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Common Ground. The Water, Earth, and Air We Share. by Molly Bang. benefit. Definition: When you benefit from something, you are helped by it. Sentence: You will benefit from good food and exercise. Definition: If something is common , it may be shared.
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Common Ground The Water, Earth, and Air We Share by Molly Bang
benefit Definition: When you benefit from something, you are helped by it. Sentence: You will benefit from good food and exercise.
Definition: If something is common, it may be shared. Sentence: Our common interest in art brought us together. common
common ground Definition: Land shared by everyone is common ground. Sentence: The park is common ground that we all can use.
commons Definition: A commons is a piece of land that is shared by the whole town. Sentence: Our commons is used for many different events throughout the year.
forest Definition: A forest is a large area with many trees. Sentence: There are more than fifteen kinds of trees in our forest.
fossil fuel Definition: A fossil fuel is a source of energy found in the earth. Coal, oil, and natural gas are fossil fuels. Sentence: Gas is a fossil fuel that is used for cooking, heating and running cars.
natural resource Definition: A resource is something people use. A natural resource comes from the earth. Sentence: Water is an important natural resource.
sustain Definition: When you sustain something, you keep it going. Sentence: We can sustain the forest by planting new trees.
village Definition: A village is a small community. Sentence: Anna knows the name of every person who lives in her village.
villager Definition: A villager is a person who lives in a village. Sentence: The villager had a garden and kept chickens in his yard.
Reading Strategy: Learn to Make a K-W-L Chart, p. 194 • A K-W-LChart helps you connect new information to what you already know. • It also helps you think about what you want to learn before you read.
Reading Strategy: Learn to Make a K-W-L Chart, p. 194 How to Make a K-W-L • Look at the essay. Think about the topic. • Write what you know about the topic under K. • Write what you want to learn under W. • Read the essay. Write what you learned under L.
Why should we worry about water? We need to keep our water clean and free of pollution. The earth is mostly water.
Common Ground, p. 195-202 Our Earth has many wonderful natural resources. In this essay, Molly Bang describes how these resources can be destroyed and presents a persuasive argument for working together to take care of them. If communities don’t care for our resources, there will be nothing left for future generations.
Before You Move Onp. 196 Sentence Starters • The problem caused by having too many sheep in the commons was ___________ _________________________________. • I think the villager’s plan for using the commons ________ fair because ______ was/ was not _________________________________. 3. Some of the villagers moved away because _________________________.
Before You Move Onp. 198 Sentence Starters • in the short run = ___________ in the long run = ___________ • Two resources we are in danger of using up today are _________________ and _________________________________. • If we used up all the fish and trees now, __________________________________________________________________.
Before You Move Onp. 202 Sentence Starters • We use natural resources like water and fossil fuels today for _________________ _________________________________. • What the author means when she says “we don’t have any place else to go” is _________________________________ _________________________________. • I think Molly Bang wrote this story because _________________________.
