41 US Climate Risks Are Rising – A Scientist Looks at the Dangers Her Children W (41/34) -- Becoming a Confident Reader

41 US Climate Risks Are Rising – A Scientist Looks at the Dangers Her Children Will Have to Adapt to, from Wildfires to Water Scarcity Learning Outcomes - Apply the reading process to “US Climate Risks Are Rising – A Scientist Looks at the Dangers Her Children Will Have to Adapt to, from Wildfires to Water Scarcity.” - Summarize the article. - Respond to the article. - Interview a friend or family member to learn more that person’s experience with climate change. Preview the Article Follow the steps below to preview the article “US Climate Risks Are Rising – A Scientist Looks at the Dangers Her Children Will Have to Adapt to, from Wildfires to Water Scarcity.” Ideally, you should print the article and write your responses in the margins of the printed copy. To read more about previewing, visit the chapter on previewing a reading. - Read the title. What does it make you think about? What do you think the article is about? What questions do you have? Record your predictions and questions on the printed copy of the article next to the title. - What kinds of environmental changes have you noticed where you live now or in places you lived previously? Record your thoughts in the margins of the printed article. - Read the first two or three paragraphs. What additional predictions do you now have about the article? What additional questions do you have? Record them on the printed copy of the article. - Scan the article and notice the headings (e.g. Adapting to a changing world). What additional thoughts or questions do these raise? Record them on the printed copy of the article. - Scan the bolded and underlined vocabulary in the article. If there are any words that you do not know well, look them up in a print or online dictionary and write some notes about their meanings on the printed copy of the article. Keep in mind that some words have multiple meanings. You may need to read the sentence containing the word to understand the word’s usage. Additionally, this article also makes use of vocabulary specific to environmental science and climate change, such as ecosystem (paragraph 1), tundra (paragraph 2), thermal (paragraph 7), and acidification (paragraph 7). As you use the textbooks in the different courses you are taking, you will notice that much of the new vocabulary you encounter will be subject-specific. Taking the time to learn the vocabulary will improve your understanding of the texts and the course material. - Based on your preview of the article, what do you think is the central point of the article? (Don’t worry if you are not sure. This is a prediction or guess – you do not have to be correct as long as you are engaging your brain.) Record your prediction on the printed copy of the article. - Based on your preview, do you predict that the article is narrative, expository, or argumentative? Read Interactively Now, read the article using the guidelines from the chapter on reading interactively. As you read, follow these steps to engage with t