Transcript Rocking and Rolling Powerpoint File

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Rocking and Rolling
By Phillip Steel
Prediction
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Author’s Purpose
inform
persuade
entertain
Rocking and Rolling
Focus Skills:
•To use book parts to locate information
•To read and understand a nonfiction selection
•To write contractions correctly
Genre
Expository Nonfiction- explains information and ideas
Summary
This selection describes the four layers of Earth, and
explains how Earth’s plates can shift to cause
earthquakes or tsunamis, or push together to form
mountains. The selection also explains the role wind
and water play in shaping Earth’s features.
Reading Strategy
Adjust Reading Rate
Often, reading complicated passages more slowly
will help good readers understand new words and
ideas. If they have difficulty locating information in
one part of the selection, they can adjust their
reading rate and try reading it more slowly.
Page
352
Color and label the four layers of the
earth.
Inner Core
yellow
Outer Core
orange
Mantle
brown
Crust
blue
Compare and contrast the inner and outer cores of
the earth.
Inner Core
Outer Core
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354
How is the earth’s
surface like a
puzzle?
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Why might scientists study the movements
of the earth’s plates?
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356
When an earthquake happens, its force
moves in…
one direction
all directions
Why do you think the author compares the movement of an earthquake’s force
to the movement of ripples on a pond?
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358
Why is a tsunami
more dangerous
than an ordinary
wave?
What causes a tsunami?
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360
What kinds of
underground movements
form mountains?
Which type of mountain range are the Himalayas?
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Why does Mount Everest keep growing?
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362
What might this area look like if the river had
flowed for hundreds of thousands more
years? How do you know?
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Why is erosion still going on today in dry, sandy places like this one?
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Where do you think small
rocks come from? How do
you know?
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Think and Respond
1.
Will Earth look the same in one million years as it does
now? How do you know?
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2.
Why is certain information placed in boxes or frames?
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3.
How does magma change the shape of the Earth’s
surface?
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4.
What is one fact you learned from “Rocking and
Rolling” that you did not know before?
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Use the graphic organizer to answer the following questions.
Highlight the answers on the organizer.
1.
What are cracks in the block mountains called?
2.
How hot is the center of the earth?
3.
The outermost layer of the earth is the crust. What is the
next layer called?
4.
What can magma be compared to?
5.
True or false:
a.
People have dug to the center of the earth.
b.
The earth’s plates have drifted apart.
c.
There are no mountains under the ocean.
d.
The earth’s crust is made of metal.
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What is an earthquake caused by?
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To what can the force of an earthquake be compared?
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How many earthquakes actually cause damage?
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What are the three types of mountains?
10.
Why will Mount Everest grow taller?
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To what can the power of wind erosion be compared?
12.
Why did the author write this article?
13.
Why is there a National Disaster Prevention Day every year in
Japan?
14.
What occurs when an earthquake happens under land? What
occurs when an earthquake happens under water?