Schema: oceans, mangrove trees, fish Text-toText: The Sea, the Storm and the Mangrove Tangle by Lynne Cherry Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai by Claire Nivola So Far From the Sea by Eve Bunting The author uses the pattern of “This is the house that Jack built” to build the story [...]
Schema: Earth Day, conservation Text to text connection: 10 Things I Can Do to Help My World by Melanie Walsh D.W., a preschooler, is concerned because she infers that the project Arthur is working on at school is making his hands, and those of her father, and Arthur’s friend, Buster, turn green. The reader will [...]
Schema: islands, conservation, ecosystems, biomes Text-to-text connection: The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry Author’s Purpose: persuade readers not to cut down the Mangrove tangles Cause and Effect: Because the propagule falls off the mangrove tree, the effect is that a new mangrove tangle begins. Drawing Conclusions: The fisherman drew the conclusion that he should [...]
Schema: trees Personification: The point of view is from the tree. The tree’s voice is heard through a rhyming text about a tree from its roots to its branches. Author’s Purpose: The simple text provides the reader with the basic information about how a tree grows, what lives in it, and what lives below it. [...]
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