes these)
c. Arguments against
cloning (who makes these)
d. In the right-hand margin, write your reactions to the text.
e. At the bottom of the article, write a sentence or two, summarizing the main idea of the article.
2. Activity 12:
Analyzing Words
After reading the article, locate and identify words from the Activity 5 Self-Assessment Chart or the Word Sort. Read the sentence in which the word appears. Highlight. Guess the meaning according to the context, or break down the word into parts using your knowledge of roots affixes. Put the defini-tion in the last column of chart. / Activity 13: Analyzing Stylistic Choices
a. How would you describe the style of this article? Is it formal? Informal? Academic? Scientific?Conversational?
Explain
b. What did Carolyn Said hope to accomplish using this style of writing?
c. The author uses allusions to other works assuming the readers know these references.
-Identify some of these references and determine their purpose in the text.
-Why did the author use these literary references?
-What does that do to the
text?
-What must the reader know to be able to under-stand these references?
Activity 14: Summarizing
Answer the following questions & explain.:
a. What are the uses of
cloning? (See article)
b. Is reproductive cloning
right?
c. Is therapeutic cloning
right?
d. What organisms are
acceptable for us to clone? / Activity 17: Reflecting on the Reading Process
What have you learned from study-ing the information in this module? What do you want to learn next? What reading strategies did you
use or learn in this module? Which strategies will you use in reading other texts? How will you apply these strategies in other classes? In what ways has your ability to read and discuss texts like this one improved? How has your under- standing of cloning changed after having read this article?
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/ Finish Activity 11-12. Write responses on your own paper annotate the article.
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