GRADE LEVEL: 5 UNIT: 2 WEEK OF: 5

Title of Selection Page/Text Structure Breakdown

Let Wild Animals Be/Don’t Release Animals

Page Text Structure Evidence
Genre
Argumentative Texts
…protect wildlife is by
TEKS treating injured wild animals
p. 368 Cause & Effect and rehabilitating them in
5.9E, 5.6H captivity…release animals
back into the wild…
Focus Objective(s)
…during the past two
Analyze Argumentative Texts centuries…settlers shot and
poisoned the condors and
took their eggs.
Close Reads Focus Story Vocabulary p. 369 Problem/Solution
In the early 1980s, the US
*Analyze government started a
Argumentative Texts sanctuaries program to keep the condor
*Synthesize Information from going extinct.
*Vocabulary in Context
diminished
Therefore, reintroducing
animals to a wilderness area
thrive p. 370 Cause & Effect
brings in tourists. And
tourists spend money.
unfettered

For one thing, many animals

that have been kept in
p. 376 Problem
captivity simply can’t survive
Reading Comprehension Academic in the wild.
Expectations Vocabulary
1. Analyze Argumentative Texts expert, visible,
detect, focus, Many modern zoos and other
2. Synthesize Information relate facilities offer everything
p. 378 Solution
these animals need to live
Overall Text Structure(s) long, healthy, and happy lives.

In captivity, animals can

Comparison always eat well…They won’t
p. 379 Solution
lose their habitat to human
development.

Signaling Words Key/Central Idea (Main Idea)

treating, rehabilitating, shot, poisoned, can’t survive,
started, offer everything, can always, won’t lose
Essential Question (CPQ) & Weekly Question
How do we learn through our observations?
What are some different ways in which people can
observe and protect wildlife?
Let Wild Animals Be Wild and Don’t Release Animals Back to the
Wild were compared on the advantages and disadvantages of
raising or rehabilitating animals in captivity and releasing them
back into the wild.
Summary of Text
In “Let Wild Animals Be Wild” the author believes that people
should protect wildlife by treating and rehabilitating injured wild
animals in captivity with the ultimate goal of releasing them
back into their natural habitat so that our ecosystem remains
balanced.
In “Don’t Release Animals Back to the Wild” the author believes
that animals born in captivity have a much lower survival rate if
released back into their natural habitats, and zoos and other
facilities provide the care these animals need to keep them safe.