"Cuts of Beef: What's in a name?"

"Cuts of beef: What's in a name?" is a great article to have your students read about the different cuts of beef.  It does a great job of explaining from where the cuts of beef come and how to cook them.  After the students have read the article, provide the students with an assignment (i.e. a one page paper defending the cut of beef and cooking method they would use for a holiday celebration providing evidence from the text or the students read the article, choose a cut of beef and a cooking method, go to the lab and use the cooking method for the cut of beef, and then write a lab report evaluating and defending their choice).  If the assignment you provide for your students also involves writing, then cross walk the assignments using both the Reading and Writing Science and Technical standards from Appendix D in the ELA course of study.  Reading by itself does not utilize the reading standards, the reading assignment must accompany another type of assignment.  Be sure to document the standards in your lesson plans.  At the beginning of the 2013-2014 school year, all teachers will be required to teach the new reading and writing literacy standards, this will help you to get started and hopefully provide you with a better understanding of how to use the standards within the FACS subject matter.