Topic the identify. Points key the tell Answer To make a summary of an informational text, tell what the text is all about, Identify the topic, Tell the key points. Tell something about the pictures Listen to the second part of the text about climate change. Summarize the information you heard by answering this question to help you identify the key points. What are the serious effects of climate change? Climate Change, part 2 All across the world, people are taking action because climate change has serious impacts, locally and globally. Scientists predicted that warming oceans and melting glaciers due to global warming and climate change could cause sea levels to rise 7-23 inches by the year 2100. Worldwide, densely populated coastal communities and the infrastructure that That support them would be affected (such as city buildings and homes, roads, ports, and wastewater treatment plants). Some would be flooded or more vulnerable to the storm damage. In flat terrain, the shoreline could move many miles inland. Other effects are also serious. In some places, floods and/or drought could become more frequent and more severe. Even seemingly less dramatic local changes in temperature, precipitation, and soil moisture could severely impact many things important to human life and all life around us, including: • natural ecosystems • Agriculture and food supplies • Human health • Forestry • Water resources and availability • Energy use • Transportation Many people are concerned that we are losing time to make a difference. Climate change and its effects may be irreversible. Life could become very difficult for some populations – plant, animal and human. Species, cultures, resources, and many lives could be lost. Study the following words. Erosion explosion Revolution eruption Conclusion abrasion
What did you notice about the following words?
The suffix –tion occurs in words of Latin origin,
used to form abstract nouns from verbs to express action or a state. If the word rotation means the act of rotating, give the meaning of these terms in science that ends in –ion suffix. Make new words by adding one of the given suffixes. (-ion, tion) 1. create- _____________ 2.expand- _____________ 3.ascend- _____________ 4.reduce- _____________ 5.act- _____________ 6.promote- _____________ 7.isolate- _____________ 8.donate- _____________ 9.evaporate- _____________ Complete the sentence by adding suffix -tion/-ion to the word in the inside the parentheses. 1.The police carried out an __________ into the crime. (investigate)
2.Joe had an __________ on his arm after he broke it.
(operate)
3.There was a lovely __________ on the cover of the book.
(illustrate)
4.________speak louder than words. (act)
5. We were having a large _______built on the back of our.
(extend). Answer 1. investigation 2. Operation 3. Illustration 4. Action 5. extention Group Activity Use the following words in a sentence. 1. Rotation 2. Revolution 3. Evaporation 4. Eruption 5. erosion What are the ways in adding -tion/-ion to a root word? Usually a verb is used as a base word. Example: Act - action Deduce - deduction Spelling tips for adding -tion/ion. • If the verb ends in a t just add - ion Example: Diffract- diffraction • Remove a final e before adding -tion Example: Intervene- intervention • Sometimes you must add or remove a vowel before adding -tion Example: Add – addition (add i) Register – registration (remove e) Evolve - evolution Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. Stop! You’re going in the wrong________.
a. director c. direction b. direct d. direcssion
2. She lost all her ________ in a fire.
a. possesion c. possetion b. possess d. possessor
3. I have enjoyed our ________but I really must do some
work. a.conversassion c.converse b.conversation d.conversion 4. Traffic was diverted because of a _________ on the highway. a.collission c. collition b. collide d. collision
5.I get a great feeling of ________ when I
complete all my work. a.satisfaction c.satisfacssion b.satisfy d.satisfacsion