14CowsForAmerica

1. Completechartonwhatyouknowandwhatyoulearnduringourlesson.
WhatdoyouknowaboutSeptember11th2001?

WhatIknow

WhatIlearned

Answersmayvary,butanything
aboutthepeopletheenvironment,
whathappened.ORiftheydidnt
knowanything.

Thisiscouldbefromthesummaryof
9/11andalsothebook.Thesummary
talksabout:

NYC
Planeattacks
Peoplefromdifferentcountries
wereaffected.
Peopleonthecommercialplane
foughttopreventitfromgoing
intothewhitehouse.
Hijackersoftheplanes

2. Whatwerethenegativeeffectsofthe9/11attacksonthephysicalenvironment?

Thefumesfromthefirehurttheenvironmentandcouldhavecausepollution.Thewaterand
groundsourcescouldhavebeenaffectedtoo.Thesmokeinthehaircouldhaveaffectedhow
peoplewerebreathing.Thebuildingcollapseonotherpeople,causingdeath.

TodaywewilllearnabouttheMassai.Theyareagroupofpeoplewholiketowearthecolor
red.TheyliveinasmallvillageinKenya,Africa,orTanzania.

Kimeli

3. WhatwasKimelisemotiontoSeptember11th?Whatmajoreventtakesplaceasa
result?

Hewassad.Themajoreventistheceremonyandtheofferingofthecows.

4. WhattraitswouldyougiveKimeli?
Brave,compassionate,nice,loving.

5. Whatevidencedowegetfromthebook?

HegavetheUShisonlycow.Heencouragedhiselderstoalsogivesomethingthattheyvalued.
Cowswerereallyspecialtothisculture.

CinquainPoetry

Acinquainisafivelinepoemthatfollowsaspecificpattern:

LineOneOneword:noun
LineTwoTwowords:adjectivesdescribingLineOne
LineThreeThreewords:actionverbsrelatingtoLineOne
LineFourFourwords:acompletesentenceaboutLineOne
LineFiveOneword:asynonymofLineOneorwordthatsumsitup

Cheatsheet:
Noun:Awordusedtonameaperson,place,animal.thing,orabstractidea(like
cat,happiness,toaster,orGeorgeBush)
Adjective:Awordusedtodescribeanoun(likefuzzy,silly,orwet)
Actionverb:Awordthatnamesanaction(likewalking,falling,orcrying)
Completesentence:Asentencewithbothasubjectandaverb(likeMarygoes
tothestoreorThemouseeatsthecookie)
Synonym:Awordwiththesameoralmostthesamedefinitionasanother(like
studentandpupilorhouseandhome)

Nowtrywritingyourowncinquaininspiredbythestoryof14CowsforAmerica.Chooseoneof
thewordsbelowtobeyournounorsubjectforLineOne,ormakeupyourown!

Africa
America
Cows
Gifts
Maasai
NewYork

Writeyourpoembelow:

Cows

_CalmSweet
Grazing,Eating,Looking
Cowaresupernice.
Life

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