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- Greg Malivuk
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk
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- Homework: p. 98-99 - reading and parts 2-5
- part 1 - what are the three main theories about Amelia Earhart?
- 1 She could have crash-landed on Nikumaroro island and then died there.
- 2 She ran out of fuel and crashed in the Pacific Ocean.
- 3 She was captured by the Japanese and later came back to the US with a new identity.
- part 2
- 1 The theory that she crashed on Nikumaroro.
- 2 DNA testing
- 3 That she crashed on Nikumaroro
- part 3
- 1 He’s partially funding the project.
- 2 There are no known hair samples.
- 3 They need to find a lot of DNA, because human DNA is 99% identical.
- part 4
- 1 funding
- 2 reveal
- 3 archive (‘ch’ sounds like /k/ in this word)
- 4 ensure
- 5 assumption
- 6 profile
- 7 identical
- 8 log
- part 5
- 1 theories
- 2 human
- 3 envelopes
- 4 obtain enough DNA / discriminate between Earhart’s DNA and anyone else’s
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- thread - from cotton or wool, used to sew (NOT human hair)
- fragment - small piece of something
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- If we disagree about an opinion, it doesn’t mean one of us has false information.
- If we disagree about a fact, it means one of us has false information (or both of us).
- part 6 - which of these statements are facts? which are opinions?
- 1 F
- 2 O
- 3 O - “that might contain her DNA”
- 4 F
- 5 O
- 6 F
- “according to” tells you the source of the information, but it may be a fact or an opinion
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- part 8 - answer the questions as a class
- 1 Because his grandfather wrote a book about Earhart which claims to solve the mystery.
- 2 It also could have been a turtle bone or another person.
- 3 No, because they may have been sealed by her secretary.
- 4 yes: 1, no: 10ish
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- p. 97 part 10 - What information can you guess about the people who left these things? (speculate with your group)
- dictionary.com
- merriam-webster.com
- (there are also apps for both of these dictionaries)
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- BREAK
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- Share your speculations with the class.
- sacrifice: when you kill an animal (or human) for religious reasons
- offering: when you give something to the gods or the church (but don’t necessarily kill it)
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- “Motel of the Mysteries” - book about a future archaeologist who discovers an “ancient” motel
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- p. 102-103
- bush tucker - in Australia, this refers to any type of food you can eat in the wild (“the bush”), including worms, ants, and other animals we don’t normally eat
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- invasive species = a species that is not native to an area, but now it lives there and is causing many problems
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- Homework: p. 101, parts 1, 2, 3 (all)
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