LESSON 3.4
Brainstorm the RH Variable
Grades 7 - Adult
In response, you—
- Brainstormed activities and important people.
- Looked up ideas on the computer.
- Deleted activities you felt educated adults would not like reading about.
- Deleted people you felt that your readers would already know about.
You now have a three-column table with your list of people in the LH position, the VP (verb phrase) in the middle position, and a blank in the RH position.
| LH | VP | RH |
|---|---|---|
| Billy Mills, underdog – only American to win 10,000 meter race | had to overcome | prejudice against Native American runners |
| Dean Karnazes, Greatest ultramarathoner | had to overcome | ? |
| Dorando Pietri, lost marathon on a horrible technicality | had to overcome | ? |
| Florence Baker, explored east Africa when women were expected to stay home | had to overcome | white slavery |
| Jim Bridger, mountain man who explored American West | had to overcome | being orphaned and illiterate |
| John Muir, explored what is now Yosemite & helped created the park | had to overcome | strict religious upbringing |
| Katrine Switzer, 1st American woman marathon champion | had to overcome | sexism against women runners |
| Olga Korbut, revolutionized modern women’s gymnastics | had to overcome | sexual assault by a coach |
| Percy Fawcett, explored the Amazon; died looking for a lost city | had to overcome | the rigors of the Brazilian rainforest |
| Steve Prefontaine, beloved American runner who died young | had to overcome | ? |
| Susan Butcher, most famous woman musher | had to overcome | ? |
| Wilma Rudolph, 1st great American female sprinter | had to overcome | polio |
Task 3.4.1 – Tandem, Small Group, or Class
Select 10 of the people and look up what they had to overcome. Put had to overcome in the middle column. In the RH column, list what they had to overcome. Do not use vague words such as “hardships.” If you cannot easily find something they overcame, then enter a question mark. For example:
Continue until you have at least five of the RH variable box filled.
Don’t Let Old and New Ideas Be Duplicates
Review: Be careful that your Old variable ideas are not the same as the New idea. For example:
| WHAT STATEMENT | ||
|---|---|---|
| LH | Verb Phrase | RH |
| Wilma Rudolph | was | a famous sprinter |
Same thing