Warm-Up: Complete the top row of your I-chart (What We Know) for each question going across TAKE OUT YOUR PROJECT PACKET TO BE CHECKED AGAIN!

Objectives Essential Question: Students will compare and contrast the main ideas and interpretation of information between texts about the Mississippi Recycling Programs; Students will analyze and predict how Mississippi is contributing to pollution or helping in conservation of resources How is Mississippi responding to resource use and sustainability concerns? Essential Question:

Vocabulary Words Jackson Recycling Program. Waste Management. Pollution Control. Composting. Hazardous Waste.

Let’s Talk it Out! Each student will receive a flash card with a quote from the texts they are about to read. They will walk around the room and pick one person each round to share their quote with. Each round, they will predict how their quotes may work together or guess what the reading passages will be about/ the sequence of events/ and make inferences. After 5 rounds, the class will try to explain what the readings will be about and discuss comments made with their partners. Rethink how the ideas would group together.

How To Do An I-chart The teacher directs students as they begin with the planning phase of this activity. This phase includes: identifying the topic, forming questions, constructing the I-Chart, and collecting materials The next step is to engage students in the interacting phase which involves: exploring prior knowledge, sharing of interesting facts, and reading and rereading Finally, teachers guide the students through the integrating and evaluation phase by: summarizing comparing researching, and reporting

A role, audience, format, and topic will be chosen about the reading focus. Students will free-write a small entry in the given format as it relates to using information from the reading.