The Eco Guardians

What is the BEST main idea of Emilia's letter?

• Emelia Garcia suggested to the Eco Guardians to consider planting trees or starting a community garden, or both.

• Emelia Garcia, the vice president of Global Solutions Active Environmental, is an expert on environmental issues.

• Emelia Garcia is an expert on environmental issues. The Eco Guardians ask her for advice on ways to help the environment and she gives them some good suggestions.

• The Eco Guardians ask Emelia Garcia for advice on different ways to help the environment and she gives them some good suggestions.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What is the main idea for paragraph 4 of Emilia’s letter?

• The problem is that Emilia wants to visit a new animal habitat. The solution is that her parents take her there.

• The cause is a sanctuary is a good idea to preserve animal habitats. The effect is starting a petition can help.

What is the BEST summary of the selection?

• Emelia Garcia is an expert on environmental issues. She is the vice president of Global Solutions Active Environmental. The Eco Guardians asked her for advice on ways to help the environment and she gave them some good suggestions. She suggested that on environmental awareness day they might consider planting trees or starting a community garden, or both. People love getting their hands dirty. When they see a sapling grow or a seed sprout, it brings them closer to nature and makes them care about protecting it.

• The Eco Guardians had planned to host an annual environmental awareness day in their town, in which residents could pick up trash in conservation areas and educate others about recycling, biking, and other ways to help the environment.

• The Eco Guardians asked her for advice on ways to help the environment and she gave them some good suggestions. She suggested that on environmental awareness day, they might consider planting trees or starting a community garden, or both. People love getting their hands dirty. When they see a sapling grow or a seed sprout, it brings them closer to nature and makes them care about protecting it. She also thought that the sanctuary was also a wonderful idea because it would preserve many animal habitats and provide a place for people to enjoy nature.

• Students write to Emilia Garcia for suggestions on their quest to find way to help the environment. They also ask her to recycle the letter instead of throwing away.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Which sentence shows that the Eco Guardians will probably need community support to be successful?

• Earth’s future is in the hands of young people like yourselves, and your efforts can help make a clean, green world for generations to come.

• I probably don’t need to remind you to recycle this letter!

• We look forward to hearing from you and thank you very much for your time!

• The more people know, the more likely they’ll be to support you!

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.5.8

The suffix -ness in the word awareness helps the reader understand that the word means-

• the condition of being aware

• to make people aware more than once

• to not be aware

• to be extremely aware

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is the genre of The Eco Guardians?

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Poetry

• Drama

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

From which point of view were these letters written?

• First person

• Second person

• Third Person

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

Probably Emilia wrote her letter to...

• Tell a fictional tale about a bird sanctuary campaign.

• To motivate the reader to build a sanctuary for birds and animals.

• To explain to the reader the need for a sanctuary for birds and animals.

• To request information from the reader regarding conservation activities.