Theme 1, Selection 2 Nature’s Fury Eye of the Storm

Theme 1, Selection 2 Nature’s Fury Eye of the Storm http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/23256-wonders-of-weather-tornadoes-and-tornado-alley-video.htm

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Teacher Read Aloud: Hurricanes: Weather at Its Wildest By Fran Hodgkins • Building Background: • What do you know about hurricanes? • Share your experience of hurricanes with • others?

Comprehension Skill: • Text Organization • Authors may organize the information • in a nonfiction text: • by main idea and details • by sequence of events • by cause and effect

Setting a Purpose: • Pay attention to how the text is organized • What details in the section “What is a Hurricane?” help you • understand how destructive hurricanes can be? • What is the first paragraph under “Journey of a Hurricane” about? • What three things make hurricanes a dangerous threat to people • and property?

Eye of the Storm Author: Stephen Kramer Strategy Focus Photographer: Warren Faidley Warren Faidley’s job takes him all over the country, getting close-up shots of dangerous storms. As you watch this video, think of questions you’d like to ask him about his job. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qu9wR03GVA

Genre: Nonfiction • factual subject, true • written about real things, people, events, and places

Vocabulary Fluency How Fast Can You Read the Words? collide rotate funnel cloud severe jagged sizzling lightening tornadoes prairies

to bump into another mass with force collide For example, every spring, large areas of cool, dry air and warm, most air collide over the central United States. Synonyms ram bump

rotating columns of air accompanied by whirling funnel-shaped downspouts tornadoes When Warren began selling his lightning photos, he found that people were also asking for pictures of tornadoes and hurricanes.

tornado cloud that is wide at the top and narrow where it touches the ground funnel cloud “There’s a large funnel cloud coming from this storm,” says the message.

having a sharp, pointed edge or outline jagged Suddenly a jagged bolt of lightning shoots from the cloud. Synonyms: serrated uneven

serious or extreme in nature severe The reports are saying that there is a moderate chance of severe weather in our area, and some of the thunderstorms will probably produce tornadoes. Synonyms: brutal relentless

flat, open grasslands prairies These storm chasers head for the mountains, prairies, or seacoasts whenever weather conditions are right.

the flash of light in the sky when electricity passes between clouds or between a cloud and the ground lightening Suddenly a jagged bolt of lightning shoots from the cloud.

to swirl in a circular motion rotate As we drive, watching the back of the storm, we can see the clouds darkening and beginning to rotate. Synonyms: revolve spin

crackling with intense heat sizzling The air was sizzling and Warren could feel that something was about to happen. Synonyms: scorching searing

Stephen Kramer: Author

Theme 1, Selection 2 Nature’s Fury Eye of the Storm