ELA7Environmental

=**ELA 7 ENVIRONMENTAL INQUIRY UNIT**=

=**INQUIRY LEARNING**= Here are some links to help you better understand the Inquiry Process of Activating, Pursuing and Sharing the Inquiry. An overview of Inquiry and a comparison between a traditional and an inquiry classroom: [|http://wblrd.sk.ca/~bestpractice/inquiry/index.html] A site that provides information and examples on different types of questions: http://changingminds.org/techniques/questioning/questioning.htm

=** Essential Question: **= = Why should people care about the planet Earth? =

=**Guiding Questions:**= = Key Objectives = = =
 * ** How do we depend on the environment? **
 * ** What are some problems facing the environment? **
 * ** What do you think will happen to the environment during your lifetime? **
 * ** Of all the ways that we may be doing harm to the earth, which concerns you most? **
 * **What are some things that you and your peers can do to show your respect and care for the environment?**
 * The key objectives to focus on: **
 * 1) ** Identifying audience, role, purpose, and situation is important when considering the appropriate and correct language to use and in order to understand what is heard, read, or viewed. **
 * 2) ** Draw on prior knowledge and experience by considering what they know and need to know about the topic. **
 * 3) ** Formulate questions before listening. **
 * 4) ** Make inferences based on text and prior knowledge **
 * 5) **Draw conclusions based on evidence in text.**