WORKSHEET # DIRECTION: Paraphrase the following lines.

Man did not weave the Web of Life: He is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, He does to himself.

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DIRECTION: Paraphrase t he following lines.

You will never have a river Steady and sure in its flow Unless in the upper reaches Trees verdant and helpful grow. And you will never find a forest Wide and refreshing and grand Unless it is nourished by rivers That flow through, renewing the land. And man who destroys the timber Leaving the mountainside bare Wonders what dried up the river That once ran steadily there. A.G. JACKSON

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Recog nizing Definition as a Context Clue DIRECTION: Find the meaning of words through context clues.
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Factories send gases such as carbon dioxide, a gas that is found in the atmosphere and is one of the by-products of respiration. Factories are sending more CO2 into the atmosphere, a mixture of gases that surround the earth. The combination of too much CO2 in the atmosphere and the lack of trees caused the situation known as the greenhouse effect. The Guatemalan women know a lot about their environment, which is the natural world within which people, animals, and plants live.

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ACTIVITY SHEET # Riders to the Sea DIRECTION: Answer the following questions:

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What is Cathleen hiding in the turf-loft? Does her action add to the dramatic interest of Mauryas entrance? _________________________________________________ ____ What is Mauryas primary concern? _________________________________________________ ____ What do you know about Bartleys character before he comes to the scene? What have you known about his character later on? Is he more concerned about his mother, or about his own plan? Support your answer. _________________________________________________ ____ What do these statements of Maurya imply when Bartley makes an exit? Well not see hi again. When the black night is falling Ill have no son left in the world. What do these remarks tell you about Mauryas state of mind? _________________________________________________ ____ Whose corpse was discovered? What is shocking about this discovery? _________________________________________________ ____ A great tragic heroine learns from her suffering. What has Maurya learned? What can we learn from her?

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What does the play prove about a persons relationship with the environment and the type of weather he or she is in? _________________________________________________ ____

WORKSHEET # DIRECTION: Read through the

play again. Jot down what you might need under the following elements of a play that are presented to the audiences senses. 1. SET This is to the collection of objects on a stage that create a scene. What should you include in the set? 2. POPERTIES- They are items that can be carried on and off the stage by action. What properties are needed in the play? 3. SPECIAL EFFECTS- They include special audio or visual elements used in the play. What special effects does the play need?

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COSTUMES- They are the clothing and accessories actors wear. Costumes often indicate occupation and social stature. What costumes should be prepared for Maurya, Bartley, Cathleen, and Nora.

WORKSHEET # Deriving Meanings of Words through Context Clues DIRECTION: Go over these
sentences. Give the word or phrase that gives you the clue to the meaning of each underlined word. Then give its meaning.
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But we can, and must, halt the contamination before our spaceship suffocates from its own foul discharges. We must use it over and over again for infinity, just as if we were in a sealed room for the lifetime of the Earth.

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And this is why preventionimmediate, drastic and farreachingis our only hope for the future. There is nowhere else for the dirt and poisons to go-we cannot open a window in the troposphere and clear out the stale noxious atmosphere we are creating. What is frightening is not so much the death and illness, corrosion and decay they are responsible for-as the fact that this is an irreversible process.

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ACTIVITY SHEET # DIRECTION: Paraphrase t he following lines.

Im very healthy. And I have an eternal

curiosity. Then, I think Im not dependent on any person. I love people, I love my family, my

children But inside myself is a place where I live all alone and
thats where you renew your springs

that never dry up. Pearl S. Buck

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