Deforestation 11/14

Summary-I learned about deforestation. Many people cut down trees and that is deforestation.   It doesn't help the environment in any way and it creates an unbalanced food web. Deforestation is not good in any way.

Backward-Looking- I did not know much about deforestation before we started.  I just knew that deforestation meant to cut down trees.  Now I know why deforestation happens and what happens after deforestation.  Many people cut down trees to mine, to build, and some people do it for fun. Some consequences of deforestation are floods, species extinction(plants and animals), and climate change. Deforestation has more negative reactions than positive.

Inward-Looking- I enjoyed the Mr. Cuttatree assignment. I like our writing assignments because I get to work on my writing and it helps me process what I've already learned.  Even though it is fake I love the idea.  I felt that I learned about deforestation in a different way because of this assignment.  I feel good knowing I did my best.

Deforestation is horrible!!

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