1. Environmental Science with Ms. Butler
Wednesday, September 2, 2014
Environmental Science with Ms. Butler

2. Environmental Science is the study of how the natural world works, how the environment affects humans, and how humans affect the environment.

3. Objective: SWBAT mark the text of a scientific article by using an AVID strategy for annotation.
Agenda:
Bellringer (write down objective 1st)
Review AVID strategy of marking the notes – with Chimpanzee article
Assign homework

4. Objective: SWBAT mark the text of a scientific article by using an AVID strategy for annotation.
Bellringer: Select one of the pictures above and write a paragraph of observations.
Utilize your science vocabulary and be as specific as possible…

5. Key Terms ESSENTIAL for success (will cover all over the next week):
Surveying
Scanning
Skimming
Study Reading
Close Reading

6. AVID strategy: MARKING THE TEXT
MARKING THE TEXT IS AN ACTIVE READING STRATEGY THAT ASKS STUDENTS TO THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT THEIR READING.
THIS STRATEGY HAS FOUR DISTINCT STEPS:
READ THE TEXT
NUMBER THE PARAGRAPHS
CIRCLING KEY TERMS
UNDERLINING INFORMATION RELEVANT TO A READING PURPOSE (main idea, etc…)
MARKING THE TEXT WAS DESIGNED BY THE WRITING STUDIES DEPARTMENT AT SAN DIEGO UNIVERSITY FOR TEACHER ASSISTANTS AND LECTURERS.
(AVID CRITICAL READING P. 55)

7. “NEWS” Article Quick Summary:
Title of Article:
Date of Publication:
Author’s Qualifications:
Noteworthy
Evidence
What does this have to do with me?
Science connection
Tonight’s homework:
Select any article published within the last week and do the AVID “NEWS” quick summary shown in the upper right corner of this slide.
Finish marking the text (correct last night), annotate, and decide if you are pro or con.