You will be divided into two groups. Each group will present one of the following newspaper articles to the class. Read your article, find a definition for your vocab words, and answer the related questions. We will discuss the two articles as a class afterward.
Group 1
Read and understand this article and answer the following questions:
1) This is an opinion article. What is the writer's opinion? Find words/phrases/paragraphs that show this opinion.
2) Do you agree with what the writer is saying? Why or why not?
3) Do you see any opinions being presented as facts? What are they? Can you find anything online that supports/disproves these "facts"?
Group 1 - Vocab
carbon footprint
volcano
ice fishing
crystal ball
boiling point
Group 2
Read and understand this article and answer the following questions:
1) What is this article about? What's happening in Eastern Canada?
2) What's happening at the golf course?
3) Does David Phillips think things will continue?
Group 2 - Vocab
climatologist
scope
superlatives
sweltering
entomologists
