tailieunhanh - treasures grammar and writing handbook grade 4 phần 2

Làm cho Trái đất ngày một lễ Town Không có gì là quan trọng hơn so với làm sạch môi trường của chúng tôi. Thị trấn của chúng tôi sẽ gửi tấn rác đến bãi rác mỗi năm. Bãi chôn lấp gần đầy. Sợ vi khuẩn năm ngoái cho thấy rằng ngay cả nước của chúng tôi là không an toàn. | Literature Models Make Earth Day a Town Holiday Nothing is more important than cleaning our environment. Our town sends 5 000 tons of trash to the landfill every year. The landfill is nearly full. Last year s bacteria scare showed that even our water is not safe. If we made Earth Day a town holiday everyone in town could spend that one day a year cleaning up the mess. If townspeople spent one whole day working together we could do amazing things. The citizens of Midville-a town smaller than ours-cleaned the whole shoreline. Just imagine how much good we could do We should write to the mayor and ask her to declare Earth Day a town holiday. Then we should work together to make our town the cleanest in the state -Mark Harmond Practice and Apply Thinking Like a Reader 1. What does the author of A Power-ful Sun think about using energy from the Sun 2. Why does Mark Harmond want Earth Day to be a town holiday Thinking Like a Writer 3. How do the reasons given in A Power-ful Sun influence the reader about using solar energy 4. What reasons does Mark Harmond give to support his opinion 5. Reading Across Texts Read both literature models again. List specific words and phrases the authors use to convince readers to agree with them. 29 Literature Models Features of Persuasive Writing DEFINITIONS AND FEATURES - Persuasive writing gives the opinions of the writer and encourages the audience to share the writer s opinions. A good persuasive writing piece Clearly states the author s opinion on a topic. Supports the opinion with convincing reasons and arguments. Organizes reasons in a logical order often saving the strongest reason for last. Includes opinion words. Author s Opinion Reread A Power-ful Sun on page 28. The author s opinion is stated in the first paragraph. I A lot of our energy comes from fuels like oil coal and gas. One day we ll run out of them but what can we do We should use energy from the Sun. The author s opinion is that we should use the Sun for energy .