UNIT 2, LESSON 8, EVERGLADES FOREVER
Genre: Narrative Nonfiction
Big Idea: Life Science and Conservation
Essential Question: What persuades us to protect the environment?
Target Vocabulary
Comprehension
Target Skill
Vocabulary Strategies
Everglades LINKS:
__http://www.nps.gov/ever/photosmultimedia/gladesglimpse.htm
Everglades Swamp Safari - Animal Planet (3 min, 1 sec)
Genre: Narrative Nonfiction
Big Idea: Life Science and Conservation
Essential Question: What persuades us to protect the environment?
Target Vocabulary
- endangered - threatened; for plants and animals, threatened with extinction
- unique - unusual and special in some way
- adapted - changed, to survive or fit into new conditions
- vegetation - plants found in a particular area
- conserving - using only what you need of something and protecting it; not wasting something
- restore - to return something to its original state
- guardians - people who protect or take care of others
- attracted - drew attention and captured interest
- regulate - to control
- responsibility - a duty or job
Comprehension
Target Skill
- Persuasion - authors may include their viewpoint about a topic and will provide reasons to persuade the reader to think or act a certain way. Authors use details and facts to persuade readers.
- Analyze/Evaluate - analyzing and evaluating the text carefully will help you respond to the topic.
Vocabulary Strategies
- Prefixes en-, re-, pre-, pro- - "put in/to," "again," "before," "for" or "before." Derived from Latin to change the meaning of a word.
Everglades LINKS:
__http://www.nps.gov/ever/photosmultimedia/gladesglimpse.htm
Everglades Swamp Safari - Animal Planet (3 min, 1 sec)