Reading Comprehension: Rachel Carson Addresses Congress

#ReadingComprehension #grade9 #grade10 #grade11 Reviewing Rachel Carson’s address to Congress about #environmental hazards. Based on #CCSS ELA Informational Text Gr. 9-11.

What was Carson’s purpose for delivering her address?

to explain how people interact with the environment to warn about different environmental hazards to inform about the dangers of using pesticides to advocate for the use of less harmful chemicals
What is the meaning of the highlighted word in the excerpt?

Avoided Changed Disrupted Invaded
What effect does the word choice in this excerpt create?

It creates a critical tone. It creates an earnest tone. It creates an evasive tone. It creates a defensive tone.
In this excerpt, what does Carson imply about mankind’s relationship to the earth?

Mankind has been mistreating the environment. Mankind has worked hard to extract natural resources. Mankind knows that the earth’s resources are precious. Mankind knows that it has treated the earth poorly.
True or False: Rachel Carson was a proponent of pesticides.

True False
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