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    "THE LORAX" by Dr. Seuss: Questions

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    The document describes an activity where students will take on the roles of the Onceler or the Lorax from the Dr. Seuss story "The Lorax" and develop arguments for their assigned side in a debate about environmental issues. Students will work in pairs to generate arguments to defend their position, drawing on information about the history of the environmental movement and current state of the environment, then present their arguments to judges.

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    The document describes an activity where students will take on the roles of the Onceler or the Lorax from the Dr. Seuss story "The Lorax" and develop arguments for their assigned side in a debate about environmental issues. Students will work in pairs to generate arguments to defend their position, drawing on information about the history of the environmental movement and current state of the environment, then present their arguments to judges.

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    “THE LORAX” by Dr.

    Seuss Name___________

    In this animated story from the 1970’s, Dr. Seuss uses fictional characters called
    the “Oncelers” and the “Lorax” to portray different sides of the environmental
    situation of that time. A little boy is the main character and he is told the story as
    a flashback.

    You will work with a partner for this activity. One of you will take the Onceler
    position and the other will be the Lorax. I would like you both to come up with an
    argument as to why your side of the issue is the correct one. You will need to list
    as many arguments as you can to defend your position. Try to use any
    information that you have learned about the history of the environmental
    movement and the current state of the environment today. All of the Oncelers will
    get together and the Loraxes will do the same. You will then present your
    arguments to a panel of judges at the end of this activity and they will vote on
    which position wins.

    Questions:
    1) Is the story really relevant today? Why or why not?

    2) Do you think that this story has made a positive contribution over the years?
    Please give an example.

    3) Have you ever read, seen, or heard about this story?


    Explain.

    4) If you have kids some day, would you read them this story?
    Why or why not?

    5) Which character (if any) is given better treatment by Dr. Seuss?


    Give an example.

    Is this “fair”? Why or why not?

    6) What is the message at the very end of the story?

    What does it mean?

    Why do you think Dr.Seuss ended it this way?

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