Photograph of the title page of the selection “Melting Away”
Selection 2 Overview
  • Build Background

  • Language & Grammar

    Use Appropriate

    Language

    Use Verbs in the Present

    Perfect Tense

  • Prepare to Read

    Learn Key Vocabulary

    Learn a Reading Strategy

    Synthesize

  • Read and Write

    Focus on Genre

    Environmental Report

    Apply the Reading Strategy

    Synthesize

    Critical Thinking

    Reading Fluency

    Use Appropriate Phrasing

    Vocabulary Review

    Write About the

    Guiding Question

  • Connect Across the Curriculum

    Literary Analysis

    Draw and Support

    Conclusions

    Vocabulary Study

    Understand Technical Language

    Listening/Speaking

    Give a Persuasive Speech

    Media/Writing

    Make a Technical Manual

    Language and Grammar

    Use Appropriate Language

    Writing and Grammar

    Write About Actions

Photograph of a glacier where it meets the sea
Build Background
Connect

KWL Chart Create a KWL Chart about global warming. In the K column, list what you already know. In the W column, list what you want to know about it. You’ll use the L column to list what you learned after reading.

Stay Cool

Glaciers and ice caps aren’t just homes for polar bears. They provide a habitat for many living things. So what will happen if global warming melts them away?