UNIT X 286 | UNIT 8 Instructional Routine: Before You Read p. Txxiv Use Prior Knowledge: Natural Resources Preview images Read aloud the information about natural resources. Then direct students’ attention to the top photo on the page and ask what is in the photo. Say: There are many kinds of natural resources. Wood is one kind of natural resource. If available, share photos of forests and lumber yards from the local community. Briefly discuss the items built from raw lumber. A Answer questions Work with students to generate a list of natural resources. Have students look back at your idea map and recall previous discussions for ideas. Then ask students to describe what each natural resource is used for. Say: We build houses and furniture out of wood. Paper is also made from wood. What are some more natural resources? How do we use them? ANSWERS Sample answers: 1. People make paper supplies, furniture, and houses from trees. 2. Trees take a long time to grow so they are not actually a renewable resource. 3. People use water, fossil fuels, and plants. Build Background: First Inhabitants A • Preview Display a map of South America and locate Peru. Say: We are going to read a text. The setting is Latin America. Preview the questions with students. Tell students that they will read the paragraph to identify answers to these questions. • Identify relevant details Have students read or listen as you read the text at least twice. Then read aloud the questions again and have students share responses. Direct students to identify evidence in the text to support their answers. ANSWERS 1. They needed natural resources for food, shelter, and entertainment. 2. They made houses, canoes, tools, and weapons from natural resources. EXPLORE AND LEARN DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold Emphasize to students that oral communication is very important in the classroom. Give students the opportunity to rehearse their responses with a peer before sharing with the group. Provide students with sentence frames as needed. They needed natural resources for _____. They made _____ from natural resources. Amplify Have pairs take turns pretending to be surviving in the wilderness. Have them brainstorm natural resources they can use to survive (for example, using tree branches to build a shelter). Then have pairs share their ideas with another pair. PRACTICE COMMUNICATE Natural Resources Use Prior Knowledge Natural resources are things found in nature. Look at the picture of a natural resource. What do you see? A Discuss the questions. 1. What do people make from trees? 2. What problems are there with using trees? 3. What other natural resources do people use? First Inhabitants Build Background The first inhabitants are the first people to live in an area. For example, some of the first inhabitants of Peru were the Moche and the Nazca peoples. Later, the Inca lived in the area. Years later, people from Spain came to the area. First inhabitants used the natural resources around them for food, shelter, and entertainment. A Discuss the questions. 1. Why did the first inhabitants of an area need to use natural resources? 2. What types of things do you think the first inhabitants of Latin America made with natural resources? Make a list. a canoe made of wood and bark from a tree BEFORE YOU Read UNIT 8 286 UNIT 8 / BEFORE YOU READ
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