Text: A New Kind of Corn
Genre: Argumentative Text
Essential Question: In what ways can humans in science be helpful or harmful?
Reading Information: text features: maps and heading
author's claim
sequencing
Vocabulary: Greek roots
Grammar: irregular verbs
Writing: argumentative writing
Vocabulary
advancements- improvements or progress
agriculture- farming
characteristics- qualities or features that help to identify a person or thing
concerns- serious worries
disagreed- differed in opinion
inherit- to receive property or money after a person has died
prevalent- commonly used or accepted
resistance- the ability to overcome or resist something