De-Extinction

October 28, 2019

Standards

RI.9-10.6 Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.

Obj: I can determine author's point of view and purpose in a text.

I can analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance POV or purpose.

Starter

If you could bring animal back that has gone extinct what would it be and why?

Vocabulary: 

Word: De-Extinction

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition: he process of resurrecting species that have died out, or gone extinct.

Your Definition: 

Activity:What is your opinion on de-extinction?

Activity: 

1.  De-Extinction: The Science and Ethics of Bringing Lost Species Back to Life

Read pages 273-277 of your Study Sync Books.

As you read, keep track of ethos, pathos, and logos.

You will use this information to create foldable.

I have model to show you how to create it.

2.  Debate

You will draw, at a random, a side for the debate on de-extinction.

Depending on the side you receive, work with your group to create talking points.

Consider evidence, rhetoric, counters, etc.

At the end of this there will be a winning side.

Closure

What part of the rhetorical triangle is your strength?

Weakness?