AntiFur Groups Renew Fur Debate Unit 2

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Anti-Fur GroupsRenew Fur DebateUnit 2

• English 110
• For Your Information

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Before you read

• Answer these questions
• Do you like animals? Why or why not?
• Do animals have legal rights?
• Would you wear a fur coat or a fur accessory?
• Do you know how animals are treated before they
  are killed for their fur?

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What is PETA?

• PETA is an animal rights group that is against
  the unfair treatment of animals and the fur
  industry. PETA means, People for the Ethical
  Treatment of Animals.
• Web site
• www.peta.org

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What is FICA

• FICA is a group of businesses that defends the
  fur industry. They claim that the animals are
  treated well to produce high quality fur coats.
  FICA means, The Fur Information Council of
  America.
• Web site
• www.fur.org

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Read

• Read the reading selection,
• Anti-Fur Groups Renew Fur Debate
• Pages 45 and 46.

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Finding the Main Idea

• To find the MAIN IDEA of a paragraph, you ask
  yourself
• Who or what is the paragraph about?
• What does the author say about who or what?

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What is the main idea?

• Reread paragraph 1, 2, 3 etc.
• Ask yourself the two questions.
• Write a sentence with your answers.
• Share your answer with a classmate.

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The Central Theme

• To determine the CENTRAL THEME of the reading
  selection, ask yourself these questions
• Who or what is the reading selection about?
• What does the author say about who or what in the
  reading selection?

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Find the Central Theme

• Reread the whole selection.
• Ask yourself the two questions.
• Write a sentence with your answers.
• Share your answer with a classmate.