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Thursday, November 3, 2011

Thursday, November 3, 2011

1st trimester – Day 40

·         Collected homework: 5-sentence paragraph responding to your “doubting bully” – Pinky is ________ (choose from your “good” list)
·         WARMUP: Number a paper 1 – 9 and answer the following fill-in-blank (make your best guesses):
o   The average home has at least ____1_______ TV sets and the average American watches ____2_____ hours of TV every day which is over _____3_______ over the course of one’s lifetime sitting in front of the tube.
o   It takes ______4________ cows to feed humans in the United States (annually). Each human (in the U.S.) consumes ___5____ pints of milk a week or ____6_____ pints a month or ____7_____ pints a year. We will each consume ___8___ pints of milk per person per lifetime.
o   But milk is only a tiny part of our diet. As a nation, we eat a total of ___9___ pounds of food every day.
§  Reviewed the answers


Began Human Footprint unit DAY1

Watched half of documentary film today Human Footprint – approx. 45 - 55 minutes - you can watch the entire film here: Human Footprint - online video

As you watch the film:
  1. Write down 4 direct quotations from the film (that you will later use in your paper)
  2. Write down 4 examples from the film that show how every human being impacts the earth.
After watching the video:
  1. Think of 2 specific examples from your own life (that were not mentioned in the video) that illustrate your personal understanding of impact. 
  2. Consider possible solutions.  What can be done?  Who should do what?  Why?
Homework:

No vocabulary test this week or next.

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