Wednesday, April 16th

Learning Objectives
1. Understand the 4 elements of nature writing

2.  Critique writing by Edward Abbey in his description of sense of place, perception of the relationship between man/technology and nature and his environmental ethics. 

3. Learn about the nation’s largest and oldest river conservation organization, Trout Unlimited,  through the presentation of Ty Churchwell. 

STARTER
Read the handout on elements of nature writing (page 1 and 2 only for online version) and answer the questions on the backside at the bottom of page #2.

AGENDA
1.  Edward Abbey: Reading assignment for Friday's seminar- Last major reading assignment of the year!

• Scroll down on this website to listen to a  short reading by Abbey from his essay "Freedom and Wilderness, Wilderness and Freedom"
  

• Read the instructions and summarize them to your neighbor for each of the three parts of this assignment. 

• Template for organizing Part II and III responses

2. EXIT TICKET:  Write down the requirements for Friday's seminar:

• What do you have to annotate for?
• Why am I making you annotate so specifically?
• What components are partner work?
  
• When should you finish PART 1: Reading and Annotating by?
• Should you have your partner notes printed for seminar? 

2. Guest Speaker: Ty Churchwell with Trout Unlimited (2nd period) or Chemistry (6th period)