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Nature’s Fury

Eye of the Storm

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/23256-wonders-of-weather-tornadoes-and-tornado-alley-video.htm

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Tornadoes....Nature's Most Violent Storms

The Online Tornado FAQ (by Roger Edwards, SPC)

FEMA For Kids: Disaster Connection - Kids to Kids

Tornado Information Links:

Teacher Read Aloud:

Building Background:

What do you know about hurricanes?

Share your experience of hurricanes with others?

Hurricanes: Weather at Its WildestBy Fran Hodgkins

Comprehension Skill:

Text Organization

Authors may organize the information in a nonfiction text:•by main idea and details•by sequence of events•by cause and effect

Setting a Purpose:

Pay attention to how the text is organized

•What details in the section “What is a Hurricane?” help you understand how destructive hurricanes can be?

•What is the first paragraph under “Journey of a Hurricane” about?

•What three things make hurricanes a dangerous threat to people and property?

Eye of the StormAuthor:Stephen Kramer

Photographer:Warren Faidley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qu9wR03GVA

Strategy

Focus

Warren Faidley’s job takes him all over the country, getting close-up shots of dangerous storms. As you watch this video, think of questions you’d like to ask him about his job.

Genre: Nonfiction

factual subject, true

written about real things, people, events, and places

Vocabulary Fluency

How Fast Can You Read the Words?

collide

severe

rotate

funnel cloud

jagged sizzling

lightening tornadoes

prairies

to bump into another mass with force

collide

For example, every spring, large areas of cool, dry air and warm, most air collide over the central United States.

Synonymsrambump

rotating columns of air accompanied by whirling funnel-shaped downspouts

tornadoes

When Warren began selling his lightning photos, he found that people were also asking for pictures of tornadoes and

hurricanes.

tornado cloud that is wide at the top and narrow where it touches the ground

funnel cloud

“There’s a large funnel cloud coming from this storm,” says the message.

having a sharp, pointed edge or outline

jagged

Suddenly a jagged bolt of lightning shoots from the cloud.

Synonyms:serrateduneven

serious or extreme in nature

severe

Synonyms: brutalrelentless

The reports are saying that there is a moderate chance of severe weather in our area, and some of the thunderstorms will probably produce tornadoes.

flat, open grasslands

prairies

These storm chasers head for the mountains, prairies, or seacoasts whenever weather conditions are right.

the flash of light in the sky when electricity passes between clouds or between a cloud and the ground

lightening

Suddenly a jagged bolt of lightning shoots from the cloud.

to swirl in a circular motion

rotate

Synonyms:revolvespin

As we drive, watching the back of the storm, we can see the clouds darkening and beginning to rotate.

sizzling

crackling with intense heat

The air was sizzling and Warren could feel that something was

about to happen.

Synonyms:scorchingsearing

Stephen Kramer: Author