Central idea and evidence

What is the central idea of the passage under the subtitle "Why Did the Chicken Cross the Pasture"? pgs. 187-188.

• The land that the chicken feed on used well-oil machinery to cut on half the time

• Feeding the chicken is a random process with the purpose of ensure that the land is destroyed

• Feeding the chicken requires that farmers study the land to understand it.

• Feeding the chicken is an intentional process with the purpose of preserving the land.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What evidence supports the central idea of the previous question?

• "This is why the typical chicken yard quickly winds up bare and hard as brick."

• "But that was the idea: Give them twenty—four hours to eat the grass and fertilize it with their droppings, and then move them onto fresh ground."

• "Fifty—six days is the amount of time it would take the chickens to grow big enough to be slaughtered."

• "He also feeds them a mixture of corn, toasted soybeans, and kelp, which we scooped into long troughs in their pens."

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the central idea of the passage under the subtitle "Trees Grow Grass"? pgs. 196-197.

• Trees are not a vital part of ensuring the wellness and organic production of food.

• Trees are a vital part of ensuring that the predators attack the chicken.

• Trees are a vital part of ensuring that the organic farms flourish (do well).

• Trees will always be required to be felled as they require too much space.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What evidence supports the central idea of the previous question?

• "I asked Ioel how much food Polyface produces in a season, and he rattled off the following figures:"

• "But at Polyface, it was under— stood that the trees helped the grass to grow and the forest fed the farm"

• "On an industrial farm, the trees would have been thought of as a waste of valuable crop land."

• "It was hard to believe they got that much food from one hundred acres of grass."

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2