Allied With Green W8 S.A.

Allied With Green

Short Story by Naomi Shihab Nye Pages 316
to 324

What’s your vision for a green
world?

Think of things you can do to save the environment.

3 minutes (Discussion)

2 minutes (Sharing)

What is meant by a theme? Page 317

A message about life or human nature.

The theme is often the lesson we learn from the text or the message behind
writing it.

What is meant by style and figurative
language? Page 317

Style = the choice of words made by the author to show off his knowledge.

Word choice and descriptive details.

Imagery - repetition - -metaphors - personification

Vocabulary:

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Check Your Answers:

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How would you describe Lucy’s thoughts at the

End of the selection?

Explain your answers.

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Check your answers:

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​What is the tone when using the word "Allied" in the text?

Multiple Choice

What is the given tone when saying " Allied" in Allied with Green?

• Means nothing

• Allied as in friends

• Allied showing a war between humans and nature.

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​Question 3:

Why is Lucy's father important in the story?

Multiple Choice

Why is Lucy's father important to the story?

• Lucy's father was her role model

• Lucy hated her father

• Lucy lost her father in a car accident.

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​Question 4:

What is the theme of the story?

Give evidence to your answer.

Multiple Choice

Which is the theme of the story named " Allied With Green"?

• Nature is necessary.

• We can live without Green.

• Our lives are better off without nature crawling slowly into our houses.

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​Paragraph 6

What is meant by "holy water"?

What else is called "holy" at the end of the story?

Why use the word "Holy" (sacred)?

Multiple Choice

Why "Holy water" not "important water"?

• Water is the matter of life.

• To show how much we should care about nature to preserve life.

• All of the above.

Multiple Choice

Why does Lucy choose to write about “the color green” for her paper?

• Green plants are important to her.

• A drought has been threatening green plants.

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Why use the word "tend" at the end of the story?

Multiple Choice

Why does Lucy’s father feel guilty?

• He once demonstrated against highways, and now he drives on them.

• He plants free trees in the highway medians, but people steal them

Multiple Choice

Why does the author use the word " tend" at the end of the story?

• To care more about the plants.

• To hug trees.

• To enjoy life.

Multiple Choice

Why does the author describe air and green as “close cousins” (line 77)?

• People take both for granted.

• Both are necessary for life

Multiple Choice

An obituary is a public notice that someone has

• died.

• started a business

Multiple Choice

Style is the author's

• elements of a story

• is his or her manner of writing

• the reason the author writes.

Multiple Choice

Personification example

• The man roared loadly.

• The sun smiled down on us.