Theme 6

Selection 1

Selection 3

Selection 2

Nature:Nature:Friend and Foe

NatureNature

In what ways do you interact with nature? How does nature affect your life? How do you affect nature?

Why do you think this theme is called Nature: Friend and Foe?

How does the poem show nature as a friend? As a foe?

Genre:

Nonfiction

Factual writing about real people things and events

Nature: Friend and Foe

Purposes for Reading• Strategy focus:

summarize• Comprehension skill:

following directions• Vocabulary development• Critical thinking, discussionNature: Friend and Foe

Key VocabularyKey Vocabulary• abundance

• ancestors

• lure

• spawn

• filets

• scavengers

Nature: Friend and Foe

Genre:

Expository Nonfiction

Informational writing presents and explains real people, things, and

events

Nature: Friend and Foe

Purposes for Reading• Strategy focus:

monitor/clarify

• Comprehension skill:

topic, main idea, details

• Vocabulary development

• Critical thinking, discussionNature: Friend and Foe

Key VocabularyKey Vocabulary• ablaze

• aggressively

• charred

• consumed

• cycles

• ember

• flammable

• renewNature: Friend and Foe

Genre:

Historical FictionThis fictional story uses believable characters and events to recreate a

past time.

Nature: Friend and Foe

Purposes for Reading• Strategy focus:

predict/infer• Comprehension skill:

making inferences• Vocabulary development• Critical thinking, discussionNature: Friend and Foe

Key VocabularyKey Vocabulary• corral

• coyote

• drought

• prairie

• slumped

• phonograph

Nature: Friend and Foe