Island Civilization

Good Morning!
I hope that you had an enjoyable weekend!

Please get ONLY your assigned netbook when you arrive.

 *NOTE: Cell phones are to be put entirely away when you enter this classroom until you leave this classroom.  At no time should they be out once you are present in THIS class.  This includes plugging them into an electrical outlet.

*NOTE: Please bring your independent reading book each day. I am expecting to see it with you, and I will be asking you.  Be sure to select from the recommended list if you have not done so yet this semester.

*ENGLISH JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT: On Friday you completed Activity #2 and #3 and you defined 15 vocabulary words for the reading of "Island Civilization: A Vision or Human Occupancy of Earth in the Fourth Millennium."  TODAY, respond to Activity #4, "Making Predictions and Asking Questions."   THEN, add the following words to the words you defined on Friday:  (copy into your English Journal)


Activity #4:

* “The new third millennium we are entering affords an excellent opportunity to think big about the history and future of wilderness and civilization on planet Earth.”

* “opportunity to transcend our species’ characteristic myopia.”

* ”So my mission here is to review the history of human-nature relations and to extend our concern to the big picture.  What could the human tenure on Earth be like a thousand years from now – at the start of the Fourth Millennium?  My proposal involves some really major changes and will be controversial.”

16.  untempered
17.  primeval
18.  frontier
19.  scarcity theory
20.  angst
21.  anthropocentric
22.  utilitarian
23.  biocentric rationale
24.  intrinsic
25.  manifested
26.  reverence
27.  dominion
28. theological holism
29.  articulator
30.  land ethic

NOTE:  Tomorrow we will be taking a practice test for the Smarter Balance Test on Thursday and Friday of this week.

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading