Directions for Close Read on Coastal Erosion
1. Read the passage silently to yourself.
2. In the left margin, number each paragraph.
3. With a PINK highlighter, highlight all words you don’t know or understand.
4. Look at paragraph 1. With an ORANGE highlighter, highlight any words or
phrases that explain the rate, or how fast coastal erosion is happening.
5. Look at paragraphs 1-7. With a YELLOW highlighter, highlight all causes of
coastal erosion. These would be reasons it’s happening.
6. Look at paragraphs 8 and 9. With a BLUE highlighter, highlight words or phrases
that explain how to prevent coastal erosion, or what we’re doing to slow it
down.
7. In the right margin next to each paragraph, write what you think is the theme or
main idea of that paragraph. You may have to read each paragraph again.
8. In the blank space below the last paragraph of the passage, write what you think
the author’s purpose for the entire passage is. You may have to read the
passage again.
The questions below are the questions that YOU, my students, came up with
during our SQPL (Student Questions for Purposeful Learning). These are the top 5
questions that YOU were most interested in finding the answers to. Use the
information from the passage to answer the questions that YOU created. Are there
any questions that weren’t answered? Think back to our class discussion and the
video about coastal erosion to answer any unanswered questions.
Use loose leaf paper to answer each question. You can use simple turn
around sentences here, but R.A.C.E. on your test. Your heading should be: SQPL
on Coastal Erosion. Include your name, date, and hour in your heading.
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What causes coastal erosion? Name as many as you can find in the passage.
At what rate (how fast) is coastal erosion happening?
What areas are affected by coastal erosion the most?
What are we doing to prevent or slow down coastal erosion?
How is coastal erosion affecting our economy?
YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB IN COMING UP WITH THESE QUESTIONS!