Formative #8 Unit 1

Once a year the Min River would overflow and flood a flat plain of dry land nearby

where nobody lived.

The Min River became dry because there was not enough rainfall.

The Min River was not big enough to build a levee in the river.

Once a year the Min River would overflow and flood homes of people living

along it.

He built a levee in the Min River that made the extra water go to a flat plain of

land.

He asked the people who lived along the river to build new homes on stilts.

He asked the people who lived along the river to move to a dry flat plain of land.

He built a levee at the bottom of the mountains to keep the melted snow from going

into the river.

The levee was built in the Min River and was made out of bamboo and stones.

The Min River would overflow even after the levee was built yet it didn't flood the

people's homes.

The levee stopped the river from flooding the people's homes and brought

water to land that needed water to grow plants.

It took Li Bing and his workers four years to build the levee.

It had many houses.

It was flooded.

It had many plants.

It was dry.

how levees are built in rivers and what materials they are made of

how Li Bing solved the problem of flooding along the Min River

how the people who lived along the Min River dealt with the problem of flooding

how melted snow from mountains can cause river flooding

was filled with plants

did not have enough water so the river dried up

was filled with so much mud that the water would become very dirty

had too much water so it would flow over the sides of the river

However

Although

On the other hand

So