Vocab
What does the word desolate mean as used in this sentence: This desolate, sandy lot now held rows and rows of tiny white and oak saplings.
Bleak/empty
What is central idea?
What the whole article is about.
What is personification?
Giving human like characteristics to non-human things.
What does compare mean?
Find similarities
What is the antonym (opposite) for the word "abundant"?
Scarce
What was the central idea of This Fascinating World of Nature?
Maathai's interactions with her environment during her childhood helped her develop a deep lover for nature.
What part of this sentence uses personification: The sun glared at me without blinking.
without blinking.
What does contrast mean?
Find the differences
What does the phrase "call out" mean in this sentence: The paved rows call out to runners.
They appeal to people who are runners.
How do I determine what the central idea is?
Read the text, annotate (highlight, underline, make notes), determine what the whole text is about
Where is the personification in this sentence: The girl climbed up in the tree's arms.
the tree's arms
What kind of diagram did we use to compare and contrast Protectors of The Land and This Fascinating World of Nature?
Venn Diagram
What are arrowroots?
The starch like root that is produced from tropical plants. Like a potato.
What is the name of the sentence in the first paragraph that usually tells us what the central idea is?
The topic sentence
What were some of the comparisons between Protectors of the Land and This Fascinating World of Nature?
Both about Wangari Maathai, both about her childhood, both about life in Kenya, both about love for nature
What does the word "perpetuity" mean as used in this sentence: Now that the land is permanently protected, Knoxville residents can enjoy this public park in perpetuity.
Forever
What were some differences between Protectors of the Land and This Fascinating World of Nature?
TFWN- autobiography, only about childhood, included her mother
POL- biography, included adulthood, GBM, John Muir