Explain what plodded means. Have students role play the sloth. Remind students to modify their voice to mimic the way the sloth spoke (in a deep, lazy voice). She means if you destroy the beauty of the rain forest, there Fill in the chart with what the sloth meant by . .how much is will be nothing to look at. You cannot put a price on beauty. “. beauty worth?” FIFTH READING: Pages 22-30 Page 22 Show appropriate pictures of the Yanomamo tribe. He wants the man to show what he has learned from all of the What does the mean when he asks the man to upon “look animals in the forest who spoke to him in his sleep. He wants us all with new eyes?” the man to see the value of the rain forest, and its inhabitants and not chop the tree down. The man entered the rain forest to chop the tree down. How is that different from the way the man viewed the tree in the beginning of the story? (You may need to review pages 1-3 with the students.) The animals and child were staring at the man because they Page 24 were waiting to see if he was going to chop down the Kapok Why were all the animals and the rain forest child staring at the tree. man when he woke up? He saw the sun steaming through the canopy. Spots of bright light glowed like jewels amidst the dark green Page 26 forest. How did the man’s view of the forest change from what he had Strange and beautiful plants seemed to dangle in the air, learned? suspended from the great Kapok tree.
Explain what plodded means. Have students role play the sloth. Remind students to modify their voice to mimic the way the sloth spoke (in a deep, lazy voice). Fill in the chart with what the sloth meant by “. . .how much is beauty worth?” She means if you destroy the beauty of the rain forest, there will be nothing to look at. You cannot put a price on beauty. FIFTH READING: Pages 22-30 Page 22 Show appropriate pictures of the Yanomamo tribe. What does the mean when he asks the man to “look upon us all with new eyes?” How is that different from the way the man viewed the tree in the beginning of the story? (You may need to review pages 1-3 with the students.) Page 24 Why were all the animals and the rain forest child staring at the man when he woke up? Page 26 How did the man’s view of the forest change from what he had learned? He wants the man to show what he has learned from all of the animals in the forest who spoke to him in his sleep. He wants the man to see the value of the rain forest, and its inhabitants and not chop the tree down. The man entered the rain forest to chop the tree down. The animals and child were staring at the man because they were waiting to see if he was going to chop down the Kapok tree. He saw the sun steaming through the canopy. Spots of bright light glowed like jewels amidst the dark green forest. Strange and beautiful plants seemed to dangle in the air, suspended from the great Kapok tree.
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