Text Resource: Sneaky! Virus Sickens Plants, but Helps Them Multiply

This informational text (intended to support reading in the content area) describes how one common virus takes a sneaky route to success. It doesn’t kill its leafy hosts, instead, it makes infected plants smell more attractive to bees. This ensures the virus will have a new generation of the plants to host it in the future.
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Direct Link: https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/sneaky-virus-sickens-plants-helps-them-multiply

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Subject(s): English Language Arts, Science
Grade Level(s): 7
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Resource supports reading in content area:Yes
Keywords: symbiosis, ecology, mutualism, parasitism, virus, symbiotic relationships, parasite, pollinate, text complexity, informational text, bees, sneaky
Instructional Component Type(s): Text Resource
Resource Collection: STEM Reading Resources

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Sneaky! Virus Sickens Plants, but Helps Them Multiply

In this lesson, students will analyze an informational text intended to support reading in the content area. The article describes one common virus that takes a sneaky route to success. It doesn't kill its leafy hosts, instead, it makes infected plants smell more attractive to bees. This ensures the virus will have a new generation of the plants to host it in the future. This lesson includes a note-taking guide, text-dependent questions, a writing prompt, answer keys, and a rubric.

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Sneaky! Virus Sickens Plants, but Helps Them Multiply:

In this lesson, students will analyze an informational text intended to support reading in the content area. The article describes one common virus that takes a sneaky route to success. It doesn't kill its leafy hosts, instead, it makes infected plants smell more attractive to bees. This ensures the virus will have a new generation of the plants to host it in the future. This lesson includes a note-taking guide, text-dependent questions, a writing prompt, answer keys, and a rubric.

Type: Lesson Plan