Read the article. What do you think the author wants the reader to know about this passage? Explain your answer using information from the text. Please respond to at least 2 student entries.
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Wolfvoelker6789
2/24/2015 06:37:02 am
I think that the idea that the author of this article wants readers to know is that a large number of sea lions (and other animals,) are washing up on California's beaches. She also needs readers to know why this is happening. The article states that this could be because of several reasons. One is saying that the population of sea lions is reaching it's max. "Another reason could be that “the sea lion population is reaching carrying capacity,” Bard said. Carrying capacity is the maximum number of a species that can live in an environment." The author doesn't really state any thing about fixing this problem. Maybe this is just another scandal of the rigorous pollution is California, a polluted environment could definitely be causing sick and underfed sea lions to be washing up on our beaches. Who knows? I do hope this problem will be completely fixed soon!
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Minerva
2/24/2015 07:09:55 am
Great response, Wolf. I really think that if I hadn't read the article, I would know what it was about by reading your response.
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K Chenu
2/27/2015 07:59:18 am
I agree with you Minerva. Wolf you posted a very thoughtful response.
Ben is the Curiel
2/24/2015 08:55:17 am
I agree with you Wolf because there are many suggestions of problems and the animals reaching its max is one of them.
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Gavin
2/24/2015 06:48:30 am
The author wants to let the reader know that sea lions are endangered and they need better shelter and protection in order to keep safe and alive.A guy named Shawn Johnson helps work at the Marine Mammal center and that is a place where they protect some animals.In 2013 they found too many sick sea lions and they helped save some of them so I think the author was saying that there are a lot of animals that are sick so we should help and try to save them.
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Ryan
2/24/2015 06:58:43 am
I don't agree Gavin the article is not about how sea otters are becoming endangered I think it is about how the sea otter are getting ill not becoming endangered.
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Minerva
2/24/2015 07:05:02 am
True, very true, Ryan. I was just about to comment that it is not about sea lions becoming endangered, also, sea lions, not otters.
Wolfvoelker6789
2/24/2015 07:06:26 am
I disagree with ye Gavin the r\article isn't about sea lions becoming endangered. In fact the article even states that the population of sea lions is around 300,000! The article states as well that the population of sea lions is possibly reaching it max!
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Celeste
2/24/2015 08:47:29 am
I disagree, I don't think that sea lions are endangered, some people speculate that that is the problem. I believe this because in section #4 the title litterally is "Too Many Sea Lions?".
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The red ninja[Jay]
2/24/2015 09:20:18 am
I agree with you Gavin because the author wants to let the reader know that the sea lion is endangered.
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Wolfvolker6789
2/25/2015 08:06:19 am
I disagree with ye Jay. This article isn't about sea lions being endangered.
Justine
2/24/2015 09:48:24 am
I don't think that the author wants us to try to save them, but to just be aware with what is happening.
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Natasha
2/24/2015 06:49:50 am
I think that the author would like the reader to know that there are many sick sea lions washing up in CA. We used to hunt these creatures, but then we made a law against it. Now sea lions are getting sick, and we are having to care for them. It is getting hard for us because there are jusst so many sea lions. One thing that I think is interseting is that sea lions used to be scarce because we hunted them. Now there are plentiful. The text supports my conclusion when it says " In January, his group found 67 sea lions stranded on the beach. Usually, they just see one or two."
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Ryan
2/24/2015 07:03:33 am
I agree Natasha the article is about how sea lions are getting ill and how people thought of different reasons on why they are getting ill.
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Wolfvoelker6789
2/24/2015 07:09:07 am
I agree with ye Natasha. The article is about sea lions that are ill and underfed are washing up on California's beaches.
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Ryan
2/24/2015 06:52:10 am
I think the author wants the readers to know about whats happening to sea lions and how they are becoming ill/sick. Sea lions were almost wiped out but now there are 300,00 sea lions and 50,000 baby sea lions each year. But now they are becoming ill, although no one knows why. Some people think it is because there is food poisoning in the ocean so when the sea otter eat the fish they get sick because the fish have the poisoning. Others think it's because there might not be enough food for them.just like it has in the article it says “Maybe the fish have all left, and that’s why this is happening," Johnson said" Although I personally think it's because of all the pollution and gases also because the fishes are getting poisoned.
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Ryan
2/24/2015 06:59:37 am
Sorry I meant sea lion.
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Minerva
2/24/2015 07:07:22 am
I agree, Ryan. I don't think that they are getting sick and washed up because of loss of food. I also think you really understood this article.
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Minerva
2/24/2015 07:01:31 am
I think that the author wants to let the reader know that sea lions are washing up on the shore in large numbers. Also, that scientists are working really hard to figure out why this is happening. My evidence is that "Scientists Working Really Hard" is the title of one of the paragraphs, and that the text says, "Sick baby sea lions are turning up on California beaches... The pups are not the only ones in trouble. In January, rescue centers helped a record number of sea lions. They were of all ages, including adults." My opinion on this is that the sea lions have probably been affected by pollution or lack of food. Although, I don't see why the "fish would have all left." So maybe it wouldn't be lack of food. My conclusion is that the author wants to inform the reader that sea lions are washing up on the shore in large numbers.
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Violet
2/24/2015 08:44:36 am
i agree with you Minerva because if i hadn't read the article i would know what it was about from just reading your response . Even though i don't agree with how the scientists think that sea lions are sick with hunger , like you i still think they are working really hard .
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Sarah
2/24/2015 08:46:20 am
I agree with what you said about what the author wants to let the reader to know about this passage.
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Ben is the Curiel
2/24/2015 08:59:48 am
I agree with you Minerva because most of these sea lions are babies and there are more of them than adults
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Celeste
2/24/2015 09:01:53 am
I agree with you, in your eighth sentance you say "Although, I don't see why the "fish would have all left."". You have a point, fish wouldn't just leave.
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charlotte
2/24/2015 09:28:20 am
Minerva, maybe the fish left because they were slowly dying off in their environment after the population of sea lions grew. There were too many sea lions that were hunting for fish, so they probably had to go some place else where the amount of sea lions was not as big.
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2/24/2015 07:36:12 am
The author wants you to know that the sea lions are outnumbering, for when they come to shore. They used to only come up for air or food but now it is precisely only that they are starved or sick and need help. "In January, his group found 67 sea lions stranded on the beach. Usually, they see just one or two." More and more sea lions are on the shore. Either from, they need food, to I am sick. "Experts have different ideas. Some think the sea lions might be sick. Others think it may be poisons in the ocean. The poisons get into fish. Then the sea lions eat the fish. There also may be too many sea lions and not enough food." It is a known and asked question, but it always has a unknown answer.
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nola
2/24/2015 09:03:31 am
Well I am not sure who I am agreeing with but, I agree with them. I agree that the amount of sea lions are outnumbering and that they need food fast. I think that the article's main idea is really enjoyable to read about although it is an unfortunate event. This is a horrible event that we can help. The rescuers in the article say that they found grown sea lions on the beach too that were sick. I really hope that the rescuers find a way to help these pore animals.
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Cara
2/24/2015 10:03:56 am
I'm not sure who you are, but I agree with you. The experts have different theories of what might of happened, such as illness and environmental cause. More and more sea lions have become stranded on the beach. Unfortuanatley, the answer in unknown, but we can still guess what might of happened.
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Tommy
2/24/2015 07:37:05 am
I think what the author wants us to know is that sea lions are washing to California's beaches. Some people are having different ideas of why they are coming to our beaches some say that they are eating fish with poison or there is not enough food for the sea lions. The article even said that they were becoming endangered because of hunting so their is a law to not hunt sea lions they are not endangered but can be again.
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Arlon
2/24/2015 09:13:25 am
I agree with you Tommy because in the paragraph "A Real Shock",it says,"In January,his group found 67 sea lions stranded on the beach.Usually, they see just one or two."That is why I agree with you Tommy.
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keep calm and play minecraft (aidan)
2/26/2015 08:54:59 am
I don't really agree with you Tommy because sea lions could not be endangered because every year 500,000 sea lions are born.
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Brian
2/24/2015 07:44:13 am
I think the author is tring to teach here that sea lions are washing up on the shore in large numbers when they are not soppused to do. Also they tring to found out why.And they said it is happening again because they said it happen in 2013. My evidence is" but then it happen again last year, and now it is happened again Johnson said".
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nola
2/24/2015 08:49:35 am
I very much agree with you Brian. The article tells us that the sea lions have been washing up on our beaches hear in California. This is very sad because they are in danger says the article. But not only the pups are in danger but the already grown up ones too. I very much agree with your evidence, because you wrote down the sentence that tells the readers that this hasn't been the only year the sea lions are laying on the beaches. I agree most with your first sentence the most, it says that you think that the author is trying to bring our attention to this. You also said that there have been several amounts of sea lions on beaches.
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jacob
2/25/2015 08:52:03 am
i do agree brian because the sea lion are dying because the people hunt them and the sea lion eat a fish that has poison in it and next time you should put more detail in your paragraph.
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nola
2/24/2015 08:20:49 am
I think that the author wanted us,the readers to know about this important cause. The important cause is that sea lions have been washed up onto beaches all over California. This is an important cause to think about because,"For the third year, sea lions are in danger.
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Connie
2/24/2015 08:52:24 am
I agree with you. Not just pups that have danger, the adult sea lions do, too. Maybe, the poison from the fish is the problem. I also agree about the part which you wrote," So it's also the food chain that is arming them." That could change the food chain a lot.
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jacob
2/24/2015 08:21:08 am
I think the author is trying to let us know that the sea lion are getting sick. In the article it said "Some think the sea lions might be sick. Others think it may be poisons in the ocean. The poisons get into fish. Then the sea lions eat the fish." so the sea lion will die. The Marine Mammal Center people were very shock about. The Marine Mammal Center cared about 75 sea lion in January. But in 1972 the government made a law that you cant hunt sea lions so there are about 300,000 sea lions left.
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Arlon
2/24/2015 09:22:55 am
I agree with you Jacob because in paragraph "An Emergency" it says,"In 2013,the government declared an emergency.There were to many sick and hungry sea lions."But then it happened again last year," Johnson said."Now it's happening again,"That is why I agree with you.
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alex
2/24/2015 09:57:37 am
I agree with you Jacob on the most part because the author I think is not just trying to say the sealions are getting sick but also dying/starving of food to. Since the law was put out that it is illegal to hunt sealions for their pelts or any other reason less sealions have been killed and so the numbers of sealions increased and not all of the sealions got food and some of them starved. I would be in shock too if so many sealions ended up on the beach for the third year in a row. I also think we should donate to the Care Center to help the sealions
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The blue dog (Lesly)
2/24/2015 01:44:47 pm
I agree with you jacob but the only thing is that scientist still don't know if the sea lions are eating the poisoned fish. Remember that there are still three more things that can be causing this problem.
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Sarah
2/24/2015 08:22:43 am
I think that the author wants the reader to know about this passage is that a lot of sea lions and pups are getting washed up, and then they don't have space or food for them. If this happens, a lot of them will die. Information from the text is,"The pups are not the only ones in trouble. In January, rescue centers helped a record number of sea lions. They were of all ages, including adults. This is the third straight year that so many sea lions have been in danger." Some more information from the text is," There may not be enough food for so many sea lions." and another is,'“Maybe the fish have all left, and that’s why this is happening," Johnson said. That is what I think the author wants the reader to know about this passage.
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Connie
2/24/2015 08:41:06 am
I agree with you. The sea lions are stranded on the shore and scientists are trying to find out why. I also liked how you included the reasons why the sea lions might be dying from the text as evidence.
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charlotte
2/24/2015 09:15:20 am
I don't think that what's been happening is that pups are getting washed up, and then they don't have enough space or food for them, but I think that after it became a law that sea lions were not to be hunted, then the number of sea lions went up, and the population of sea lions is now too big. It is too hard for them to share food among all of the sea lions, so many of them starve, and are stranded on the beach.
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violet
2/24/2015 08:23:36 am
I think the author wants us to now that sea lions are becoming sick and washing up to shore . Even scientists are trying to find out why it is happening . I agree with the article that sea lions are appearing but in a bad way .In the article it states why they are (the article said 'There may be too many sea lions and not enough food.') so of course the author wanted you to know that as well as other thing .The other things are things such as: what scientists are doing about this , what other places are doing about this , and what people are saying about it .But still the main topic is that Sick, underfed sea lions are washing up in California in record numbers . Even the tittle gives you a clue about what the author want's the reader to know .
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Connie
2/24/2015 08:34:45 am
I think the author is trying to tell the reader that a huge amount of sea lions are dying and scientists are also trying to find out why. In the passage, it was written, "A team of scientists are looking for clues right now. "They're working really hard to answer those questions." The sea lions could be dying because they're becoming ill, since they ate fish that are poisoned. There also might be too much sea lions and there's not enough fish for them to eat. After all, in the text, the author wrote, "There may not be enough food for the sea lions." Scientists are hoping for answers to be coming, soon, too. I too want answers to solve this problem, so maybe less sea lions will be gone.
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Sarah
2/24/2015 09:04:55 am
I agree when you said," I think the author is trying to tell the reader that a huge amount of sea lions are dying and scientists are also trying to find out why."
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Celeste
2/24/2015 08:38:42 am
I think the author wants the reader to know that unhealthy sea lions are washing up on beachs in big numbers, some as huge as 711 in 1 month! This is stated in paragragh #10 "Last year, it found 1,030 animals, Johnson said. Of those, 711 were sea lions."
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Justine
2/24/2015 09:44:43 am
I agree with you because the article is focused on the sea lions being unhealthy.
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Ashley Kim
2/24/2015 10:57:03 am
I agree with you Celeste because the sea lions are endangered by health or because of some kind of fish or trash.
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Arlon
2/24/2015 08:48:10 am
I think that the author wants the reader to understand that the sea lions are in danger.Like how they've been washing up on shore.What supports my comment is in paragraph "A Real Shock".It says ,"In January,his group found 67 sea lions stranded on the beach.Usually,they see just one or two,".Also,another piece of evidence that supports my comment is in the last paragraph.It reads,"The number of sea lions grew, Johnson said.There are now about 30,000 sea lions.About 50,000 baby sea lions are born each year.There may not be enough food for them all,"That is why I think that the author was telling us that sea lions are in trouble.
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Cara
2/25/2015 11:51:15 am
I agree, Arlon. The more and more sea lions there are, the less food each sea lion will have. Having 67 sea lions stranded on the beach is a big problem. Each sea lion should have food and each sea lion should not suffer.
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charlotte
2/24/2015 08:48:51 am
I think that the author wanted the reader to know that the amount of sea lions that are being washed up onto shore is rising by large numbers. Usually, there are only two or three sea lions found on the beach in one month. But in months between 2013-2015, people have found about 70 sea lions stranded on the beach! The author is also talking about how scientists are trying to find the cause of the great amount of sea lions stranded on the beach. In the text it says, "For the center to see so many animals is worrying. What's going on? Experts have different ideas. The sea animals might be sick. There also may be a different cause." This explains that experts are trying to figure out the reason for the large amount of stranded sea lions. In the text, it also says. "In January, Johnson's group found 67 sea lions stranded on the beach. Normally, they would only see one or two sea lions in the entire month." This tells the reader that there are a LOT of sea lions on the beach.
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Sofia
2/24/2015 08:51:29 am
I think that the author wants the reader to know that many sea lions are dying. The scientist Johnson thinks either that the sea lions are sick, they are getting poisoned for sea kelp, or there are too many sea lions with not enough food. " 711 sea lions have died and most of them are pups," said Johnson. The author also wants you to know that there are many centers taking in the sick and injured sea lions. That is what the author wants you to know about the article.
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Jay
2/24/2015 09:17:33 am
I agree with you Sofia because 711 sea lions have died or have been poisoned by sea kelp!
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Jorden
2/24/2015 09:12:32 am
The author that wrote this passage was trying to tell us that sea lions are washing up on the California Beaches sick and underfed.Shawn Johnson a worker at the Marine Mammal Center says that his group saved 67 sea lions.In 1972 people almost hunted sea lions to the point of extinction.Then the government made a law that you couldn't hunt sea lions.Now there are about 300,000 sea otters,and 50,000 sea otters are born every year.Johnson said that he hopes answers will soon come by and hopefully others are too.Some theories are the sea lions may be sick or poison is getting inside of the fish and the sea lions are eating the fish and getting poisoned from eating the fish.
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jacob
2/25/2015 08:44:15 am
jorden I agree with you the seal is eating the fish that got poison
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Jay
2/24/2015 09:15:23 am
I think the author wants to let the reader know that sea lions are endangered animals they need more protection.Shawn Johnson who works at Marine Mammal Center.They found a lot of sick sea lions they saved many of the sick sea lions. That's why I think the sea lions are endangered .The sea lions are being poisoned by sea kelp.711 sea lions died.There are also a lot of places helping the sick or injured.
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Ashley Kim
2/24/2015 10:53:42 am
I agree with you Jay because seal lions mostly need the protection here. The seal lions are the ones who are dying of hunger and they are the ones who are sick. About 142 seal lions were being cared by the Marine Mammal Center.
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The blue dog (Lesly)
2/24/2015 01:39:06 pm
I agree with you jay and you are right about that the seals endangered and that they need a lot of protection.
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Cara
2/28/2015 02:11:38 pm
I do not agree with you Jay b/c the author did not even state one thing about the sea lions becoming endangered. How do you know they are endangered? One of the theories were sea lions reaching it's capacity in one environment. That is the complete opposite of "endangered"!
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Ben is the Curiel
2/24/2015 09:17:00 am
I think the author is trying to let the reader know that sea lions are washing up on California shores. This can turn in to a big problem if we don't rescue them. Experts like Johnson say his group found 67 sea lions on the beach. The text said that they would usually find one or two a month. Johnson also said "But then it happened again last year, and now it is happening again." Results found that a local animal rescue center found 1,030 animals last year and out of those 711 of them were sea lions. Many scientists say there are different problems to why they are washing up on the beach. Some say there is a poisoning in the sea. Others say there are too many sea lions and that there is not enough food. There are many ways to solve this problem and keep these animals alive, too.
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alex
2/24/2015 09:40:56 am
I think that the absolute main idea the author wants us/readers to know that sealions are getting starved and dying for multiple reasons. In the passage it cleary states that scientists are working really hard and our also raising money for them to expand there place for sealions. Bit since there are so many sealions already at and joining the place that they stay that 100,000$ of that money was spent on fish to feed the sealions. That just shows how many sealions have ended up starved and close to death. I think one of the main reasons for this that since the law came out that you can not hunt sealions for thier pelts or skins that a lot of more sealions are not being killed so that means the sealions food is growing more scarce because they are or increasing by numbers. This was also stated in the text. I don,t think the poison has as much on the sealions as the food problem but can still be considered a major factor. Maybe the athor even wants us do donate to the mammel care center to help the sealions
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Cara
2/25/2015 11:48:28 am
I agree, Alex. The food is a major problem. The more and more sea lions that are in the Mammal Care Center, the more food they would need to get. Even if the author didn't include that we should donate, we still should. Sea lions should not suffer. They deserve to live.
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Justine
2/24/2015 09:42:59 am
I think the author that wrote this article wants people to know that lots of sea creature's lives are in danger, especially the sea lion. I think that the main reason sea lions are dying and getting sick is because the fish that they eat are dying off. If we kill all the fish the sea lions eat, the sea lions don't get food.
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alex
2/24/2015 11:37:04 am
I agree with you Justine. The sealion has most definiletly been endagere in multiple ways. They are getting very sick and starving. But I think we killing the fish that the sealion eat is not the nly reason the sealion are starving. Since the law came out that it was illegal to hunt sealions for their pelts or any other reason the number of sealions increased because people stopped hunting them wich eventually lead that their were not enough food for all the sealions.
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Gael
2/24/2015 12:10:20 pm
Justine you are correcto when you say fish get sick then when the sea lions eat them they too get sick and sadly die off. And plus it even says that in the article so you are correct.
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Cara
2/24/2015 09:58:49 am
I think the author is trying to let us know that alot of the sea lions are washing up on the shores. Johnson said," We've had 67 strandings of sea lions of all different ages." He also said," The whole population is going to hit hard." That is really bad. Many experts have various theories. One theory is that the population of sea lions are reaching capacity, which means the maximum of sea lions in that environment has been reached. Another theory might of been illness or environmental cause. It was also stated in the article that this year was the third year in a row that such a large number of sea lions are dying off. After the 2013 UME, the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro has stepped up its fundraising efforts in order to expand the center. There are many ways that we can keep the sea lions alive but we have to figure out the best way to do that.
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Sasha
2/25/2015 08:49:23 am
I agree with you Cara such a big number/amount of sea lions are landing up on the shore. What if that happened to all of sea life? What Can pollution do even worse to our world and sea life
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Ashley Kim
2/24/2015 10:46:37 am
I think that the author wants us to know that the sea lions are endangered, and about 172 sea lions were cared at rescue centers. I know because I used text evidence, " In January, his group found 67 sea lions stranded on the beach. Usually they see one or two," and also " In January, the center cared for 75 sea lions," to help me know what the author wanted to tell us. I know that the sea lions are endangered because in the article it also says that food cause might have been making the sea lions so sick and ill. They also think that the fish had left to go to another ocean to live somewhere else. I hope that the sea lions get better.
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Ashley Kim
2/24/2015 10:47:58 am
I mean 142 sea lions.
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Leilah is sick "SICKLY AWESOME"
2/24/2015 10:56:58 am
I agree with you Ashley.I really liked how you used text evidence.Another reason I agree with you is because you really stuck to the authors main idea of the story which is about endangered sea lions
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Leilah is sick "SICKLY AWESOME"
2/24/2015 10:51:39 am
I think that the author wants the reader to know that there are many sea lions washing up on the shores of the beaches.When the sea lions wash up on the shores they either wash up injured or sick.In the article it mentioned "Experts have different ideas.Some think the sea lions might be sick.Others think it might be poisons in the ocean.The poisons get into fish.Then the sea lions eat the fish.There also ma be too many sea lions and not enough food."
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Julian
2/24/2015 11:49:07 am
I agree because there are too many sea lions washing up on the shore and people want answers soon.
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Sasha
2/25/2015 08:46:30 am
I agree with you Leilah because the sea life is getting injured
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Jaya!
2/24/2015 11:24:47 am
I think that the author wants the reader to know that a lot of sea lions are now dying and washing up on shore. I think that one of the reasons that the sea lions are dying is because their food is also dying. When an animal's food dies, it destroys the food chain. The sea lion probably relies on a smaller sea creature to eat.and when its food dies it has nothing to eat. Another reason that the sea lion is dying is because of the toxins in the ocean. There are many poisons in the ocean that kills sea animals.
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Keep calm and soar on with JULIAN@awesome
2/24/2015 11:45:25 am
I think the author wants to inform the readers that there are too many sea lions washing up on the shore. The article says that there may be too many sea lions and too little or very scarce food. "Experts have different ideas. Some say sea lions are sick. Others may think it is poison in the water. The poisons get in to the fish. The sea lions eat the fish. Also it could be there are too many sea lions and too little food.
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Gael
2/24/2015 12:07:08 pm
I agree with you Julian when you say that there is little sea lions and alot of them ALOT (360,000) They have little amout of food for them all to feast on when they are hungry.
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Gael
2/24/2015 12:01:43 pm
To me i think the author is telling you that sea lions are washep up just right on the sea helpless the scientist think that population of them is one problem. There is 360,000 of them and 50,000 get born each year. Scientist also belive that there is poision in the water that goes to the fish and then the sealions get the fish then they get poisened. Our soloution is This person named Shawn something i forgot but he works with the marine wildlife service and they find the sealioms and care for them. It says in the article that Shawn worked with a marine wildlife soceity.
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The blue dog ( Lesly)
2/25/2015 07:39:41 am
I agree with you gael.
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keep calm and play minecraft (aidan)
2/26/2015 08:49:50 am
I agree with you Gael because maybe there is a poison in the water and the fish are catching it and then sea lions eat the fish and then the sea lions get poisoned.
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The blue dog (Lesly)
2/24/2015 01:35:24 pm
What I think that the author is trying to tell the reader is that sea lions are in great danger. That sea lions are washing up on beaches and getting stranded. Also like it said in the passage " The poison gets into the fish that the sea lions eat".( Paragraph 3) So that also means that if the seals eat the fish that are poisoned they get sick and can die. Another thing is like in the artical it said " There may be too many sea lions and not enough food". That also means that the sea lions starve to death. The last thing in the artical that I want to talk about is that the artical said " In January Johnson's group found 67 sea lions stranded on the beach" that also means that if they are stranded they can not go anywhere and is most likely that they can die.But these three possible problems and that means that people don't really know what the actual problem is. What I think that we should do is if you see a sea lion and it looks sick or confused you should tell some one.
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Sasha
2/25/2015 08:45:18 am
I think that the reader wants us to know that sea lions are getting washed up at shore because they are underfead and very sick. Shawn Johnson found 67 sea lions washed up on shore with his group. I think this problem is happening because of human pollution. If someone simply throws a small piece of trash such a wrapper or a paper on the ground. This is what's making our world unclean, unsafe, and just disgusting. So something really simple to do is if you see someone not pick up their trash tell them to pick it up and throw t away. Or if you see a wrapper on the ground simply pick it up and throw it in the trash can. If all of this pollution comes to our oceans it kills our sea life.-just saying! -Sasha Sauciur
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Keep calm and play minecraft (Aidan)
2/26/2015 08:33:15 am
I think the author wants us to know that sea lions are getting washed up and because they are underfed sick. Shawn Johnson found 67 sea lions washed up on shore. I think the problem is that people throw their trash in the ocean and it pollutes the ocean.It hurts all the animals that live inside the ocean
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