UNIT X 18 | UNIT 1 COMMUNICATE Instructional Routine: After You Read p. Txxvi Apply the Reading Strategy: Compare and Contrast Review academic language Review the words used to compare and contrast. Ask: How did this strategy help you to understand the information on severe weather? What parts of the interview did you visualize? Create a word bank on the board and list responses. A Ask and answer Ask students to read the text and questions. Have students discuss their answers in groups using the information from the interview. Monitor that students are answering all the questions and confirming their answers. Remind students to note their answers as they will use them in the next activity. ANSWERS Sample answers: Tornadoes look like a spinning column of air. Hurricanes look like a storm over the ocean. Tornadoes form from a thunderstorm over land. Hurricanes form from a thunderstorm over the ocean. Tornadoes damage houses, carry away cars, and pull trees from the ground. Hurricanes damage houses, carry away cars, and cause floods. B Use a graphic organizer Students use their notes from Activity A to complete the Venn diagram. ANSWERS Sample answers: hurricanes: carry water, cause floods; both: rotate around a calm center, cause a lot of damage; tornadoes: look like a spinning column C Compare and contrast Have students work in pairs to describe their Venn diagram to one another. ANSWERS Sample answers: A tornado looks like a spinning column of air. The air rotates around a calm center. It can do a lot of damage to houses and cars. Hurricanes happen over the ocean. Like tornadoes, hurricanes also rotate around a calm center. However, hurricane winds carry water. Hurricanes can cause floods and also do a lot of damage. D Retell relevant details Have students use their information to complete the activity. Draw the Venn diagram on the board for students to write and share their answers. ANSWERS Sample answers: Both tornadoes and hurricanes are caused by thunderstorms. Like tornadoes, hurricanes are a form of severe weather. Unlike hurricanes, tornadoes do not cause floods. EXPLORE AND LEARN PRACTICE FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold • For Activity A, read and discuss each question with students, supporting their answers and notetaking. • Students use these words to complete the Venn diagram for Activity B. Amplify Students can read their sentences for Activity D to the class. Have them rehearse prior to presenting, focusing on public-speaking skills, such as making eye contact and speaking with appropriate volume and pacing. Talk and write: “A Meteorologist Talks Weather” List and describe three types of severe weather. List and describe three types of clouds. Apply the Reading Strategy Compare and Contrast A Compare and contrast tornadoes and hurricanes. What do they look like? How do they form? What damage do they cause? Reread the information about tornadoes and hurricanes in A Meteorologist Talks Weather and take notes. B Look at your notes. How are hurricanes and tornadoes similar? How are they different? Complete a Venn diagram. C Tell a classmate about the information in your Venn diagram. Add any missing information. D Write two or more sentences using the notes from your Venn diagram and words that show similarities and differences. Both hurricanes and tornadoes form from thunderstorms. Unlike tornadoes, hurricanes form over the ocean. form over the ocean hurricanes both form over land tornadoes form from thunderstorms AFTER YOU Read UNIT 1 18 UNIT 1 / AFTER YOU READ
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