Unit 5 Lesson 4 Level 7 U5 L4

Aliens from Earth

Name _______ Date __________

1. The following text tells about how people affect wildlife. Fill
in the blanks with the correct form of Key Words.

Key Words
habitat species
invade threatened
population

1
People ___________, or take
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over, a ___________. The homes
for wildlife disappear.

3
The ___________ of this place has always
been animals. Where will they go now?

4
Each animal ___________, or special group,
needs a place to live and find food. Without
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the right habitat, the animals are ___________.
Their lives are in danger.
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2. Animals’ habitats are threatened by people. Use Language

Frames below to describe the problem and explain why it is
important to protect them.

• This happened because _________________________

and ____________________________________________
• I think this is important because __________________
____________________ and _______________________
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3. Read Too Busy to Study and complete the

Problem-and-Solution Chart to summarize the problem
and solutions in it.

Too Busy to Study

Many students say the same thing. It is not the

schoolwork, or the amount of schoolwork. It is that
students are too busy with sports or the arts to find
time to study.
Students have a very full day. The average day
begins at sunrise. It ends late at night. Many have
after-school activities and two hours of homework.
Many schools give only twenty minutes for lunch.
Some give even less time for recess.
Students need more time to study. They need
more time to relax.
One solution is for parents to limit their children’s
activities. Another solution is to make the school
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day longer to give more free time. This would give

more time for homework. A third solution is to limit
the amount of homework.

Problem-and-Solution Chart

Problem: _________________________________
__________________________________________

Example 1 Example 2 Example 3

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___________ ___________ ___________

Solutions:
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________

Write something to tell how to sovle the problem.

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4. Make a Problem-and-Solution Chart to state your opinion

about the problem in your neighborhood or environment.

Step 1：Choose a Topic

• Fill out the ldea Web with the problems you plan
to write about. Then choose the most interesting
one to write about.

ldea Web
Write down one of the problems in your
neighborhood or environment you plan
to write about.

____________ ____________
____________ ____________

Subject:
____________________________
____________________________

____________ ____________
____________ ____________

I plan to write about _________________________.

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Step 2: Gather Information

• Free-write your opinions about your chosen

problem and give examples to support your
opinions. The solutions are also needed.

_____________________________________________
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Step 3: Get Organized

• Organize information on the previous page

and fill out the chart.
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Problem-and-Solution Chart

Problem: ________________________________
_________________________________________

Example 1 Example 2 Example 3

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__________ ___________ ____________
__________ ___________ ____________

Solutions:
________________________________________
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________________________________________
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Step 4: Evaluate

Ideas:
1. I described the problem and solutions clearly.
yes no

2. I listed accurate and relevant examples and

showed in-depth knowledge of the topic.

yes no
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1.

1 _____________ 2 _____________ 3 _____________

4 _____________ 5 _____________

2. Possible answer.

• This happened because _______________________

and __________________________________________

• I think this is important because ________________

____________________ and ______________________
_______________________________________________
3. Possible answer.
Problem-and-Solution Chart

Problem: _______________________________________
________________________________________________

Example 1 _____________________________________

Example 2 _____________________________________
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Example 3 ____________________________________
______________________________________________

Solutions:
(1) ___________________________________________
(2) ___________________________________________
___________________________________________
(3) ___________________________________________

4. Possible answer.
Step 1: Choose a Topic
Idea Wed

___________________ ___________________

Subject:
_______________________________
_______________________________

___________________ ___________________
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I plan to write about __________________________.

Step 2: Gather Information

_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________

Step 3: Get Organized

Problem-and-Solution Chart

Problem: ______________________________________

Example 1
______________________________________________
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Example 2
________________________________________________
________________________________________________

Example 3
________________________________________________

Solutions:
(1) ____________________________________________
(2) ____________________________________________
____________________________________________
(3) ____________________________________________
(4) ____________________________________________
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