Interactions Access Reading, 4/e

Pamela Hartmann, Los Angeles Unified School District
James Mentel, Los Angeles Unified School District

Our Planet

Finding the Main Ideas

Here are some possible main ideas for Paragraphs A to D. Choose the best main idea statement for each paragraph.


1	Paragraph A
		A)	The Green Guerrillas was founded in 1973.
		B)	New York now has over 750 community gardens all over the city.
		C)	Colorful murals make community gardens beautiful.
		D)	The Lower East Side, a neighborhood in Manhattan, has more green space than any urban neighborhood in Boston, Philadelphia, or Berlin.


2	Paragraph B
		A)	In the 1970s, New York had lots of crime.
		B)	Community gardens can prevent crime in many ways.
		C)	Gardens strengthen communities by providing a place for neighbors to gather and spend time together outdoors.
		D)	Community gardens attest to the human ability to find solutions to problems in difficult situations.


3	Paragraph C
		A)	Community gardens are in danger.
		B)	Affordable housing is a better use of urban land than community gardens.
		C)	There is hope for community gardens.
		D)	Last year, the city arrested 31 protesters and bulldozed the "Jardin de la Esperanza."


4	Paragraph D
		A)	Recently activists saved New York’s oldest community garden.
		B)	Hopefully, the city, communities, and gardeners will continue to find a way to work together to save New York's precious green space.
		C)	Community gardens and development don’t have to cancel each other out.

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