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This is an interesting debate! What is your opinion? Write your thoughts below.
In your groups, share your opinion. Allow everybody a chance to share and listen carefully to one another. Fill in the table below. Decide what the PROs and CONs are of letting wildfires burn. Your educator may ask you to share your group’s opinions with the class.
| PROS | CONS |
Educator’s Assessment Chart:
| Criteria | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Reading | Cannot do | Reads reasonably, becoming aware of phrasing and pausing, correct pace developing | Reads with correct phrasing, inflection and pace in most instances | Reads with excellent phrasing, inflection and fluency and is totally in control of pace |
| Answers to the text | Unable to answer | Reasonable | Shows good insight | Answers excellently with full insight |
| Teamwork – participation listening, showing respect for each other | Unable to do | In some contexts only | Good | Excellent |
| LO 3 |
| READING AND VIEWING The learner will be able to read and view for information and enjoyment, and to respond critically to the aesthetic, cultural and emotional values in texts. |
| We know this when the learner: |
| 3.1 understands some elements of stories: |
| 3.1.1 understands title, setting and plot (e.g. says why things happened in the way they did); |
| 3.1.3 identifies and discusses social and ethical issues in the story; |
| 3.2 understands, in a simple way, some elements of poetry: |
| 3.2.1 rhyme; |
| 3.2.3 words which imitate their sound; |
| 3.3 reads for information: |
| 3.3.4 reads texts across the curriculum (History); |
| 3.7 reads for pleasure: |
| 3.7.1 reads much fiction and non-fiction at an appropriate reading and language level; |
| 3.8 uses reference books and develops vocabulary: |
| 3.8.2 uses a dictionary. |
| LO 5 |
| THINKING AND REASONING The learner will be able to use language to think and reason, and access, process and use information for learning. |
| We know this when the learner: |
| 5.1 uses language across the curriculum: |
| 5.1.2 extracts information from materials used in History; |
| 5.2 uses language for thinking: |
| 5.2.1 answers and asks some more complex questions; |
| 5.2.3 analyses the features of things in order to classify them; |
| 5.2.6 expresses cause and effect; |
| 5.2.7 discusses advantages and disadvantages and writes about them; |
| 5.3 collects and records information in different ways: |
| 5.3.1 carries out some simple research. |
This activity focuses on the learners’ ability to read, and understand what they are reading. In addition to this, they will also be asked to express their opinion and to interact in their groups. Read through the passages with the class. Some learners can read aloud for the class – this will allow you the opportunity to assess their reading. Once the articles have been read through at least twice, allow learners to answer the questions that follow.
The answers are as follows:
After answering the questions, learners are asked to express their own opinion about the issue. Allow them to write their thoughts in the block provided. Encourage them to use full sentences and to check their spelling.
Learners must then explain their opinion to the members in their group. Every member of the group should be given the opportunity to share. Then group members must list the pro’s and cons of allowing fires to burn, in the table provided. Should time allow, learners could share their findings with the class.
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