BELL WORK

Look at the image of Mexico City and write

a journal entry describing what you see.

HINT: This picture was taken on a sunny day.

OBJECTIVE

I can connect the concept of urbanization to the dangers of pollution.

Mexico City is the home of 6 million cars. In fact, approximately 600 new cars are entering the city each day.

How will this impact the city?

URBANIZATION

Urban vs. Rural

What is it?

URBANIZATION & POLLUTION

The increase of the percentage of people that live in cities

Cause and Effect?

CLOSE

READIN

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15 minutes

End

What is Close Reading?Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.

SHARE WITH YOUR POD

GROUP TALK

CAUSES OF POLLUTION & WHAT CAN BE DONE TO FIX THETHE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF POLLUTION NEGATIVE IMPACT OF POLLUTION? (USE EVIDENCE FROM THE TEXT) (YOUR OWN IDEAS)