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► Language & Grammar
Persuade
Use Verbs in the Present, Past, and Future Tense
► Prepare to Read
Learn Key Vocabulary
Learn a Reading Strategy
Synthesize
► Read and Write
Focus on Genre
Persuasive Article
Apply the Reading Strategy
Synthesize
Critical Thinking
Reading Fluency
Read with Intonation
Vocabulary Review
Write About the Guiding Question
► Connect Across the Curriculum
Literary Analysis
Analyze Arguments in Persuasive Text
Analyze Support in Persuasive Text
Identify Propaganda
Vocabulary Study
Use Context Clues: Technical Vocabulary
Language and Grammar
Persuade
Writing and Grammar
Write Effectively About Events
Quickwrite In your opinion, why is there hunger in the world? Do a Quickwrite about two possible causes of this problem.
Some people argue that we should use science to improve the foods people eat. Others say that such changes could be unsafe. People on both sides of the issue agree that world hunger is a problem. Now find out why they disagree about how to solve it.
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Is it helpful or harmful to make scientific changes to food?