U4W4 Power from Nature

Why are natural resources valuable?

​Vocabulary 1

​Vocabulary 2

necessity - needed; something required

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​Genre

Identify the characteristics of an expository text.

Multiple Choice

A guide dog or cane is a ______ to help visually-impaired people cross a street.

• necessity

• glaciers

• conserve

• seeps

Multiple Choice

All of the following are key characteristics of expository text EXCEPT

• explains important facts about a topic, such as a real person, place, or thing or an actual event or problem

• presents information in a logical order and supports specific points with reasons and evidence

• may include text features and graphic elements such as maps, charts, graphs, diagrams, and time lines

• includes made up characters, setting, problems, and solutions

What is the meaning of:

• depleted

• ​finite

Context Clues

What information does this chart help us understand better?

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Text Feature - Charts

Open Ended

Besides a chart, what other text features can we find in expository texts?

What do you think this section will be about?

​affect - to influence

glaciers - Large areas of slow moving ice

​What is the heading?

Multiple Choice

Adding honey will _______ the sweetness of the cereal.

• glaciers

• affect

• absorb

• seeps

Multiple Choice

Huge _______ made of thick ice can be found in freezing waters.

• affect

• conserve

• necessity

• glaciers

What do you think the author's POV is?

​seeps - flows or spreads slowly

​Author's Point of View

Multiple Choice

When a liquid ______, it flows or spreads slowly.

• seeps

• conserve

• cycle

• absorb

absorb - soak up

circulates - moves in a circular path

cycle - a series of events that happen over and over again.

conserve - keep from harm, loss, or change

​What is the author's POV about the future?

Multiple Choice

A sponge will ______, or soak up, the spilled coffee.

• conserve

• absorb

• necessity

• circulates

Multiple Choice

Blood _______ from the heart through the body and back to the heart.

• cycle

• conserve

• seeps

• circulates

Multiple Choice

A ______ is a series of events that happen over and over in the same order.

• cycle

• necessity

• affect

• absorb

Multiple Choice

I _______ energy by turning off lights when I leave a room.

• cycle

• absorb

• conserve

• seeps

Open Ended

Why are natural resources valuable?