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Analyze “The Council of Pecans” and “The Gift of Strawberries” in Braiding Sweetgrass, focusing on the author’s point of view.
Compare the author’s perspectives on gift and market economies by citing textual evidence and using compare/contrast connectors (however, whereas, in contrast) and precise academic vocabulary (abundance, commodity, exchange).
Use a word association strategy to draw connections between the words abundance and flourish.
What does it mean to live responsibly within natural systems?
Directions: With your partner, take turns retelling and paraphrasing the chapters you read for homework. Partner A will retell and paraphrase what they read in “The Council of Pecans” the best they can. Partner B will listen and then compare what they heard to their own understanding of the same chapter. Then Partner B will retell and paraphrase what they read in “The Gift of Strawberries,” and Partner A will compare it to their own understanding of the same chapter.
Target Word: abundance
Directions: Work with your partner to write a short description of a situation or context that uses both flourish and abundance. It can describe something from the text or anything else that you choose.
Then, use your description to write a short explanation of how the words flourish and abundance are related. You can include both how they are similar and how they are different.
Discuss with your partner how both words relate to the central idea of reciprocity between humans and nature. Write one sentence describing the relationship.
Check for Understanding |
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Add the word abundance to your Personal Dictionary, and then underline the suffix -ance. Write the definitions of the suffix and the full word. |
Directions: With your partner, choose a quote that you think shows the author’s point of view. Then work with your partner to explain how the quote shows her point of view.
Try to develop that idea more by using “The quote ____ stands out because ____.”
Now you’re going to work with your partners to find quotes that show how the author develops her point of view in these two chapters. Be sure to explain how the quotes show the author’s point of view.
Reflect: What new perspective did you hear from a peer during this activity?
Reflection |
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Reflect on your understanding of the author’s point of view using the Reflection routine.
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Directions: You’re going to discuss the following prompts with your group. Remember that any member can be called upon to share the group’s thoughts. That means you will need to take good notes and find some evidence and analysis that you can all agree on.
How does the author contrast the “gift economy” with the “market economy”?
What is the author’s point of view about the gift economy versus the market economy? How does she differentiate her point of view from others’?
How did your group come to a consensus about your answers? Did everyone agree right away, or did you need to balance different ideas? Did you build on each other’s ideas? How?
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On p. 46, the author says, “In Western thinking, private property is understood as a bundle of rights; whereas, in a gift economy, property has a bundle of responsibilities.” She uses this quote in order to do which of the following? A. Support a market economy, which grants more freedom and rights B. Support a gift economy, which encourages more responsibility C. Support both types of economy, as both have their strengths D. Support neither type of economy, as both have their flaws |
Directions: To summarize your learning from today, you will complete a 3-2-1 Summary of the chapters we analyzed during this lesson. You will record:
Three important words or phrases from the text,
Two key ideas or details, and
One sentence explaining what the text is mostly about