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COMPREHENSION
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FOCUS LESSON
Literacy Teacher
Directions: Read the text below. Create your own text features in the boxes provided to help
the reader understand the text better
Read the article
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then write a title
to put in this
magazine article by Susan Jaques
box.
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Headings will
Jellyfish are not fish at all. They are relatives of
help readers
understand what
corals and sea anemones (ah-nem-oh-nees) . A jelly has no
the two sections
head, brain, heart, eyes, or ears. It has no bones either...
are about. Read
To capture prey or food, jellies have a net of
the paragraphs
tentacles that contain poisonous, stinging cells. When the
and think of what
tentacles brush against prey (or a person's leg) ,
the two headings
thousands of tiny stinging cells explode, launching
should be.
stingers and poison into the victim.
Write them in
these boxes.
Draw a picture,
All jellies sting, but not all jellies have poison
chart or diagram
that hurts humans. Of the 2, 000 types of jellyfish, only
that relates to
about 70 can seriously harm (and in some cases, even kill)
the article here.
people. These jellies are: the Lion's Mane, Portuguese
man-of-war, and the Sea Nettle jellyfish.
Write a
caption for
the picture
here
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READING 1
Informational Text
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Causes of Drought
Annotate
Many factors contribute to drought:
1. BOX the heading on this page.
Low Precipitation
2. CIRCLE the four subheadings that
Sometimes a region gets less precipitation (rain and snow) than
tell us the causes of drought.
normal. When this "dry spell" continues for months or years, a
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drought results. Local rivers and streams begin to dry up. They
3. For each of the subheadings
UNDERLINE a detail from the text that
carry less water than usual to areas downstream. So these areas
supports the heading.
are affected by drought too.
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Changes in Climate
Target Word
Over the past 100 years, Earth's temperatures have risen.
factor fac-tor
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Scientists think such changes in climate contribute to weather
(part of speech)
patterns that cause drought. For example, warmer temperatures
mean the ratio of rain to snow increases. Rainwater evaporates
one thing that
more quickly than snow. Less snow means rivers and streams
a certain
don't get as full.
Water Quality
Example: One factor that helps students
About two-thirds of Earth's surface is covered with water. But
succeed in school is
most of it is salt water in oceans and seas. For drinking and
growing crops, we need freshwater. Freshwater sources - such
as rivers and streams - make up only three percent of Earth's
water supply. Sometimes freshwater becomes contaminated
Text Features
(polluted) with garbage, raw sewage, or harmful chemicals from
nearby manufacturing plants. Then, the water becomes unsafe
4. Re-read the paragraph with the
heading "High Demand." How do humans
to consume.
contribute to drought?
High Demand
We use freshwater for everything from farming and
manufacturing to washing our bodies, dishes, clothes, and cars.
All that water adds up. Even areas with normal amounts of
precipitation can experience a water shortage when people use
too much. -
contribute (verb) to help bring about a result; to play a part
in an outcome
consume
to eat, drink or ingest (food or drink)
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READING 1
Informational Text
Target Word
Effects of Drought
famine fam-ine
All living things - humans, animals, and plants - need
(part of speech)
water to survive. Humans can live only a few days without
extreme scarcity (shortage) of
it. Extreme droughts can have extreme consequences.
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Famine
Example:
Without water, crops and livestock die. Often, food shortages
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result. In 2011, more than 250,000 people died during a famine
Famine is devastating because
in Somalia, in East Africa. The famine was the direct result of a
severe, long-lasting drought.
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Refugees
Without enough water, people may be forced to leave their
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homes. In the 1930s, a series of severe droughts devastated
1. According to the subheadings what are
much of the Great Plains region of the central United States.
three effects of drought?
Crops failed year after year. Huge dust storms buried homes,
farms, and people. The region became known as the Dust Bowl.
Without crops, farmers could not make a living to support their
families. Tens of thousands of families abandoned their ruined
homes and farms and moved elsewhere.
React & Write
Disease
2. If there was a drought, which of the
We need clean water for drinking, cooking, and bathing. When
three effects would you worry about
clean water is scarce, people may be forced to use contaminated
most? Explain your answer.
water. The water may contain germs, harmful chemicals, and
even parasites - insects, worms and other organisms that
invade and live in the human body. Using contaminated water
makes people sick. At present, more than 3.4 million people
around the world die each year from causes related to lack of
clean water. Tragically, this number is sure to grow. -
lack
a shortage or absence of something
(n)
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refugee
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