Welcome to Language Arts!

Can you save the world?Can you save our way of life?

Essential Question:

Daily Objectives & Agenda

-identify cause-and-effect text structure-follow a cause-and-effect chain*Read article "Tilting at Wildmills" on

p.620-622 in Holt text*Fill in cause-and-effect chain while

reading.*Discuss article"Applying Your Skills" p. 623

“Tilting at Windmill” pp. 618-623

*What heats your house?We use oil, coal, and natural gas for heating

homes, electric lights, and many other things.

* Coal and other fossil fuel sources come from the ground, and there’s a limited amount of it. Once we use up most of the fossil fuels, the little bit left in the ground is going to be too expensive to pump out. The price of fuel will become too expensive for it to be practical for people to use. We need new sources of energy!

Signal Words• question–answer: what, where, why, who, how,when, does

• cause–effect: therefore, as a result, leads to, so,because of, thus, in order to, if...then

• sequence: first, next, then, last, finally,meanwhile, following, before, after, on [date]• problem–solution: fortunately, unfortunately,therefore, trouble, problem, issue, challenge,answer, solution, conclusion

Preview text on p. 618-623 This is an informational article on using

windmills to help solve the energy crisis. What causes us to run out of fuel (such as oil)?What would happen if we ran out of oil?What effect would it have on your life?Look at the illustrations on pages 620 and 622.

Describe the images on these pages. What do they tell you?

Do you know anyone who uses alternative kinds of energy?

Americans use about 25% of the world's energy but represent less than five percent of the world's population.

Oil gone?Are we running out of oil quicker than we thought?Could be, according to an article in today's British newspaper, the Independent. Link: World oil supplies are set to run out faster than expected, warn scientists - Independent Online Edition > Sci_Tech.

Alternative Energy Sources Hydropower-damsSolar power-expensive/cut down trees for

more lightNuclear-by product of uranium is

radioactive (What do you do with the waste?)

Geothermal-harnesses heat of the planet to heat/cool home

AS YOU READThink about the effects of using windmills

for energy.What are the advantages of this type of

energy?Are there disadvantages?Should this problem be solved now or

should it be left as a problem for society in the future?

Text Organization: Cause and Effect

Cause: Makes something happenEffect: The result of something happening;

consequences of an event.

VocabularyshortagesrenewablehabitathazardsProfound*What for these words as you read the

article. Look up on the electronic dictionaries. Add these words to the word wall.

On the iPad, go to the Brain Pop app. Click on “More BrainPop.” Then, look for the movie on “Wind Energy.” Play the movie. Take some notes on what you learned and share with the class.

*Also, feel free to take the quiz. Search for other movies on renewable energy.

*How will YOU save the world?

BRAIN POP: WIND TURBINES