Definitions
What is the definition of undergo
experience something
What is a topic statement ?
The most important part of the paragraph
The 1st sentence in the paragraph
It introduces the topic
What does it mean to make an inference?
Educated guess
What topic statement could you come up with for the following prompt?
Why is reading literature significant?
Reading literature is significant because....
What sport did Joyner-Kersee have an impressive athletic career in?
track and field
What is the meaning of drastic?
radical or extreme
What is evidence and why do we need evidence in our response?
When you go back into the text.
You need evidence to support the topic statement.
Prove it!
What does the work provoke mean?
incite someone to anger
"Joyner-Kersee’s success story started early. As a teen, Joyner-Kersee won many track, basketball, and volleyball championships. She went to the University of California, Los Angeles, to pursue her athletic goals, and at age 19 began training for the Olympics."
If writing a response to a prompt, you could use this part of the passage as what?
Topic statement
Evidence
Elaboration
Closing statement
Evidence
Observing the daily weather is part of a regular routine for many of us. Knowing the weather helps us decide what to wear and which activities we will do each day. Meteorologists are scientists who study the weather and atmosphere. They observe conditions in our atmosphere to develop the weather forecasts that help us know what the weather will be like every day.
Forecasters observe factors like temperature, humidity, precipitation, air pressure, wind speed, and wind direction to help predict the weather. These same factors have been used since the first weather observations were recorded. However, the weather instruments that scientists use and the way that they analyze these observations have changed significantly. Basic weather observation instruments include thermometers, rain gauges, barometers (to measure air pressure), and anemometers (to measure wind speed). Examples of more sophisticated equipment are wind profilers, weather balloons (radiosondes), Doppler radar, and satellites. Even with all this equipment available, human observations still provide important information about sky conditions, clouds, and the type, size, and amount of precipitation.
Each day in the United States over 210 million weather observations are processed and used to create weather forecasts. These measurements come from automated instruments, professional meteorologists, and thousands of trained volunteer observers. Observations are recorded and uploaded into powerful computer programs that create weather forecasts for different regions and for the entire globe. Meteorologists in the 126 National Weather Service offices around the United States combine these larger forecasts with local observations and their knowledge of local weather patterns to make a weather forecast for their area. These forecasts provide the local community with important information. They can predict weather that affects people flying planes or steering ships. They can also predict severe weather, volcanic ash, snow fall, and air quality.
What do meteorologists study?
the weather and atmosphere
What is the meaning of considerate?
respectful
What is elaboration?
Elaboration is when you tell the reader more about why/how your evidence supports the topic statement.
If you have 2 questions within your prompt, how many pieces of evidence do you need?
2
In conclusion, due to his work ethic and skill, Kevin Durant was an incredible basketball player.
What part of the paragraph is this/
Concluding statement
Observing the daily weather is part of a regular routine for many of us. Knowing the weather helps us decide what to wear and which activities we will do each day. Meteorologists are scientists who study the weather and atmosphere. They observe conditions in our atmosphere to develop the weather forecasts that help us know what the weather will be like every day.
Forecasters observe factors like temperature, humidity, precipitation, air pressure, wind speed, and wind direction to help predict the weather. These same factors have been used since the first weather observations were recorded. However, the weather instruments that scientists use and the way that they analyze these observations have changed significantly. Basic weather observation instruments include thermometers, rain gauges, barometers (to measure air pressure), and anemometers (to measure wind speed). Examples of more sophisticated equipment are wind profilers, weather balloons (radiosondes), Doppler radar, and satellites. Even with all this equipment available, human observations still provide important information about sky conditions, clouds, and the type, size, and amount of precipitation.
Each day in the United States over 210 million weather observations are processed and used to create weather forecasts. These measurements come from automated instruments, professional meteorologists, and thousands of trained volunteer observers. Observations are recorded and uploaded into powerful computer programs that create weather forecasts for different regions and for the entire globe. Meteorologists in the 126 National Weather Service offices around the United States combine these larger forecasts with local observations and their knowledge of local weather patterns to make a weather forecast for their area. These forecasts provide the local community with important information. They can predict weather that affects people flying planes or steering ships. They can also predict severe weather, volcanic ash, snow fall, and air quality.
What does the author list at the beginning of the second paragraph?
factors that help meteorologists predict the weather
What does affect mean?
make a difference to.
What is the closing statment? What is it's purpose?
Last sentence in the paragraph. It summarizes and brings it all together. It reiterates the topic statement.
What is the difference between effect and affect?
a change that is a result or consequence of an action or other cause.
have an effect on; make a difference to.
What comes first, evidence or elaboration?
Evidence
Observing the daily weather is part of a regular routine for many of us. Knowing the weather helps us decide what to wear and which activities we will do each day. Meteorologists are scientists who study the weather and atmosphere. They observe conditions in our atmosphere to develop the weather forecasts that help us know what the weather will be like every day.
Forecasters observe factors like temperature, humidity, precipitation, air pressure, wind speed, and wind direction to help predict the weather. These same factors have been used since the first weather observations were recorded. However, the weather instruments that scientists use and the way that they analyze these observations have changed significantly. Basic weather observation instruments include thermometers, rain gauges, barometers (to measure air pressure), and anemometers (to measure wind speed). Examples of more sophisticated equipment are wind profilers, weather balloons (radiosondes), Doppler radar, and satellites. Even with all this equipment available, human observations still provide important information about sky conditions, clouds, and the type, size, and amount of precipitation.
Each day in the United States over 210 million weather observations are processed and used to create weather forecasts. These measurements come from automated instruments, professional meteorologists, and thousands of trained volunteer observers. Observations are recorded and uploaded into powerful computer programs that create weather forecasts for different regions and for the entire globe. Meteorologists in the 126 National Weather Service offices around the United States combine these larger forecasts with local observations and their knowledge of local weather patterns to make a weather forecast for their area. These forecasts provide the local community with important information. They can predict weather that affects people flying planes or steering ships. They can also predict severe weather, volcanic ash, snow fall, and air quality.
What information is needed to predict local weather patterns?
a combination of larger weather pattern observations and local weather knowledge
What is the definition of significant?
important
When citing textual evidence word for word, what must we use?
Quotation marks
What word means 'the ability to cope mentally and emotionally with a crisis'
Resilience
How many sentences are in a paragraph?
4-6
Observing the daily weather is part of a regular routine for many of us. Knowing the weather helps us decide what to wear and which activities we will do each day. Meteorologists are scientists who study the weather and atmosphere. They observe conditions in our atmosphere to develop the weather forecasts that help us know what the weather will be like every day.
NOAA
the launch of an automated weather balloon in Fairbanks, Alaska
Forecasters observe factors like temperature, humidity, precipitation, air pressure, wind speed, and wind direction to help predict the weather. These same factors have been used since the first weather observations were recorded. However, the weather instruments that scientists use and the way that they analyze these observations have changed significantly. Basic weather observation instruments include thermometers, rain gauges, barometers (to measure air pressure), and anemometers (to measure wind speed). Examples of more sophisticated equipment are wind profilers, weather balloons (radiosondes), Doppler radar, and satellites. Even with all this equipment available, human observations still provide important information about sky conditions, clouds, and the type, size, and amount of precipitation.
Each day in the United States over 210 million weather observations are processed and used to create weather forecasts. These measurements come from automated instruments, professional meteorologists, and thousands of trained volunteer observers. Observations are recorded and uploaded into powerful computer programs that create weather forecasts for different regions and for the entire globe. Meteorologists in the 126 National Weather Service offices around the United States combine these larger forecasts with local observations and their knowledge of local weather patterns to make a weather forecast for their area. These forecasts provide the local community with important information. They can predict weather that affects people flying planes or steering ships. They can also predict severe weather, volcanic ash, snow fall, and air quality.
What is the main idea of the text?
Meteorologists work with special observation equipment and their own skills of observation to predict patterns in the weather and provide information to people about their local weather predictions.