Connect Across the Curriculum, continued
Listening/Speaking: Describe an Environment
HEALTH & SCIENCE

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Academic Vocabulary

  • • describe (di-skrīb) verb

    When you describe something, you tell what it is like.

How do scientists share information about the natural world? One way is to describe what they see, hear, smell, and touch. Be a scientist. Describe a natural environment, or place, you know well.

  • 1 Make a Plan Choose a place in nature. Think about your point of view. Do you live there? Is it a place you visit? Write words that you picture in your mind.

  • 2 Create a Chart Organize the words. Describe things you see, hear, smell, or touch. Organize the important details first.

    SeeHearSmellTouch
    Ocean:blue watercrashing wavessalt watersmooth sand

  • 3 Practice Your Presentation Follow these steps.

    • • Name the environment.

    • • Tell what it looks, sounds, smells, and feels like. Talk about the most important details first.

    • • Record and listen to your presentation.

    • • Add more details, if you need to.

    I hear noisy seagulls at the beach.

    I hear noisy seagulls at the beach.

  • 4 Give Your Presentation Use descriptive words and phrases. Speak clearly and slowly. Use gestures and facial expressions to interest the audience.