Identify the Main Idea and Supporting Details You're going to read your chosen article (ONLY 1, NOT BOTH) a second time, but this time, use the links below and highlight to annotate the article. 1. Highlight the main idea. 2. Identify three or four supporting details (you can highlight them or circle them). 3. Cross out any information that you think is nonessential. Story links: (click on the title of the report you chose to read) Nunavut food prices soar amid U.S. drought, plunging loonie Teens who try e-cigarettes more likely to start smoking Rubric Name: Main Idea & Supporting Details - Organizer Criteria Identifies Main Idea Level 4 4 points Level 3 3 points Evidence of critical thinking Includes key words/concepts from the text States the main message of the text Evidence of critical Supporting Details thinking Total Level 1 Criterion Score Level 2 2 points 1 point / 4 Includes key words/concepts from the text Includes specific examples or evidence from the text At least 3 supporting details are stated /4 / 8 Print 2/10/2016 Nunavut food prices soar amid U.S. drought, plunging loonie - North - CBC News $28 grapes? Low dollar, drought cause Nunavut food prices to soar People in Canada's North are used to paying more for food, but the somewhat-delayed effect of the national price hike has some Nunavut consumers swapping stories of $28 bags of grapes, $10 pints of berries and $10 iceberg lettuce. More than a month after Ottawa consumers decried the $8-a-head cauliflower crisis[1], grocery stores in Nunavut are feeling the full effect of a plunging loonie and adverse weather conditions in California. Tulita, N.W.T., food prices jump as Northern Store flies in groceries[2] In the capital city of Iqaluit, a head of cauliflower can fetch more than $13. Meena Hoyt in Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, posted this photo to the Facebook group Feeding my Family. A Canada- wide hike in produce prices has hit Nunavut. (Meena Hoyt/Facebook) PLU44022 2815 Meena Hoyt in Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, posted this photo to the Facebook group Feeding my Family. A Canada- wide hike in produce prices has hit Nunavut. (Meena Hoyt/Facebook) "The price of strawberries during the holidays, who could buy any?" said Marc Dubeau, the manager of Baffin Canners, a small Iqaluit grocery store. "It's too expensive or there were none on the market. Stuff like this lately... it's crazy. The price goes up, like, it's unbelievable." Dubeau said his customers don't usually complain, but they've certainly noticed the change - and more than ever, they're voting with their dollars. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nunavut-food-prices-soar-1.3420503 2/10/2016 Nunavut food prices soar amid U.S. drought, plunging loonie - North - CBC News "The beef's probably been the worst thing that's been going up," he explained. "People buy more chicken and more fish." 1/3 2/10/2016 Nunavut food prices soar amid U.S. drought, plunging loonie - North - CBC News "The beef's probably been the worst thing that's been going up," he explained. "People buy more chicken and more fish." Reliance on American produce Mike von Massow, who researches consumer demand for food at the University of Guelph, said the North is seeing the same price hike consumers across Canada are experiencing, but with "a bit of a delay." "We've seen cauliflower come down from the extreme highs," he said. "Now, bell peppers and asparagus and celery are going through the roof, because they were subject to these sort of micro climate issues in California." During the winter months, about 90 per cent of produce sold in Canada comes from the southern United States, von Massow said. direct line telephone Signe directe Ne Duane Wilson, a spokesman for Arctic Cooperatives, says the plunging Canadian dollar is to blame for the price hike. (CBC) When the supply of produce was weakened by drought and frost, prices increased in American dollars. "The big change, the rapid deflation in the Canadian dollar, in essence, makes the purchase price in Canadian dollars, much, much higher," said Arctic Cooperatives spokesman Duane Wilson. 'Sometimes I go without' http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nunavut-food-prices-soar-1.3420503 2/10/2016 Nunavut food prices soar amid U.S. drought, plunging loonie - North - CBC News For Iqaluit shoppers, the high cost of produce is noticeable but likely won't change their shopping habits. "I've been here in the North 36 years, when you need things you buy them," said Sue Coogan. "That's the price of being here." 2/3 2/10/2016 Nunavut food prices soar amid U.S. drought, plunging loonie - North - CBC News For Iqaluit shoppers, the high cost of produce is noticeable but likely won't change their shopping habits. "I've been here in the North 36 years, when you need things you buy them," said Sue Coogan. "That's the price of being here." Other shoppers said the high cost of food is getting to "terrible" levels and is making feeding a family on a small budget nearly impossible. "I go without," said Iqaluit resident Kanayok Kootoo. "Sometimes I go without." Links 1. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/insane-cauliflower-prices-twitter-facebook- 1.3371481 2. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/tulita-food-prices-road-1.3414228