4th grade text structures

Ice-cream is a delicious frozen treat that comes in a many different colors and flavors. Two of my favorite flavors are strawberry and chocolate. Though both of these flavors are delicious, strawberry may contain pieces of fruit while chocolate usually will not. Even though more chocolate ice-cream is sold across the country annually than strawberry, each flavor tastes great inside of a milk shake.

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Wild chimpanzees are rapidly disappearing. Some people are trying to solve this problem. Otherwise, chimpanzees may one day exist only in zoos. People are trying to save the rain forests and woodlands where the chimps live from being cut down. It will take many people working together to solve this problem

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When Americans settled the Midwest, they were challenged by tough soils that resisted their cast iron plows. The Midwest contains some of the richest soil in the world, yet many settlers concluded that the soil was unsuitable for farming because they couldn't break ground. John Deere's steel plow changed all of that. Deere's plow was stronger and lighter than the iron plows people had used up until then. This allowed settlers to open up the tough but rich soil in the Midwest and unlock its agricultural potential. His invention became known as "The Plow that Broke the Plains," and it helped American farmers feed the world.

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You may not know who Mark Zuckerberg is but I bet you know about Facebook. Zuckerberg and his roommates launched Facebook from their college dormitory at Harvard. Facebook started off as just a "Harvard thing," but Zuckerberg and roommates spread it to other universities like Stanford, Dartmouth, and NYU. As Facebook grew in size and popularity, Zuckerberg took investments but resisted buyout offers. The founders maintained control and in 2012 Facebook became a publically traded company. Today Facebook is one of the world’s most popular websites and Zuckerberg is the CEO. Facebook has over one billion users and Zuckerberg is one of the 25 richest people in America. That’s not too bad for a college dropout.

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Green turtles live in the ocean. People used to hunt them to make turtle soup, as well as for their meat. They also were hunted because people wanted to use their skin for leather. As a result, the green turtle population is much lower than it used to be.

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The New York Daily News is the top-selling city newspaper in this country. After that comes the Los Angeles Times. Coming in third place is The New York Times. The Chicago Tribune, Detroit News, and Detroit Free Press are next. Following those is the Chicago Sun-Times.

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The Florida worm lizard does not have legs or feet. It is about eight inches long and looks like a giant earthworm, because it is pink. It doesn't have eyes or ears, but it has a mouth that looks like other lizards' mouths. Its body is covered with scales.

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Some news stories tell about bad things that happened. They might be about fires, crimes, or deaths. Other news stories tell about good events. They might be about heroes or celebrations. They might tell about special people. Both kinds of stories are news. Yet they are very different kinds of news.

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The giant ship Titanic set off on April 10, 1912. It was on its way from England to the United States. The ship sailed for four days. Then, on April 14, the ship safely passed through some icebergs. But later that night, it struck an iceberg. It sank into the ocean a few hours later.

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Plaid is a name for a pattern that is used to weave fabric. A pattern is called plaid when it has lines of color going up, and different lines of color going across. The lines are usually both thick and thin. A plaid cloth is often very colorful and cheerful.

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