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Nature’s Fury How do natural disasters affect people’s lives and our environment?. Karen Brisbane Unit Portfolio Presentation. Unit Summary. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Nature’s Fury
How do natural disasters affect people’s lives and our environment?
Karen BrisbaneUnit Portfolio Presentation
Unit Summary
• Natural Disasters occur in our world daily. You will use organizational and graphic features to read and comprehend expository text on natural disasters. You will then research the natural disaster of your choice in order to create a digital report using music, graphic and organizational features, and words to present your disaster to the class.
Curriculum-Framing Questions
o Essential Question • How do humans respond to events that are outside of
their control?
oUnit Questions• Why do natural disasters occur?• How do natural disasters impact us?• How do I respond to unexpected events?
Curriculum Framing Questions
Content Questions• What are the graphic features of expository
text?• What are the organizational features of
expository text?• What happens to the environment as a result
of natural disasters?• What are some of the natural disasters that
occur on earth?
Nature’s Fury Digital Report
This project will help you develop 21st Century skills such as:
• Collaboration with peers.• Research on the Internet to find information• Evaluation of the accuracy and relevance of the
information.• Evaluation of the relevance of music and graphics to your
topic.• Composition/creation of a “digital report” to
communicate your learning.
Gauging Student Needs Assessment
KWL Chart will• determine your prior knowledge• establish what you want to learn• establish your confidence at reading
expository text• determine your expository text interests• define what you have learned
Gauging Student Needs Assessment
Pretest will determine your ability to• locate specific information using organizational
features • interpret information using graphic features • Identify text features in various expository texts• identify signal and transitional words of
expository text• examine the differences between organizational
and graphic features
My Goals for the Course• locate specific information using text features, • interpret information using graphic features of natural
disasters. • research a natural disaster, create a digital report, and present
to classmates• identify text features in adopted math, science, and social
studies text• identify signal and transitional words of expository text• examine the differences between organizational and graphic
features• analyze the impact of natural disasters on people and their
environments• create an emergency response
Request for Feedback
• Other activities to increase student comprehension of expository text
Works Cited
Images from: annageog.blogspot.com worldproutassembly.org parryloeffler.com personalliberty.com springtownship.com essc.psu.edu ed101.bu.edu blogs.lawrence.edu pugetsoundblogs.com users.apex2000.net