Vocabulary
The following magazine would be written by a meteorologist:
Hurricanes: Storms of Today
The Essence of Cooking
What is "Hurricanes: Storms of Today?"
The main idea is used with this type of text.
What is fiction?
True or False: Puerto Rico had a high rate of unemployment and poverty.
What is true?
The main character in the story.
Who was Salvador?
Before Hurricane Maria the country looked like this.
What is beautiful, colorful and bright?
The bus starts, stops, and starts again. The word for this is:
intermittent
careening
dodging
What is intermittent?
The main idea is most often found here.
What is the first sentence of the paragraph?
The planning, coordinating and execution of all the little details when planning an event or activity.
What is logistics?
Salvador created these items to make life easier without power.
What were solar lamps and hand operated washing machines?
The year the hurricane hit Puerto Rico.
What is 2017?
The boy moved quickly, wildly running down the hall. The word for this is...
What is careening?
The central idea is used with this type of text.
What is non-fiction?
One of the island's main industries or sources of income.
What is tourism?
The hurricane that hit Puerto Rico.
What was Hurricane Maria?
The length of time Hurricane Maria left Puerto Rico without power.
What is 7 months?
The thought of going to the dentist is somewhat daunting. The meaning of daunting is...
What is frightening?
True or False: This article explained how anyone can make a difference if they try.
What is true?
True or False: Salvador's Mom thought the idea to make solar lights and washing machines was crazy.
What is false?
The setting of the story.
What was Puerto Rico?
The reason Salvador said, "To me, the sun setting was hope leaving."
What is the city would be left in complete darkness for hours raising the probability of injury or accidents, especially for the elderly?
The foundation or basic framework of something
What is infrastructure?
Once we locate the main idea, the other sentences are known as...
What are supporting details?
Puerto Rico is part of this country.
What is the United States?
The challenges Salvador faced.
What were buying and shipping the lamps and and washing machines.
The place many Puerto Ricans (approx. 250,000) went after the storm.
What is Florida?