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when greenville turned brown

The poem is from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund Kid Pages.

Before you read the poem, we recommend that you do the vocabulary activity, which tests the meaning of some difficult words from the text.

Then go to the EPA Superfund Kid Pages website and read the poem.

When you have finished, do an activity to see if you have understood it.

Finally, write a poem about recycling, pollution or the environment. Send it to us.

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Readers' poems

Answer Man

Tree: Where were you when
My leaves got dried?
River: Where were you when
My fishes were killed?
Earth: Where were you when
My soil got eroded?
Air: Where were you when
My ozone got depleted?

Samyak Dhole

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