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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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Tornadoes....Nature's Most Violent Storms
The Online Tornado FAQ (by Roger Edwards, SPC)
FEMA For Kids: Disaster Connection - Kids to Kids
Tornado Information Links:
Teacher Read Aloud:
Building Background:
What do you know about hurricanes?
Share your experience of hurricanes with others?
Hurricanes: Weather at Its WildestBy Fran Hodgkins
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 StormAuthor:Stephen Kramer
Photographer:Warren Faidley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qu9wR03GVA
Strategy
Focus
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.
Genre: Nonfiction
factual subject, true
written about real things, people, events, and places
Vocabulary Fluency
How Fast Can You Read the Words?
collide
severe
rotate
funnel cloud
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.
Synonymsrambump
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:serrateduneven
serious or extreme in nature
severe
Synonyms: brutalrelentless
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.
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
Synonyms:revolvespin
As we drive, watching the back of the storm, we can see the clouds darkening and beginning to rotate.
sizzling
crackling with intense heat
The air was sizzling and Warren could feel that something was
about to happen.
Synonyms:scorchingsearing
Stephen Kramer: Author