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As Temperatures Rise, Farmers Plant Crops in South Korean Tunnel
What is the author’s purpose in explaining tunnel farming in South Korea?
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Table of Contents
Skills Focus
Overview and Connect
Read and Check
Analyze / Engage with the Text
Summarize
Develop / Build Your Argument
Draft and Review / Create your CERCA
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Extension Activities
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S K I L L S F O C U S
Build Your Vocabulary: �Map a Word — Cultivate �
Synonym (similar or like word)
Antonym (opposite word)
Picture of Vocabulary Word
Vocabulary Word and Definition
Part of Speech
Root Word or Origin
Sentence Using Vocabulary Word
Instructions: Analyzing key vocabulary words will help you better understand the texts you are reading. Word mapping can also help the words "stick" in your memory. Complete the map below with the vocabulary word provided in the title. Use a dictionary if necessary. Fill as many boxes as you can.
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Cornell Notes: Point of View and Purpose in Informational Texts
What is point of view? | Point of view is… |
What are some differences between the author’s point of view and the author’s purpose? | Some differences between the author’s point of view and the author’s purpose are… |
What are primary and secondary sources? | Primary and secondary sources are… |
Instructions: Take notes on the Direct Instruction lesson using the organizer below. Then summarize and reflect on the next page.
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Cornell Notes: Point of View and Purpose in Informational Texts
Summarize and Reflect
In your own words and in complete sentences, write a 3–4 sentence summary of this Direct Instruction lesson. An accurate summary will cover the lesson's central ideas and include important details to support those ideas.
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O V E R V I E W A N D C O N N E C T
Find Your Purpose for Learning
Instructions: When you have finished reading the Overview for this lesson, answer the following questions in the space below:
What more would you like to learn about hydroponic gardening? What would you like to know about tunnel farming in South Korea?
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O V E R V I E W A N D C O N N E C T
Share Your Personal Connection
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R E A D
Share Your Reflections
Instructions: During or after you have finished reading, find the questions in the text marked Pause and Reflect. These questions may help you understand the text, or they may help you connect the text to yourself, to other texts, or to the world around you.
Use the space on the left below to answer the reflection questions. Then discuss your answers, noting how they were similar or different.
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R E A D
Test Prep Strategy: Summarizing a Text
Before you answer questions about a text, summarize it! Writing a summary allows you to anticipate questions that teachers and test-makers might ask.
First, read the poem. Then, write a 2-3 sentence summary below. Your summary should use the SOAPSTone strategy—identifying the Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Subject, Tone—to summarize the poem.
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A N A L Y Z E / E N G A G E W I T H T H E T E X T
Highlight and Annotate
In this step, you will analyze the text closely, then discuss your findings to begin developing reasoning for your argument.
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S U M M A R I Z E
Write a Summary
Summaries help you process your thinking about a text and are often a great way to start off an argumentative or informational essay. A good summary shows you have knowledge about a topic.
Practicing summarizing also helps you prepare for the main idea questions posed on many standardized assessments. In addition, summarizing is a helpful skill for working with others, such as when you need to confirm your understanding of what someone else has said. That's a useful skill for all parts of life.
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D E V E L O P / B U I L D Y O U R A R G U M E N T
Share your Argument Builder
When you’ve completed the argument building step, share your results with others, and listen to how they responded to the same question. Ask questions, and give feedback to help strengthen your partners’ reasons and evidence.
What is the author’s purpose in explaining tunnel farming in South Korea? | |
Share Your Argument | Listen and Record Others |
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D R A F T A N D R E V I E W / C R E A T E Y O U R C E R C A
Peer Editing Activity
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D R A F T A N D R E V I E W / C R E A T E Y O U R C E R C A
Reflect on Your Writing
Before you submit your final CERCA, write a brief reflection describing your experience.
An area for growth for me on this piece or in my writing in general is…
The strongest areas of this piece of writing are…
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Through self-assessment and/or peer editing, I learned…
Extension Activities
The following activities can be used as extensions to this lesson.
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O P T I O N A L E X T E N S I O N : A C T I V I T Y
HYDROPONIC HOME GARDENS
Background
People can create hydroponic home gardens fairly simply. A hydroponic home garden uses water, light, and nutrients to create plantlife in your own home. By growing herbs or food in your home, you can get fresh food at a low cost.
Visualize
Below are several pictures of home hydroponic gardens. Complete the table below to reflect on the various images.
| What do you see in the image? | What is a question you have about this image? |
Image 1 | | |
Image 2 | | |
Image3 | | |
Image 1
Image 2
Image 3
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HYDROPONIC HOME GARDENS
Explore
Below are several websites that show how to make a hydroponic home garden. Spend some time looking through these to better understand the different garden options.
Reflect
Reflect on the images and the websites to answer the following questions:
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Ask Questions of the Texts
As you engage with texts in any subject, you can actively ask questions about the author’s purpose, intended audience, and occasion to understand the message. The table below provides examples.
Approaches | Example |
Questions about the author | Is the author an authority on this topic? What was the author’s motivation in writing this piece? |
Questions about the audience, purpose, and occasion of the text | Why was this article written? Why was it published at this time? |
Questions about civics, economics, geography, and history | How is hydroponic farming helping in South Korea? |
Questions about concepts and ideas | What types of crops can be created in dark spaces? |
Questions about self and community reflections | How can hydroponic farms solve food shortage challenges for communities? |
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Ask Questions of the Texts (continued)
Use the table below to record questions about the text you read.
Approaches | Questions |
Questions about the author | |
Questions about the audience, purpose, and occasion of the text | |
Questions about civics, economics, geography, and history | |
Questions about concepts and ideas | |
Self and Community Reflections | |
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