Ecosystems: Biodiversity & Endangerment

Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _____________________

Day 15: Thematic Essay Prep Effect of Interconnectedness Period: ________

T-CHART: Interconnectedness
People Hurt People
v. People Help People

Directions: After reading the four main texts of this English unit Ray
Bradburys A Sound of Thunder, Joy Williamss The Girls, Ezra
Pounds Portrait dune Femme, and Allen Ginsbergs Sunflower
Sutra, categorize the various relationships in each into two main
categories about the effect of interconnectedness: people hurt people
and people help people (associated subcategories involve humanitys
relationship with nature). Keep in mind that a single text may hold
relationships in both categories or a texts relationships many dominate one
side of the chart for a more obvious stance on the effect of
interconnectedness. Follow this specific format - Name of Text: Brief
description of single character relationship. Using colored pencils, color-
code each text title. An example is provided below.

WHAT IS THE OVERALL EFFECT OF OUR INTERCONNECTEDNESS?
NEGATIVE POSITIVE
PEOPLE HURT PEOPLE PEOPLE HELP PEOPLE




Ecosystems: Biodiversity & Endangerment






PEOPLE HURT NATURE PEOPLE HELP NATURE
SUNFLOWER SUTRA: Narrator uproots the Sunflower from
the sawdust ground: So I grabbed up the skeleton thick
sunflower and stuck it at my side like a scepter.