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Pass the Bugs, Please! (pp. 4-5)
Common Core Lesson #1:
Context Clues (R.4, L.4)
Discuss strategies for figuring out
the meanings of unknown words,
including using context clues.
Explain that authors often include
hints about a word’s meaning in the
same sentence or nearby sentences.
Practice finding context clues in the
article using the word estimates in
the third paragraph (clue: “one out
of every eight”). Then have students
complete p. T3 from this Teacher’s
Guide for more practice.
Put students in groups of four to read
the cover story. Assign a role (listed
below) to each member of the group.
Explain the roles and the rules for
speaking and listening in discussion
groups. Have each group read
sections of the text together, pausing
after each one so students can share
ideas relevant to their roles.
• summarizer: summarizes key ideas
• questioner: generates questions
• clarifier: clarifies points of
confusion or answers questions
• predictor: makes predictions
about what might happen next
Core Questions
Extend your lesson with these
critical-thinking questions:
• Identify two main ideas and two key
supporting details for each. (R.2)
• According to the article, why won’t
most Americans eat insects? (R.8)
Fast Facts
• The United Nations was formed
in 1945, after World War II, to help
maintain peace worldwide. Today,
its 193 member nations work for
peace by tackling world issues such
as terrorism, disease, poverty, and
human rights. The UN’s Food and
Agriculture Organization, which
works to end world hunger, created
the report on edible insects.
• You may have eaten insects
without knowing it! For example,
many red food dyes are made from
crushed beetles.
Find More Online!
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of Bugs”: Learn all about insects
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Context Clues
Common Core R.4, L.4
Get a Clue!
Context clues are words and phrases that come before or after an unfamiliar word and can be used to
define it. They may be in the same sentence or nearby sentences. Use context clues to determine the
meanings of five words from this week’s cover story. Refer to the article as often as you’d like.
EXAMPLE:
Word: estimates
Sentence: The UN estimates that one out of every eight people in the world doesn’t have enough to eat.
Meaning: _______________________________________________________________________________________
Roughly calculates the number, size, or amount of something.
Context clue: ___________________________________________________________________________________
In the same sentence it says “one out of every eight.”
1.Word: edible
Sentence: More than 1,900 types of insects and arachnids (including some spiders) are edible.
Meaning: _____________________________________________________________________________________
Context clue: _________________________________________________________________________________
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2.Word:
livestock
Sentence: R
aising insects is also better for the environment than raising livestock . . .
Meaning: _____________________________________________________________________________________
Context clue: _________________________________________________________________________________
3.Word: cultivating
Sentence: Cultivating insects uses up far less of these key resources.
Meaning: _____________________________________________________________________________________
Context clue: _________________________________________________________________________________
4.Word: breed
Sentence: It also requires less time because bugs grow and breed, or reproduce, so quickly.
Meaning: _____________________________________________________________________________________
Context clue: _________________________________________________________________________________
5.Word:
delicacy
Sentence: In parts of Brazil, people like to treat themselves to queen ants, a local delicacy.
Meaning: _____________________________________________________________________________________
Context clue: _________________________________________________________________________________
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COVER �TORY
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YOUR TURN
BRAIN BU�TER�
A young man in
Thailand eats a
salted beetle.
Pass the Bugs, Please!
Is the answer to ending world hunger and saving the environment
hopping around your backyard?
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re you hungry for a
snack? How about
some cooked crickets
or grilled grasshoppers?
According to a recent report by
the United Nations (UN), we
should think about adding bugs
to our diet. The report says eating
insects and other creepy crawlers
could help people and the planet.
The UN estimates that one out
of every eight people in the world
Words to Know
cultivating (KUHL-tuh-vayt-ing)
noun. raising or aiding the growth
of something, especially crops
delicacy (DEL-ih-kuh-see) noun.
something pleasing to eat that is
rare or expensive
doesn’t have enough to eat. As
Bug Benefits
the world’s population increases,
More than 1,900 types of
the number of people who suffer
insects and arachnids (including
from hunger is also expected to
some spiders) are edible.
grow. To feed everyone, we may
Surprisingly, you’ll get the same
need to think about relying
nutrients from eating many of
on other food sources.
them as you would from
That’s where bugs
eating meat from pigs
would come in.
and cows. Take
“There’s no way
grasshoppers, for
we can keep up
example. One
with population
serving of 50 large
growth . . . by
grasshoppers has
giving everyone
about the same
a hamburger,”
amount of protein
says David George
as a hamburger.
Raising insects is
Gordon. He is an
also better for the
insect chef and the
author of The Eat-a- Roasted grasshoppers environment than raising
are popular in
livestock, and it’s much
Bug Cookbook.
southern Mexico.
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Taste Test
U.S.
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
MEXICO
PACIFIC
OCEAN
THAILAND
EQUATOR
CAMBODIA
INDIAN
OCEAN
PACIFIC
OCEAN
BRAZIL
SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTHERN
OCEAN
cheaper, according to the UN.
Caring for cattle, pigs, and
chickens requires a lot of land,
water, and food. Cultivating
insects uses up far less of these
key resources. It also requires less
time because bugs grow and
breed, or reproduce, so quickly.
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page 5: Hans-Bernhard Huber/laif/Redux (Bottom); Taste Test: Fotolia (Mushrooms, Shrimp); iStockphoto.com (All Other Photos)
Good for Business
Bugs have long been on the
menu in many places outside
the U.S. In fact, about 2 billion
people around the world already
chow down on them. In Mexico,
you’re likely to find grasshoppers
for sale as snacks in local
markets. In parts of Brazil, people
like to treat themselves to queen
ants, a local delicacy. In South
Africa, many people get their
protein from cooked caterpillars.
The UN report also says that
insect farming can create
millions of jobs. The bug
business has already helped
people around the globe. In the
Asian country of Thailand, for
example, about 20,000 people
work on cricket farms.
Don’t Bug Out!
Gordon knows most
Americans aren’t ready to switch
to bugs from burgers and bacon.
That’s why his mission is to
educate people about the
benefits of eating insects. He
often travels to schools, where he
cooks up meals like roasted
cockroaches for students.
“Our culture is really big on
bug bashing. We think insects are
germy and disgusting and gross,”
he says. “That has to change
before people are going to
willingly eat insects.”
—by Joe Bubar
Bug chef David George Gordon
has eaten everything from
deep-fried tarantulas to termite
stew. Here’s what he says some
of his favorite bugs taste like:
Cricket
tastes like
Shrimp
Mealworms
taste like
Mushrooms
Scorpion
tastes like
Crab
SNACK SAFELY
A woman holds deepfried tarantulas at a
market in Cambodia.
So you’re ready to taste
your first bug? Not so fast.
There are millions of bugs
in the world, and eating
most of them will make you
sick. You should leave the
job of identifying edible
insects to the experts. Also,
never eat any bugs that
haven’t been fully cooked.
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