Journal 2-16-06 Thursday

What type of information do you think you would find on the weather page of a newspaper? Explain in detail.

(7-10 sentences)

Purpose

What are you learning?The parts of a weather page.

Why are you learning this?To understand how to read the weather page and apply that information to everyday life.

Grammar – Independent Clause

Clause = a group of related words which has both a subject and a predicate.

Independent Clause = a complete thought and can stand as a sentence.

Practice: circle the independent clause in the sentence.

1. In 1885, the Pittsburgh Dispatch hired her after she wrote an eloquent letter to the newspaper.

2. Jo bought a house that was built in 1930.

3. Although yesterday was rainy, today is sunny.

4. Mrs. Dow, who teaches English, will retire soon.

Crafting the Lesson (me/we)

Parts of the Weather Page:

The Almanac

Allergies

More Info.

On This Day

Weather for Major South Carolina Cities

Rivers

Sun & Moon

Tides

Daily forecast

Sunburn Index

The Nation

Travel Advisories

Category FindThe Almanac The high and low temperature

for the day

Allergies type of allergens present today

The Weather Key The abbreviation for thunderstorms

The Nation the high, low, and sky for Fairbanks

Rivers Waccamaw/Conway flood stage

Sun & Moon Time Saturn rises

Tides Little River low tide times

World Tel Aviv low temperature

Canada Edmonton high temperature

Travel Advisories List one

With a partner locate the following information from the weather page of “The Sun News”:

Composing Meaning (you)

Use the weather page of “The Sun News to locate the following:

Category Find

Rainfall for this month

On this day Write what happened on this day in history

Sunburn Index for today

Daily Forecast Give all the information for Tuesday.

Reflection

Share something you learned today about the weather page.