What is causing Global
Warming?
LO- Students will read and analyze an
article about the causes of Global
Warming
Article 1- Edhelper
Global Warming by Patti Hutchison
Article 2What Causes Global Warming?
• http://www.buzzle.com/articles/what-causesglobal-warming.html
• Industrialization- P1L1 The growth of industry
(factories)
• Hue and cry- P1L2 public talk/concern
• Layman- P1L4 A person who is not an expert on a
subject
• Anthropogenic- P3L2 Because of human activity
• Emissions/emit- P3L3 Release/Give off (gas, debris)
• Correlated- P5L2 Connected or Related to
• Proponents- P5L4 Supporters of a theory
• Catalyst- P6L1 main cause or spark that causes
something to happen (camels back)
• Deforestation- P7L6 To cut down trees in a forest to
make room for farming
• Ruminating- P7L8 (Cows) Animals with 2 stomachs who
chew pre-digested food
Guiding Questions
• What has surfaced as a major environmental issue?
• What causes Global Warming?
• What factors contribute to the rise in average global
temperature?
• What is the result of climate change?
• What is the most important factor that contributes
to the greenhouse effect?
• How has Solar variation effected global warming?
• What changes have occurred with the sun in the
past 60 years?
Humans cause Global Warming
Or Global Warming is Natural
Article 3A Feverish World
What is causing Global
Warming?
LO- Students will analyze several articles
about the causes of Global Warming
and extract information to put in an
organizer/outline
How to use your Outline…
Example- (If we were writing about the effects of
Global Warming)
The Topic Sentence
• Topic Sentence- Global
Warmingthe
causes
harm to
introduces
main
entire ecosystems.idea of the paragraph
• Detail 1- Insects are thriving because of the
warmer weather. Alaska has an overabundance of
bees.
• Detail 2- Plant leaves are emerging sooner.
• Detail 3- Seals and Polar bears depend on artic ice.
Draft 1
1
• You must do both drafts on packaged loose leaf
paper.
• You may not use both sides. If you finish a page,
you need to get a new sheet and rewrite your
heading.
• Each paragraph must be indented with an
arrow. (only on drafts, not on final)
• Pencil only!
• Pages need to be numbered on the top right
corner.
Draft 1- Heading and Title
Ms. Ferrato
Performance Task
4/25/13
Draft #1
Global Warming
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