21-22 TES 2.8

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Engineering Clean Water

PRE READING KNOWLEDGE CHECK


Read the sentences below. If you agree with the sentence, choose agree. If you disagree with the sentence, choose disagree.
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Wastewater can be cleaned and reused.

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Everyone has access to water.

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Bangladesh gets most of its surface water from rivers.

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Drinking wastewater can make you very sick.

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Engineers usually create one perfect design.

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Chlorine can clean water.

Engineering Clean Water

https://learning.amplify.com/books/9781945192555/#page=1

We are going to read the text and write gist statements.

Gist Statement: Main idea or summary of the text
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Write your gist statement for Page 4-5: Water in Bangladesh
Gist Statement: Main idea or summary of the text

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Write your gist statement for Page 7 - 8: Learning About the Problem
Gist Statement: Main idea or summary of the text

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Write your gist statement for Page 9-10: Planning, Making, and Testing a Solution
Gist Statement: Main idea or summary of the text

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Write your gist statement for Page 12 - 13: Iterating Over and Over Again
Gist Statement: Main idea or summary of the text

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Write your gist statement for Page 15: An Even Better Solution
Gist Statement: Main idea or summary of the text

POST READING KNOWLEDGE CHECK


Read the sentences below. If you agree with the sentence, choose agree. If you disagree with the sentence, choose disagree.
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Wastewater can be cleaned and reused.

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Everyone has access to water.

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Bangladesh gets most of its surface water from rivers.

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Drinking wastewater can make you very sick.

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Engineers usually create one perfect design.

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Chlorine can clean water.

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What do engineers do while designing solutions to problems?

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What was the solution to the water problem in Bangladesh?

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How did the engineers design this solution?

Multiple Meaning Words: Engineering Clean Water

Some words can mean more than one thing. For each word in the table:

1. Read the sentence from Engineering Clean Water that uses the word.
2. Read the two meanings the word can have.
3. Decide which meaning the word has in the sentence from the book and circle that meaning.
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Water from rivers and other sources is treated at water treatment plants and then sent through pipes to the rest of the city.

In the sentence, the word plants means

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There would be no point in cleaning the water before it reached the pumps, since it could just become contaminated again through the cracks in the pipes.

In the sentence, the word point means

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Their tests showed that the amount of chlorine in the water varied.

In the sentence, the word test means

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To make the solution, the engineers bought parts from the market in Dhaka.

In the sentence, the word parts means