"Allied with Green" Lesson

I can determine the theme of “Allied with Green”,

support my reasoning, and analyze the text to make
inferences.

Multiple Select

What skills will we be focusing on during this lesson?

• Theme

• Theme Supporting Details

• Inferencing

• Character Analysis

Multiple Choice

Using the metaphor which started in paragraph 2 and continued into paragraph 3, the author emphasizes that Lucy —

• spends her time looking for signs of nature in places she knows.

• notices nature continues unexpectedly in cities and poor homes.

• wants to help plant efficient landscaping along roadsides and rivers.

• believes people who are being treated in hospitals need to see nature to heal.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence correctly uses the word addiction?

• My addiction to Thin Mint cookies is hard to avoid during February and March.

• In class, students learned about addiction and subtraction.

Multiple Choice

Antonyms

Drought : Rainstorm :: Ice : __________

• Sleet

• Fire

• Mist

• Snowstorm

Multiple Choice

Inference

What are queen's crown, germander, and plumbago?

• Plants

• Court Terms

• Illnesses

• Video Games

Multiple Choice

Which word is a synonym for remorseful?

• Regretful

• Joyful

• Thoughtful

• Playful

Multiple Choice

When are you most likely to see a median?

• While reading a book.

• Climbing up a mountain.

• While on a road trip.

• Walking through the forest.

Multiple Select

Which two context clues in paragraph 9 clarify the meaning of the word remorseful?

• A restatement of the word is sickened.

• A contrast in meaning is naming new streets with old names.

• The word later means something done in the past.

• The prefix re- has a negative connotation.

Multiple Choice

The context clues in paragraph 10 suggest that demonstrated is the act of —

• showing how to complete a task by example.

• openly protesting beliefs toward an issue.

• doing homework from a professor.

• shaming people who steal plants.

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language was used in paragraph 12?

The sad room smiles again when a pot of green is placed on a white tablecloth.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Irony

Multiple Choice

The author uses personification in paragraphs 11–12 to —

• show that nature brings objects to life.

• indicate that nature has power over people.

• suggest that nature improves happiness.

• express that nature adds beauty to daily life.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence best describes what an arboretum might look like?

• The arboretum features multiple parking spaces, a high-rise apartment building, and a roof garden.

• The arboretum features several rock formations, quarries, and a hilly terrain.

• The arboretum features planes from the past, historical artifacts, and a library.

• The arboretum features a pond and fountain, an open air museum and several garden spaces.

Multiple Choice

The metaphor in paragraph 20 explains that —

• Lucy’s unanswered question takes root, spreading like a vine.

• the question Lucy asks is the vine from which the ideas in her paper will grow.

• the topic of Lucy’s paper needs to be trimmed like an overgrown vine.

• vines of the same plant look the same, similar to all papers Lucy writes.

Open Ended

How do the different points of view in the questions help show a theme of the story?

How do the different points of view in the questions help show a theme of the story?

​Possible Response:

The first question reflects Lucy’s attitude about respecting things that grow; the second question reflects the thinking of people who don’t see how important it is to respect these things.

Multiple Choice

The author mentions Seattle, Dallas, and San Antonio to suggest that ____________.

• only a few cities are taking steps to care for the environment

• cities are in great danger of having developers take over green spaces.

• places have different ideas about how to care for the environment.

• people in many places appreciate green spaces.

Multiple Choice

Early in the story, the statement "That’s how everything starts" is meant to show that ____________

• being “green” is essential to the character of Lucy.

• belief in “the color green” should begin in childhood.

• the world could not survive without its plant life.

• talking about the environment leads to arguments.

Multiple Choice

Robert Isabell is important to Lucy because ____________

• he was a party planner known throughout New York.

• his beliefs about the environment are similar to her own.

• he traveled the world in search of interesting plants.

• his life represented a skill that she would like to have.

Multiple Choice

What does the reference to Robert Isabell suggest about Lucy?

• She would like to master the skill of party planning.

• She admires how plants can captivate people.

• She sees the value in starting with a few flowers on an overhang.

• She would like to travel the world in search of interesting plants.

Multiple Choice

How does the figurative language in paragraphs 27–28 compare to the title?

• The title is about teamwork while the ending is about solitary work.

• Both relate to the dependence people have on nature.

• Both infer that people must serve nature to protect it.

• One mentions our dependence on nature and the other how nature depends on us.

Multiple Choice

Which of these is an important theme expressed throughout this story?

• People worry more about not having water than having green space.

• Gardening improves the physical and mental health of a person.

• All people should do their part to respect nature and work to preserve it.

• Green spaces in cities cause people to want to buy homes and open businesses.

Multiple Choice

What is an important message conveyed in the story?

• People in many places appreciate green spaces.

• Many people think plants are too much work.

• States should not build freeways.

• Watering plants during a drought should not be allowed.

Multiple Select

Select two pieces of evidence that support the previous questions about the important message conveyed in the story?

• "Green has had a terrible summer." (paragraph 5)

• "The city had a water waster hotline." (paragraph 6)

• "An exhausted kid says, I'm going outside--sick of her mother's voice, she knows she will feel better with bamboo." (paragraph 14)

• "In Dallas people run around the lake or refresh themselves at the arboretum." (paragraph 15)

• "Patience is deeply involved with green." (paragraph 17)

Multiple Choice

Sentence Structure Review:

Select the sentence in which a comma is used to punctuate a subordinate clause.

• The longer you’ve done it, the more you know how it encourages green.

• Also, you can have fine ideas while trimming germander and plumbago.

• She knew it had been mentioned before, but thought she ought to know.

• When he planted four palms in pots as a gift, they got plucked from the soil.

Multiple Choice

Sentence Structure Review:

Which complex sentence is correct?

• While noticing the green poking up between buildings, she runs around doing other things.

• Noticing the green poking up between buildings, on sides of roads, in front of the poorest homes.

• Pots of green lined on rickety front porches while hanging baskets of green on light posts.

• Green grasses and plants alongside the river, are what seem to keep everything else going.

I can determine the theme of “Allied with Green”,

support my reasoning, and analyze the text to make
inferences.

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