Silent Spring & Fireflies - Compare and Contrast

Front

Excerpt from Silent Spring: Hens brooded, no chicks hatched; farmers couldn't raise pigs; no bees for pollination, no fruit.

Back

The underlined words make the author seem scared.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Front

Excerpt from Silent Spring: Roadsides, once attractive, now lined with browned and withered vegetation as though swept by fire.

Back

Writing "withered vegetation" makes the author seem sad.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Front

Excerpt from Silent Spring: "In the gutters under the eaves and between the shingles, a white granular powder still showed a few patches; it had fallen like snow upon the roofs, lawns, fields, and streams." Why does "white granular powder" indicate an environmental issue?

Back

The powder is not natural.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

Front

Excerpt from Silent Spring: "It was a spring without voices..." Which phrase has the most positive tone?

Back

the dawn chorus of robins

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4