Unit 4: Nature’s Fury

Unit 4: Nature’s FuryEssential 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 & Effect

Unit 4: Nature’s Fury

According to the video, in what ways are people and places devastated by natural disasters?

Unit 4: Nature’s FuryYour answers from our Think-Write-Pair-Share begin to outline some of the topics we will be discussing over the course of this unit.

Unit 4: Nature’s FuryLet’s read the unit introduction on page 141

together.

UNIT PERFORMANCE TASKCompare 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 details

Unit 4: Nature’s FuryScientific Article• text structure• choice of vocabulary• use of data or detailsInformational Excerpt• text structure• choice of vocabulary• use of data or details

Unit 4: Nature’s FuryCULMINATING 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.Presentation Form: PowerPoint or Poster