Unit 4 Natures Fury Essential Question copy on a new page in your notebook What are the causes and effects of natural disasters Learning Target copy underneath Essential Question I can collaborate with my peers to build background knowledge of Unit 4 ID: 646216
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Essential Question
(copy on a new page in your notebook)
What are the causes and effects of natural disasters?
Learning Target
(copy underneath Essential Question)
I can collaborate with my peers to build background knowledge of Unit 4.
Focus Skill
for this
Unit:
Cause & EffectSlide3
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According to the video, in what ways are people and places devastated by natural disasters?Slide4
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Your answers from our Think-Write-Pair-Share begin to outline some of the topics we will be discussing over the course of this unit.
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Let’s read the unit
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ntroduction on page 141 together.
UNIT PERFORMANCE TASK
Compare and contrast the strategies and techniques that each author uses to describe causes and effects. Consider the following:
text structure
choice of vocabulary
use of data or detailsSlide6
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Scientific Article
text structure
choice of vocabulary
use of data or details
Informational Excerpt
text structure
choice of vocabulary
use of data or detailsSlide7
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CULMINATING ACTIVITY
In a small group, research one specific disaster in greater detail, showing the effect of the disaster on the city, state, or country in which it took place.
Compare multiple sources from which you got your information.
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