Text Structure
What type of text structure is used when listing the benefits of e-recycling?
What is description?
What feature shows the prices of different types of metals in Passage 1?
What is a table/chart?
What is the main claim the author makes about e-recycling?
What is that it is beneficial for both the economy and the environment?
What can you conclude about the importance of recycling from both passages?
What is that it helps reduce waste and recover valuable materials?
What does the term "e-recycling" mean?
What is recycling electronic devices?
Identify the text structure used in paragraph 3 of passage 2.
What is cause and effect?
Identify one image that might be included in the second passage to support its message.
What is a photo of plastic waste in the ocean?
In the second passage, what claim does the author make about single-use plastics?
What is that they are harmful to the environment and health?
How do the issues presented in both passages connect?
What is they both address environmental pollution?
What is a synonym for "pollution" as used in the second passage?
What is waste, chemicals, or trash?
Read this sentence from paragraph 3 of Passage 2:
Paper and wood take months to completely break down, but plastic can take 400 to 500 years.
What text structure does the author use in this sentence?
What kind of text feature might help explain the recycling process mentioned in the first passage?
What is a flow-chart or diagram?
How does the author support their claim about recycling electronics?
What is by providing statistics and studies?
Summarize the solutions offered in the second passage for reducing plastic waste.
What is passing laws, reusing items, and using alternatives?
Define "decompose" as it relates to the plastic discussed in the second passage.
What is to break down naturally?
What key words help you identify the text structure of the first half Passage 1?
What is gold, silver, precious metals, items such as, (description text structure)?
How does the author use bullet points in the second passage?
What is to list solutions to plastic pollution?
What evidence does the author give to support the claim about plastic waste?
What is the number of plastic items that end up in landfills and oceans?
How does the information about e-waste support the need for recycling mentioned in the second passage?
What is it shows that valuable resources can be recovered through recycling?
What does "single-use" mean?
What is designed to be used once and thrown away?
How do the text features in passage 1 connect to the text structure used?
Describe a feature that helps readers understand the severity of plastic pollution.
What is shocking statistics or images?
Explain how the author’s claim in the first passage relates to environmental protection.
What is that recycling can reduce waste and pollution?
Create a summary that combines the main ideas of both passages.
What is e-recycling and reducing plastic are crucial for environmental health?
Explain the term "precious metals" as used in the first passage.
What are valuable metals like gold and silver?