The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest by ... - Boces
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Grade 3: Communities Around <strong>the</strong> World<br />
Unit 3 Brazil<br />
Lesson 9 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Kapok</strong> <strong>Tree</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Kapok</strong> <strong>Tree</strong>: A <strong>Tale</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Amazon</strong> <strong>Rain</strong> <strong>Forest</strong><br />
<strong>by</strong> Lynne Cherry<br />
Read <strong>the</strong> following passage. <strong>The</strong>n answer <strong>the</strong> questions in complete sentences. Use<br />
details and examples from <strong>the</strong> story to support your answer.<br />
Several anteaters climbed down <strong>the</strong> <strong>Kapok</strong> tree with <strong>the</strong>ir young clinging to <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
backs. <strong>The</strong> unstriped anteater said to <strong>the</strong> sleeping man, “Senor, you are chopping<br />
down this tree with no thought for <strong>the</strong> future. And surely you know that what<br />
happens tomorrow depends upon what you do today. <strong>The</strong> big man tells you to chop<br />
down a beautiful tree. He does not think <strong>of</strong> his own children, who tomorrow must<br />
live in a world without trees.”<br />
1) What did <strong>the</strong> author mean when she said, “…surely you know that what happens<br />
tomorrow depends upon what you do today?”<br />
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Putnam/Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Westchester BOCES<br />
Grade 3 Integrated Social Studies/English Language Arts Curriculum<br />
Page 1 Revised 12/27/2010
Grade 3: Communities Around <strong>the</strong> World<br />
Unit 3 Brazil<br />
Lesson 9 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Kapok</strong> <strong>Tree</strong><br />
2. <strong>The</strong> animals in <strong>the</strong> book, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Kapok</strong> <strong>Tree</strong>, were warning <strong>the</strong> man to save<br />
and protect <strong>the</strong>ir environment. Today, as citizens <strong>of</strong> your community, what can you<br />
do to protect your environment?<br />
In your answer, be sure to include:<br />
· Where you live<br />
· What you can do to protect your environment<br />
· How your actions will protect your environment<br />
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Putnam/Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Westchester BOCES<br />
Grade 3 Integrated Social Studies/English Language Arts Curriculum<br />
Page 2 Revised 12/27/2010
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