Tuesday, January 31, Global Warming Articles

Objective: by the end of class, students will identify logical and emotional appeals in non-fiction articles and add onto their knowledge of global warming and its effects.

DO NOW

From our discussion yesterday, what is the greatest cause of global warming? Name three negative effects that it is causing.

3. View global warming news cast "Can We Blame Philly's Extreme Weather on Global Warming?" Take notes.

4. Go back to KWL's and write in new things you have learned from watching video.

How the Green House Effect works

5. Read Rising Tides - pages 518-520.

6. In notebooks, list the reasons that the author of Rising Tides says global warming DOES exist (page 518).

7. List the potential EFFECTS (page 519) of global warming (write down).

8. Read Artic Floe - 521-522. What reasons does he give that suggest weather changes are NOT due to global warming? Write them down in notebooks.

9. TEST PRACTICE PAGE 522.

EXIT PASS

How does global warming directly affect you, your household, your neighborhood?