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Lesson 44

Lesson 44. Today’s Agenda. Reading Comprehension Packet Timed Writing #2 Evaluations OBJECTIVE: Students will demonstrate reading comprehension strategies discussed in class during Lesson 41. Reading Comprehension. What strategies did you employ? What worked for you?

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Lesson 44

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  1. Lesson 44

  2. Today’s Agenda • Reading Comprehension Packet • Timed Writing #2 Evaluations OBJECTIVE: Students will demonstrate reading comprehension strategies discussed in class during Lesson 41.

  3. Reading Comprehension • What strategies did you employ? • What worked for you? • What are you going to try next time?

  4. The word “idle” in line 1 most nearly means • Resting • Lazy • Empty • Lethargic • Leisurely

  5. 2. “Speculation is its [science’s] very lifeblood” (line 2) means that scientists • Are gamblers at heart • Must concern themselves with provable facts • Must understand all forms of science • Must form opinions about the data they gather • Must keep abreast of new developments

  6. 3. According to lines 12-15, a mature science • Concerns itself exclusively with gathering and recording facts • Dismisses speculative thinking as overly fanciful • Connects hitherto unlinked phenomena in meaningful ways • Subordinates speculative thought to the accumulation of facts • Differentiates between hypotheses and speculation

  7. 4. The similarity from high altitudes between the infrared spectrum of the Martian markings and Earth spectrum suggests • The value of speculative thinking • The absence of chlorophyll on Mars • A possibility that Mars has vegetation • That Mars’s surface has been cultivated • The effect of cold on the color of the spectrum

  8. 5. The author does all of the following EXCEPT • Make an approximation • Use a metaphor • State a resemblance • Make a conjecture • Deny a contradiction

  9. Timed Writing #2

  10. The Prompt • Even scientists know that absolute objectivity ahs yet to be attained. It’s the same for absolute truth. But, as many newspaper reporters have observed, the idea of objectivity as a guiding principle is too valuable to be abandoned. Without it, the pursuit of knowledge is hopelessly lost. ~”Focusing Our Values,” Neiman Reports • Are people better at making observations, discoveries, and decisions if they remain neutral and impartial? Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experiences, or observations.

  11. Sample A • CLAIM • People make better observations, discoveries and decisions when they are neutral and impartial to a subject while keeping an open mind. • EVIDENCE • Three reasons: Better observations are made; More discoveries are made; Effective decisions are made. • Thinly developed • ORGANIZATION • Some organization and coherence • USE OF LANGUAGE • weak • TO SCORE HIGHER • Needs more competent critical thinking • Improved language • SCORE • 3

  12. Sample B • CLAIM • No viable point of view • EVIDENCE • Confused ideas about absolute objectivity • ORGANIZATION • disjointed • USE OF LANGUAGE • Below adequate • TO SCORE HIGHER • Develop a clear point of view • Support with relevant reasons and examples • Substantially reduce the number of grammar errors • SCORE • 1

  13. Sample C • CLAIM • “Even though objectivity can never be reached, people are better at making observations, discoveries, and decisions if they attempt to set aside their biases.” • EVIDENCE • Several examples of biased individuals making poor judgment • ORGANIZATION • Well organized and focused • USE OF LANGUAGE • skillful • SCORE • 6

  14. Revisit Your Own Response • Score your own. • What could you do differently next time?

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