Wednesday, November 17
Essential Questions:
● How does an author organize their writing?
Learning Target Day’s Tasks
● I will review the materials 1. Did You Know?
of Unit 2. 2. Pear Deck Review
● I can read for 3. Me Time
understanding. 4. Gimkit
Directions: Read this passage and use the information to answer the next few questions.
Microbes are everywhere. While some are helpful, the ones that make you sick are referred to as germs,
and they are usually either bacteria or viruses. Both bacteria and viruses can make you sick, but they are
different in many ways. There are lots of kinds of bacteria in lots of shapes. For example, they can look like
sausages, springs, strings of round beads, and more. Some even have tails that help them move around.
Similarly, viruses come in lots of shapes too. However, most kinds of viruses are even tinier than bacteria.
Whatever their shape, bacteria can grow and split into two identical copies— fast! If bad bacteria get
inside you, it doesn't take long for you to feel sick. One bacteria becomes two. Those two split and become
four. The four become eight, and on and on. In just hours, what started as one can become millions of bacteria!
In contrast, many scientists do not think viruses are alive. A virus cannot grow or move by itself. And to make
copies of itself, it has to be inside a living creature, called a host.
Once it is inside a host, the virus invades a cell and forces it to
make more viruses. This can make you feel very sick. Your body
can fight back, but it takes time. Medicines called vaccines can
help fight or prevent a virus, but only if you get them before you
get ill. Fighting bacteria is different. Medicines called antibiotics
can kill bacteria, so you get well quickly.
Question: Look at
this Venn diagram. Virus Bacteria
Where would you
write things that
Viruses and Bacteria
have in common? ●
●
●
● #1 #3
●
● #2
Microbes are everywhere. While some are helpful, the ones that make you sick are referred to as germs,
and they are usually either bacteria or viruses. Both bacteria and viruses can make you sick, but they are
different in many ways. There are lots of kinds of bacteria in lots of shapes. For example, they can look like
sausages, springs, strings of round beads, and more. Some even have tails that help them move around.
Similarly, viruses come in lots of shapes too. However, most kinds of viruses are even tinier than bacteria.
Whatever their shape, bacteria can grow and split into two identical copies— fast! If bad bacteria get
inside you, it doesn't take long for you to feel sick. One bacteria becomes two. Those two split and become
four. The four become eight, and on and on. In just hours, what started as one can become millions of bacteria!
In contrast, many scientists do not think viruses are alive. A virus cannot grow or move by itself. And to make
copies of itself, it has to be inside a living creature, called a host.
Once it is inside a host, the virus invades a cell and forces it to
make more viruses. This can make you feel very sick. Your body
can fight back, but it takes time. Medicines called vaccines can
help fight or prevent a virus, but only if you get them before you
get ill. Fighting bacteria is different. Medicines called antibiotics
can kill bacteria, so you get well quickly.
Question: This is written in Compare/Contrast organization
pattern. What two details could we write in the middle of a
Venn diagram for this text? What do they have in common?
Microbes are everywhere. While some are helpful, the ones that make you sick are referred to as germs,
and they are usually either bacteria or viruses. Both bacteria and viruses can make you sick, but they are
different in many ways. There are lots of kinds of bacteria in lots of shapes. For example, they can look like
sausages, springs, strings of round beads, and more. Some even have tails that help them move around.
Similarly, viruses come in lots of shapes too. However, most kinds of viruses are even tinier than bacteria.
Whatever their shape, bacteria can grow and split into two identical copies— fast! If bad bacteria get
inside you, it doesn't take long for you to feel sick. One bacteria becomes two. Those two split and become
four. The four become eight, and on and on. In just hours, what started as one can become millions of bacteria!
In contrast, many scientists do not think viruses are alive. A virus cannot grow or move by itself. And to make
copies of itself, it has to be inside a living creature, called a host.
Once it is inside a host, the virus invades a cell and forces it to
make more viruses. This can make you feel very sick. Your body
can fight back, but it takes time. Medicines called vaccines can
help fight or prevent a virus, but only if you get them before you
get ill. Fighting bacteria is different. Medicines called antibiotics
can kill bacteria, so you get well quickly.
Question: This is written in Compare/Contrast organization
pattern. What two details could we write on the Bacteria side
of a Venn diagram for this text?
Microbes are everywhere. While some are helpful, the ones that make you sick are referred to as germs,
and they are usually either bacteria or viruses. Both bacteria and viruses can make you sick, but they are
different in many ways. There are lots of kinds of bacteria in lots of shapes. For example, they can look like
sausages, springs, strings of round beads, and more. Some even have tails that help them move around.
Similarly, viruses come in lots of shapes too. However, most kinds of viruses are even tinier than bacteria.
Whatever their shape, bacteria can grow and split into two identical copies— fast! If bad bacteria get
inside you, it doesn't take long for you to feel sick. One bacteria becomes two. Those two split and become
four. The four become eight, and on and on. In just hours, what started as one can become millions of bacteria!
In contrast, many scientists do not think viruses are alive. A virus cannot grow or move by itself. And to make
copies of itself, it has to be inside a living creature, called a host.
Once it is inside a host, the virus invades a cell and forces it to
make more viruses. This can make you feel very sick. Your body
can fight back, but it takes time. Medicines called vaccines can
help fight or prevent a virus, but only if you get them before you
get ill. Fighting bacteria is different. Medicines called antibiotics
can kill bacteria, so you get well quickly.
Question: This is written in Compare/Contrast organization
pattern. What two details could we write on the Viruses side
of a Venn diagram for this text?
The main idea of this passage is viruses and bacteria have
both similarities and differences. The most important detail
that supports this main idea is:
a) In just hours, what started as one can become
millions of bacteria!
b) Once it is inside a host, the virus invades a cell and
forces it to make more viruses.
c) Similarly, viruses come in lots of shapes too.
However, most kinds of viruses are even tinier than
bacteria.
d) Microbes are everywhere.
There are lots of kinds of bacteria in lots of shapes. For
example, they can look like sausages, springs, strings of
round beads, and more. Some even have tails that help
them move around.
In the above sentences, the author organizes this
information by:
a) Compare and Contrast
b) Generalization
c) Neither
While some are helpful, the ones that make you sick are
referred to as germs, and they are usually either
bacteria or viruses. Both bacteria and viruses can make
you sick, but they are different in many ways.
In this sentence, the author organizes this information
by:
a) Compare and Contrast
b) Generalization
c) Neither
