Sea Stars

What is the theme of our unit?

• The Natural World

• Sea Stars

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Adapting to Change

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Vocab - Part of a group

• Contingent

• Futile

• Elusive

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Vocab - Ineffective

• Contingent

• Futile

• Elusive

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Vocab - Difficult to understand

• Contingent

• Futile

• Elusive

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is being compared? "Stars in the dark overhead an here a spiny constellation draped over the rocks"?

• Sea stars and Sky stars

• Clear skies and stars

• Sea stars in the dark water

• Sea stars washed up on shore

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the central idea of this: "They're feet, and what they're searching for isn't food or enemy or mate, but something to cling to, any firm surface that can anchor them..."

• Sea stars (like humans) are vulnerable and need something to anchor to

• Sea stars are adaptable, able to regenerate, but human are aware of what we lose

• Humans sometimes fail to accept reality and the truth about loss and wanting

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the central idea of this: "Oh Ahab, I often think, if you could have hunted with less vengeance...might the whale have someday returned to you what it took so long ago..."

• Sea stars (like humans) are vulnerable and need something to anchor to

• Sea stars are adaptable, able to regenerate, but human are aware of what we lose

• Humans sometimes fail to accept reality and the truth about loss and wanting

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the central idea of this: "We, in contrast, have to live with those burdens, made heavier by loss and the sensation that often emanates from what's missing."

• Sea stars (like humans) are vulnerable and need something to anchor to

• Sea stars are adaptable, able to regenerate, but human are aware of what we lose

• Humans sometimes fail to accept reality and the truth about loss and wanting

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

According to the author, what notion burden humans?

• heroism

• sacrifice

• consciousness

• all of these

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Which statement best summarizes the author's main idea?

• Things that seem to disappear often have not.

• Sea stars are fascinating creatures.

• Humans and sea stars are similar, both lose limbs.

• Just as sea stars look for something to hold onto, humans look for an encounter with someone or something...that can beckon what lies broken and hungry inside us all.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2