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Teaching Vocabulary and Discoursein Grades 6–12

Margarita Espino Calderón

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Mar

garit

a Ca

lder

ón &

Ass

ocia

tes

W

elco

me

- 1

Miss

ion,

Visi

on a

nd P

assio

n Al

low

us t

o te

ll yo

u a

little

abo

ut o

urse

lves

and

ExC

-ELL

. Ou

r pas

sion

is he

lpin

g En

glish

Lear

ners

succ

eed!

The

se d

ays,

all s

tude

nts

are

Engl

ish-L

earn

ers,

som

e ar

e le

arni

ng th

e la

ngua

ge o

f Sta

te S

tand

ards

, ot

hers

are

lear

ning

aca

dem

ic En

glish

, and

som

e ar

e le

arni

ng E

nglis

h fo

r the

fir

st ti

me.

We

belie

ve th

at a

ll te

ache

rs, a

dmin

istra

tors

, and

coac

hes i

n a

scho

ol n

eed

to p

artic

ipat

e in

the

sam

e pr

ofes

siona

l dev

elop

men

t pro

gram

in

orde

r to

have

the

shar

ed la

ngua

ge a

nd th

e sh

ared

phi

loso

phy

of su

cces

s for

al

l stu

dent

s. O

ur p

assio

n is

to h

elp

as m

any

teac

hers

, coa

ches

, sup

ervi

sors

, an

d ad

min

istra

tors

in P

re-K

thro

ugh

Univ

ersit

ies d

evel

op a

nd p

repa

re

educ

ator

s and

all

thos

e w

ho to

uch

the

lives

of E

nglis

h Le

aner

s (EL

s) to

ens

ure

that

our

Eng

lish

lear

ning

child

ren

have

the

tool

s and

stra

tegi

es fo

r aca

dem

ic su

cces

s. Co

ncom

itant

ly, o

ur v

ision

is th

at th

e be

st w

ay to

do

this

is th

roug

h W

hole

- Sch

ool i

mpl

emen

tatio

n an

d pr

epar

edne

ss, t

hus e

nsur

ing

our E

Ls h

ave

thos

e op

port

uniti

es.

We

wan

t to

help

inst

itute

thos

e st

ruct

ures

and

feat

ures

of

succ

essf

ul sc

hool

s tha

t ena

ble

ever

yone

to co

ntin

uous

ly g

row

pr

ofes

siona

lly a

nd cr

eate

exc

iting

cont

exts

for a

ll st

uden

ts to

be

colle

ge o

r ca

reer

read

y.

Our M

issio

n is

to fa

cilita

te th

is pr

epar

edne

ss v

ia p

rofe

ssio

nal d

evel

opm

ent

gear

ed to

war

ds th

e fo

llow

ing

Inst

ruct

iona

l Fea

ture

s:

Ac

adem

ic Vo

cabu

lary

(i.e

., Ti

er 1

, 2, 3

wor

ds)

La

ngua

ge (i

.e.,

rich

disc

ussio

ns, a

rgum

enta

tive

disc

ours

e, q

uest

ions

, an

swer

s, or

acy)

Read

ing

(i.e.

, tex

t com

plex

ity, r

eadi

ng cl

osel

y fo

r diff

eren

t pur

pose

s)

W

ritin

g fro

m S

ourc

es (i

.e.,

text

s stu

dent

s are

read

ing;

writ

ing

in a

ll su

bjec

t are

as)

Bu

ildin

g Kn

owle

dge

in th

e Di

scip

lines

(i.e

., by

teac

hing

read

ing,

vo

cabu

lary

, and

writ

ing

in m

ath,

scie

nce,

socia

l stu

dies

, and

lang

uage

ar

ts)

By th

e tim

e yo

u ha

ve co

mpl

eted

this

ExC-

ELL I

nstit

ute,

you

will

hav

e be

en in

trod

uced

and

giv

en a

n ov

ervi

ew o

f how

Sta

te S

tand

ards

and

rela

ted

inst

ruct

iona

l str

ateg

ies f

or E

nglis

h La

ngua

ge Le

arne

rs w

ill h

elp

you

to

inte

grat

e st

rate

gies

into

you

r cur

ricul

um a

nd in

stru

ctio

n an

d al

ign

them

with

yo

ur st

ate’

s sta

ndar

ds.

You

will

hav

e pr

actic

ed, r

efle

cted

upo

n an

d de

velo

ped

less

on a

nd cu

rricu

lum

map

s for

dev

elop

ing

Engl

ish Le

arne

rs’ r

ich

acad

emic

lang

uage

, dep

th o

f rea

ding

com

preh

ensio

n, a

nd w

ritin

g sk

ills

nece

ssar

y to

mee

t con

tent

and

lang

uage

stan

dard

s. Y

ou w

ill b

e ab

le to

in

tegr

ate

perfo

rman

ce a

sses

smen

ts a

nd ru

brics

alig

ned

to y

our s

tate

’s

stan

dard

s to

addr

ess t

he d

iver

sity

of le

arne

rs.

You

will

be

able

to w

ork

as a

te

am to

do

peer

obs

erva

tions

and

coac

hing

to h

elp

your

self

and

your

fello

w

teac

hers

wor

k su

cces

sful

ly w

ith E

nglis

h Le

arne

rs.

If yo

u ar

e a

scho

ol

adm

inist

rato

r, de

part

men

t cha

ir or

an

acad

emic

facil

itato

r, yo

u’ll

be re

ady

to

help

you

r ent

ire st

aff i

mpl

emen

t the

se st

rate

gies

scho

ol-w

ide

for t

hat

Who

le-S

choo

l app

roac

h. Y

ou m

ay e

ven

see

that

all

stud

ents

are

ben

efitt

ing

from

thes

e st

rate

gies

be

they

ELs

, Stu

dent

s with

Inte

rrup

ted

Form

al

Educ

atio

n, st

uden

ts w

ith sp

ecia

l nee

ds, g

ifted

and

tale

nted

as w

ell a

s gen

eral

ed

ucat

ion

stud

ents

in y

our s

choo

ls.

The

Rese

arch

Beh

ind

ExC-

ELL

Carn

egie

Cor

pora

tion

of N

ew Yo

rk F

unde

d Em

piric

al Te

stin

g of

ExC

-ELL

Ex

pedi

ting

Com

preh

ensio

n fo

r Eng

lish

Lang

uage

Lear

ners

– A

pr

ofes

siona

l dev

elop

men

t pro

gram

for m

ains

trea

m te

ache

rs o

f mat

h,

scie

nce,

socia

l stu

dies

, and

lang

uage

art

s wen

t thr

ough

five

yea

rs o

f em

piric

al te

stin

g. F

ew o

ther

pro

gram

s hav

e un

derg

one

so m

uch

test

ing

and

refin

emen

t. T

he C

arne

gie

Corp

orat

ion

of N

ew Yo

rk in

vite

d us

to d

evel

op a

pro

fess

iona

l dev

elop

men

t pro

gram

in co

llabo

ratio

n w

ith m

iddl

e an

d hi

gh sc

hool

teac

hers

in K

auai

, Haw

aii,

who

wer

e w

orki

ng w

ith E

Ls o

r str

uggl

ing

read

ers.

We

sele

cted

the

low

est-p

erfo

rmin

g m

iddl

e an

d hi

gh sc

hool

s and

co

mpa

red

them

to th

e hi

ghes

t-per

form

ing

scho

ols o

n th

e isl

and.

Afte

r tw

o ye

ars,

the

expe

rimen

tal s

choo

ls m

et A

nnua

l Yea

rly P

rogr

ess (

AYP)

re

quire

men

ts, m

et th

eir A

nnua

l Mea

sure

men

t Ach

ieve

men

t Ob

ject

ives

(AM

AOS)

, rea

ched

a h

igh-

perfo

rmin

g st

atus

, and

ou

tper

form

ed th

e co

ntro

l sch

ools.

Ca

rneg

ie th

en a

sked

us t

o w

ork

with

scho

ols i

n NY

C. A

fter o

nly

two

year

s, M

iddl

e Sc

hool

319

was

reco

gnize

d as

the

mos

t im

prov

ed

scho

ol a

nd n

amed

the

#1 in

New

York

City

! W

e co

ntin

ue to

wor

k w

ith

scho

ols i

n NY

C, N

orth

Car

olin

a, Te

xas,

Virg

inia

and

New

Mex

ico.

Cont

inue

d Su

cces

s Af

ter s

tudy

ing

the

rese

arch

, list

enin

g to

pan

els,

and

seei

ng m

any

man

y se

ssio

ns o

f ExC

-ELL

in a

ctio

n as

pro

fess

iona

l dev

elop

men

t and

as

succ

ess i

n th

e cla

ssro

om, m

any

stat

es re

alize

d th

at th

e m

ost e

ffect

ive

appr

oach

wou

ld b

e a

who

le-s

choo

l, di

visio

n, o

r sta

tew

ide

appr

oach

.

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garit

a Ca

lder

ón &

Ass

ocia

tes

W

elco

me

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Virg

inia

As

of 2

015,

ove

r 1,0

00 te

ache

rs a

nd a

dmin

istra

tors

from

rura

l sc

hool

s acr

oss t

he st

ate

of V

irgin

ia a

nd m

ore

than

1,0

00 a

dditi

onal

ed

ucat

ors f

rom

Titl

e III

scho

ols h

ave

been

trai

ned.

Virg

inia

cont

inue

s to

wor

k w

ith w

hole

div

ision

s or w

hole

scho

ols t

o fu

rthe

r sup

port

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

ExC

-ELL

thro

ugh

cont

inue

d pr

ofes

siona

l de

velo

pmen

t for

new

coho

rts o

f con

tent

and

ESL

teac

hers

and

ad

min

istra

tors

in e

ven

mor

e ru

ral d

istric

ts in

cent

ral a

nd n

orth

ern

Virg

inia

. Ad

ditio

nally

, sel

ecte

d m

iddl

e an

d hi

gh sc

hool

teac

hers

for

who

le-s

choo

l int

erve

ntio

n in

scie

nce,

inclu

ding

adm

inist

rato

rs, l

itera

cy

coac

hes,

and

all t

each

ers,

have

ben

efitt

ed fr

om E

xC-E

LL In

stitu

tes a

nd

stra

tegi

es.

Prof

essio

nal d

evel

opm

ent f

or d

ivisi

on co

ache

s and

ELL

Sp

ecia

lists

on

how

to o

bser

ve, c

oach

, and

supp

ort t

each

ers i

s also

, ad

ding

to th

e w

hole

-sch

ool i

mpl

emen

tatio

n su

ppor

t str

uctu

re.

Nort

h Ca

rolin

a Ov

er th

e la

st se

vera

l yea

rs, N

orth

Car

olin

a im

plem

ente

d Ex

C-EL

L on

a va

riety

of l

evel

s. F

irst,

teac

hers

in o

ne w

hole

scho

ol w

ere

train

ed

and

resu

lts sh

owed

stud

ent g

row

th in

read

ing

and

mat

h. N

ext,

prof

essio

nal d

evel

opm

ent f

or 2

5 di

visio

n co

ache

s and

ESL

Spe

cialis

ts

was

pro

vide

d on

the

12 E

xC-E

LL co

mpo

nent

s and

on

way

s to

obse

rve,

co

ach,

& su

ppor

t tea

cher

s. M

ore

teac

hers

and

adm

inist

rato

rs w

ere

train

ed in

the

past

two

sum

mer

s. A

s of a

utum

n 20

15, o

ne w

hole

-sc

hool

impl

emen

tatio

n ef

fort

s is u

nder

way

in R

alei

gh, N

C. S

ince

201

1,

the

Nort

h Ca

rolin

a De

part

men

t of P

ublic

Inst

ruct

ion

has b

een

wor

king

w

ith M

arga

rita

Cald

erón

and

Ass

ocia

tes t

o tra

in it

s ow

n ca

dre

of E

xC-

ELL t

rain

ers a

nd co

ache

s.

Natio

nal T

rend

s M

assa

chus

etts

Th

e co

mm

onw

ealth

of M

assa

chus

etts

has

mad

e th

e bo

ld m

ove

to

requ

ire S

helte

red

Engl

ish In

stru

ctio

n (S

EI) p

rofe

ssio

nal d

evel

opm

ent

for 4

0,00

0 ed

ucat

ors m

odel

ed a

fter t

he 1

2 in

stru

ctio

nal f

eatu

res o

f Ex

C-EL

L. T

his p

rofe

ssio

nal d

evel

opm

ent r

esul

ts in

an

endo

rsem

ent

need

ed to

reta

in o

r adv

ance

a M

assa

chus

etts

edu

cato

r lice

nse.

Ad

min

istra

tors

are

also

requ

ired

to ta

ke a

cour

se d

esig

ned

to h

elp

coac

h an

d su

ppor

t tea

cher

s who

teac

h EL

s. P

rincip

als,

assis

tant

prin

cipal

s, an

d su

perv

isors

lear

n ho

w to

obs

erve

the

inst

ruct

iona

l st

rate

gies

in th

e cla

ssro

om a

nd h

ow to

wor

k w

ith te

ache

rs to

impr

ove

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

stra

tegi

es in

eac

h cla

ssro

om.

In a

dditi

on, a

ll ed

ucat

ors a

re n

ow re

quire

d to

ear

n at

leas

t 15

prof

essio

nal d

evel

opm

ent p

oint

s (PD

Ps) i

n ES

L or S

EI e

very

rene

wal

cy

cle.

Teac

her P

repa

ratio

n Pr

ogra

ms i

n M

assa

chus

etts

As

of J

uly

2014

, She

ltere

d En

glish

Inst

ruct

ion

peda

gogy

and

st

rate

gies

are

a re

quire

d co

mpo

nent

of t

he Te

ache

r Pre

para

tion

prog

ram

s for

initi

al li

cens

ure

in M

assa

chus

etts

. Te

ache

rs n

ew to

the

stat

e ar

e lik

ewise

requ

ired

to e

arn

the

SEI e

ndor

sem

ent.

High

er E

duca

tion

Ana

G M

énde

z Uni

vers

ity S

yste

m

Ana

G M

énde

z Uni

vers

ity S

yste

m, a

bili

ngua

l uni

vers

ity b

ased

in

Puer

to R

ico w

ith ca

mpu

ses i

n Fl

orid

a, Te

xas a

nd W

ashi

ngto

n, D

.C. h

as

been

pre

parin

g fa

culty

mem

bers

from

its n

ursin

g, b

usin

ess,

educ

atio

n an

d cr

imin

al ju

stice

pro

gram

s in

the

use

of E

xC-E

LL fo

r adu

lt le

arne

rs.

We

are

also

pre

parin

g a

cadr

e of

trai

ners

usin

g Ex

C-EL

L in

both

Eng

lish

and

Span

ish.

Why

PD

for t

he W

hole

Sch

ool?

Ho

w w

e us

ed to

thin

k ab

out S

helte

red

Inst

ruct

ion

The

conc

ept o

f She

ltere

d En

glish

Inst

ruct

ion

(SEI

) or S

pecia

lly

Desig

ned

Acad

emic

Inst

ruct

ion

in E

nglis

h (S

DAIE

) has

bee

n ar

ound

sin

ce 1

979,

whe

n th

e M

ulti-

Dist

rict T

rain

er o

f Tra

iner

s Ins

titut

es

star

ted

in S

outh

ern

Calif

orni

a. A

t tha

t tim

e, D

enni

s Par

ker,

Bilin

gual

Di

rect

or a

t Cor

ona-

Norc

o IS

D in

vent

ed th

e te

rm b

ased

on

curr

ent

theo

ries a

nd re

sear

cher

s’ pr

esen

tatio

ns a

nd u

sed

to p

rese

nt fo

r the

M

TTIs

up a

nd d

own

the

stat

e.

At th

at ti

me,

the

focu

s was

on

teac

hers

to m

ake

cont

ent

com

preh

ensib

le b

y

– Bu

ildin

g on

stud

ent e

xper

ienc

es a

nd u

sing

mat

eria

l with

fam

iliar

co

nten

t –

Usin

g gr

aphi

c org

anize

rs (t

able

s, w

ebs,

Venn

dia

gram

s)

– Us

ing

pict

ures

, dem

onst

ratio

ns, r

eal-l

ife o

bjec

ts, g

estu

res

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successful one

s (Mon

tgom

ery, 200

0).  

•The

 average 6‐yea

r‐old ha

s a vocab

ulary of 

approxim

ately 8,00

0 words and

 learns 3,000

‐5,00

0 more pe

r yea

r (Sene

chal& Corne

ll, 199

3). 

•Vocab

ulary in kinde

rgarten an

d first grade

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significan

t predictor of rea

ding

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ensio

n in th

e middle an

d second

ary grad

es or rea

ding

 difficulties (Cu

nningh

am, 2

005; Cun

ning

ham & Stano

vich, 1

997) and

 (Cha

ll& Dale, 199

5; Den

ton et al. 20

11).

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lary

Prevalen

t in Co

mplex Te

xts

•Som

e stud

ents will have sm

aller T

ier 1

, 2, and

 3 vocabu

larie

s whe

n they enter th

e classroo

m.  

Instruction must a

ddress th

is vocabu

lary gap

 ea

rly and

 aggressively.

•Provide

 more instruction for stude

nts w

ith 

wea

ker v

ocab

ularies rathe

r tha

n offerin

g them

 fewer words.

•Focus on Tier 2 vocab

ulary instructionto help 

stud

ents access g

rade

 level texts.

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Acad

emic Lan

guage

For tea

cher‐stude

nt and

 stud

ent‐stud

ent 

form

al disc

ourse 

For interactio

n arou

nd stan

dards a

nd 

goals

For text com

preh

ensio

nFor formal writing

For success on tests

For a

cade

mic and

 econo

mic status

(Calde

rón, 201

4)

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Think Ab

out It

How m

any words are you

r Striving 

Read

ers, ELs, a

nd AP stud

ents learning

 pe

r yea

r? 

Whe

re is th

e ga

p?Ho

w m

uch do

 all stud

ents re

ad and

 write 

per sub

ject area?

Particularly in K‐5?

?

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Shoe

 Bud

dies

Find

 a bud

dy 

across th

e room

 who

se sh

oes b

est 

match you

rs.

Only 1 bu

ddy 

plea

se.

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ular

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Summary Starters

1  In

itially…

2  Following that…

3  Add

ition

ally…

4  Finally, 

Subseq

uently,

Furthe

rmore, 

Moreo

ver …

Sept

Dec

May

1  First…

Initially…

???

2  Next…

Follo

wing that…  ???

3  The

n…Ad

ditio

nally…  

???

4  Last…

Fina

lly,

???

Subseq

uently,

Furthe

rmore, 

Moreo

ver …

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ELs A

re Expected to Use 

In The

ir Discou

rse: 

Lang

uage Fun

ctions

Pred

ictio

n En

umeration 

Iden

tification

Classification 

Interpretatio

nCo

mpa

rison

/Con

trast

Explan

ation

Defin

ition

 Organ

izatio

n Inference/Hy

pothesis

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ELs A

re Expected to Use 

In The

ir Close Re

ading:

Read

ing Co

mpreh

ensio

n Strategies/Skills

Pred

ict 

Visualize

 De

term

ine im

portan

t inform

ation

Make inferences

Ask an

d an

swer 

questio

nsMon

itor com

preh

ensio

n

Make conn

ectio

ns 

Summarize

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ELs A

re Expected to Use 

In The

ir Writing:

Writing Text Structures to:

Describ

e Ca

use an

d Effect

Persua

de/Argue

Compa

re/Con

trast

Inform

 Sequ

ence

Prob

lem so

lve

Summarize

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Teaching

 Words Before Writing

Text 

Structure

Writing 

Strategy

Tier 2 W

ords

Prob

lem –

solutio

ns 

•Problem

s are 

iden

tified an

d solutio

ns are 

provided

•Sup

porting 

details describe 

the prob

lem 

and solutio

accordingly, answer, as 

a result, becau

se, 

challeng

e, decide, 

fortun

ately, if ___

then

, iss

ue, o

ne re

ason

 is, 

outcom

e is, problem

, so, solution, th

e prob

lem is so

lved

 by, 

therefore, th

us, 

unfortun

ately, trou

ble 

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WORD

S? W

ORD

S? W

ORD

S?

Which W

ords Sho

uld I Select to 

Teach Th

at Transition

 to ALL 

Subject A

reas in

 L1 & L2?

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Do You

 Parse th

e Text?

parse |p

ärs|; ana

lyze (a

 senten

ce) into its 

parts a

nd describe their syntactic ro

les.

We use “parsin

g” as a

 way to

 examine or 

analyze minutely the text th

at stud

ents are 

abou

t to read

 to:

–Chu

nk th

e text to

 fit y

our c

lass sc

hedu

le–S

elect w

ords to

 teach (5‐6 Tier 2

words/phrases)

–Find senten

ces o

r grammatical fe

atures to

 high

light

–Find read

ing strategies and

 read

ing skills to 

mod

el fo

r stude

nts to use 

– Determine the type

s of a

ssessm

ents to

 use fo

r ea

ch of tho

se se

gmen

ts and

 lang

uage elemen

ts 

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Tiers 1

, 2 & 3

Subcategories

•Techn

ical words

•Information processin

g words

•Polysem

ous w

ords

•Sop

histicated

 words fo

r spe

cificity

 or p

recisio

n•C

onne

ctors, tran

sition words

•Cog

nates a

nd fa

lse cog

nates

•Phrasal clusters

•Idiom

s, m

etap

hors, sim

iles, pun

s & 

collo

catio

ns•S

entence an

d qu

estio

n starters

•Everyda

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Tiers 3

, 2 & 1

Summary of Vocab

ulary for E

LsTIER

 3 Sub

ject‐spe

cific words th

at labe

l con

tent 

disciplin

e concep

ts, sub

jects, and

 topics. 

Infreq

uently used acad

emic words.

TIER

 2 In

form

ation processin

g words th

at nest 

tier 3

 words in lo

ng se

nten

ces, polysem

ous 

words, transition

 words, con

nectors; m

ore 

soph

isticated

 words fo

r rich discussio

ns and

 specificity in descriptio

ns.

TIER

 1 Basic words ELs nee

d to com

mun

icate, 

read

 and

 write. Tho

se th

at sh

ould be taug

ht.

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Tier 3

Acad

emic Con

tent, Spe

cific or Techn

ical W

ords

Squa

re ro

otPh

otosyn

thesis

Governm

ent

Rectan

gle

Germ 

Bylaws 

Radical 

numbe

rsAtom

 Ba

ilout 

Circum

ference

Matter 

Cong

ressiona

l Pi sq

uare 

Osm

osis

Capital 

Power

Power

Power 

Math

Science

Social Studies

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Tier 2 W

ords in

 State Exams

Inform

ation Processin

g Words

absence, accuracy, add

itive, affe

ct, allo

w, 

analog

ous, app

aren

t, ap

proa

ch, arran

ge, 

assortmen

t, assumption, basis, bases, b

ehavior, 

belief, bo

dy, b

ound

ary, coincide, com

piled, core, 

crite

ria, crucial, d

enote, dep

ict, 

deplete, device, disp

lay, distinct,

due to, effe

ct, forthcoming,

gene

rate, illu

strate, impa

ct, implicit,

notw

ithstan

ding

, odd

ly, so that,

solely, successive, state,

unde

rlying, vary, whe

reby,

widespread, …

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Inform

ation Processin

g Words

Tier 2 fu

nctio

n/inform

ation processin

g words, 

such as c

onvert, com

bine

, infer, con

clud

e, 

compa

re, and

 com

pose

are foun

d across 

subjects, in State Stan

dards a

nd in state tests.

They are also

 foun

d in Bloom

’s cogn

itive levels:

− Re

mem

ber

− Und

erstan

d− Ap

ply

− An

alyze

− Evalua

te− Crea

te 

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Tier 2

Polysemou

s words (h

omon

yms o

r hom

ograph

s) 

across acade

mic co

nten

t areas:

solutio

ntable

divide

prim

eroun

dtrun

kstate

bank

power

cell

right

radical

leg

left

light

face

fall

check

court

hand

long

pin

rest

roll

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Polysemy Cu

ts Across the

 Tiers

Polysemy in Tier 3

Words th

at have diffe

rent te

chnical m

eaning

s in m

ath, sc

ience, so

cial stud

ies a

nd 

lang

uage arts. 

power, d

ivide, den

sity, so

lutio

n, ra

dical, 

varia

ble, prism, d

egree, im

age, ra

dian

 Tier 1 words can

 be po

lysemou

s:saw, leg

, fall, left, b

ody

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whisper

conversatio

n conversación

converse con

versar

specify

 especificar

commen

t com

entar

anno

unce anu

nciar

men

tion men

cion

arrequ

est

commun

icate comun

icar

reveal re

veler

dialog

ue diálogo

remark

verbalize

 verba

lizar

declare de

clarar

pron

ounce pron

unciar

describ

e de

scrib

irde

bate deb

ate

discuss d

iscutir

proclaim

 proclam

arartic

ulate artic

ular

questio

n cuestio

nar

scream

pontificate pon

tificar

Tier 2

Soph

isticated

 & Spe

cificity

 of “Say”

Instea

d of Tier 1

: talk & sa

y.  H

ow abo

ut Tier 2

s?whisper

conversatio

n conversación

converse con

versar

specify

 especificar

commen

t com

entar

anno

unce anu

nciar

men

tion men

cion

arrequ

est

commun

icate comun

icar

reveal re

veler

dialog

ue diálogo

remark

verbalize

 verba

lizar

declare de

clarar

pron

ounce pron

unciar

describ

e de

scrib

irde

bate deb

ate

discuss d

iscutir

proclaim

 proclam

arartic

ulate artic

ular

questio

n cuestio

nar

scream

pontificate pon

tificar

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Tier 2

Words th

at Nest C

ontent W

ords & Con

cepts

Cause an

d Effect –be

cause, due

 to, as a

 result, 

since, for th

is reason

, the

refore, in orde

r to, 

so th

at, thu

s…Co

ntrast –or, b

ut, alth

ough

, how

ever,

in con

trast, ne

verthe

less, o

n the othe

r han

d, 

while…

Additio

n or Com

parison

 –an

d, also

, as w

ell as, 

in add

ition

, likew

ise, m

oreo

ver, by th

e way…

Giving Exam

ples –for e

xample, fo

r instance,

in partic

ular, such as…

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Run off

Run aw

ayRu

n in circ

les

Run up

 and

 dow

nRu

n in and

 out

Run arou

nd

Brea

k a leg

Once in a while

Complete senten

ceLong

 nou

n ph

rases

Relativ

ely ea

sier

Stored

 ene

rgy

Stim

ulus package

Tier 2

Phrasal C

lusters a

nd Id

ioms

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Tier 2

Senten

ce Starters

Summarizing:Stud

ents create a ne

w oral text 

that stan

ds fo

r an existing text. The

 summary 

contains th

e im

portan

t information or big 

idea

s.Th

is story tells abo

ut a...

This se

ction is ab

out the

...One

 impo

rtan

t fact h

ere is that...

Determ

ining im

portan

t information:

Stud

ents 

tell the most impo

rtan

t ide

a in a se

ction of 

text, d

istingu

ishing it from

 details that te

ll more ab

out it.

The main idea is...

The key de

tails th

at su

pport tha

t are...

The pu

rpose of th

is text is to

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ular

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Tier 2

Que

stion Starters

Can you he

lp m

e __

___?

I don

't un

derstand

 ___

__.

Whe

re is/are ___

__?

How do I _

____

?May I ask a qu

estio

n?Ho

w m

uch tim

e do

 we ha

ve fo

r ___

__?

Whe

re do I _

____

?Wou

ld you

 please repe

at th

at?

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Tier 1

Words fo

r ELs

Prob

lem W

ords 

Exam

ples

Spellin

gtoug

h, to

otha

che, phrase, 

high

light, b

ecau

sePron

unciation or 

confusion with

 ho

mop

hone

s

weather/w

hether, sum

/som

e, 

blue

/blew, w

hole/hole, 

access/exes/axis, se

ll/cell, 

ship/chip

Backgrou

nd 

know

ledg

elawnm

ower, b

lend

er, p

arka, 

skyscrap

erFalse

 cog

nates

exit, cha

racter, e

mba

rrassed, 

success

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Summarize

 & M

emorize

the Tiers

3, 2, 1

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Selecting Words to

 Teach

Key Crite

riaIt is critical to the un

derstand

ing of th

e concep

t.

It wou

ld proba

bly ap

pear on a test.

It is critically im

portan

t to the disciplin

e.

It is critically im

portan

t to this un

it.

You wan

t to he

ar it in

 their P

artner 

Summaries.

You wan

t to see it in th

eir E

xit P

ass o

r in a 

writing assig

nmen

t.Graph

ics d

ownloa

ded from

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Selecting Words to

 Teach

Tips

Begin with

 Tier 3

 words th

at have to do with

 the conten

t of you

r class.

ReserveTier 3 words and

 phrases fo

r vocab

ulary 

instruction whileread

ing as th

ey are ty

pically in

 the 

glossary or foo

tnotes. The

y requ

ire Tier 2

 con

text clues 

and will ta

ke to

o much tim

e for p

reteaching

.

Focus o

n Tier 2 words and

 phrases fo

r pretea

ching. Try to

 cluster as m

uch as 

possible.

Once you ha

ve you

r hug

e list, un

derline

 the 5 

or 6 words th

at you

 will te

ach first.

Ask: Is it critical to

 the un

derstand

ing of wha

t they are abo

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Iden

tify & Classify

 Words

Type

 of W

ords

Tier 3

Tier 2

Tier 1

Polysemou

sPh

rases 

(bun

dled

 up 

words, idiom

s)Co

gnates

Conn

ectors & 

tran

sitio

nsHo

mop

hone

s

Other:

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es: E

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ular

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Your Turn!

Select words fo

r each tie

r(Tier 1

, 2, 3

) from th

e ne

xt slide.

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Clim

ate Ch

ange Overview

Mod

ified

 from

 the United States Enviro

nmen

tal Protection Ag

ency

for u

sage in th

is lesson

.

Earth’s c

limate is chan

ging

 in ways tha

t affe

ct our 

weather, o

cean

s, sn

ow, ice, ecosystem

s, and

 society.

Natural cau

ses a

lone

, how

ever, can

not e

xplain all of 

these chan

ges. Hum

an activities, w

hich have be

en 

noted as con

tributing to clim

ate chan

ge, are prim

arily 

due to th

e release of billions of ton

s of carbo

n dioxide 

(CO

2) and

 other heat‐trap

ping

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Pretea

chingTier 2 or 3

 Words/Phrases

1.Teache

rasks s

tude

nts to 

repe

at th

e word.

2.Teache

rstates the

 word in 

context from th

e text.

3.Teache

rprovide

s the

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ry definition

.4.

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rprovide

s stude

nt‐

friend

ly definition

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5.Teache

rhighlights features: 

polysemou

s, cog

nate, ten

se, 

prefixes, etc.

6.Stud

entsen

gage in

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rprovided

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tence starter o

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0 second

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contain target vocab

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hen 

stud

ents will se

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1.Say effect

3 tim

es.

2.“W

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effect

on you

r life

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The result or con

sequ

ence of 

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Two cups of coffee in th

e morning

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on 

me –I can

’t slee

p at night!

5.It is a cogn

ate –efecto. H

ow 

do we spelleffe

ct?  W

hat 

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r word is sim

ilar?

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___ ha

s had

 a big effe

cton

 my life recently. (P

ing‐Po

ng)

7.Use effe

ctin you

r partner 

read

ing & su

mmaries p

lus 

toda

y’s E

xit P

ass.

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7‐Step

 Flow

5words

per

Subject 

Area

per

Day

10 

Min!

= 25

 words a day

How m

any in a wee

k?A Scho

ol yea

r?

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Selecting Words fo

r Math

Select a se

nten

ce whe

re th

e math 

concep

t is d

escribed

. Loo

k for the

 words 

that nest the

 con

cept: 

Tran

slationis a term

 used in geo

metry 

to describe a functio

n that m

oves an ob

ject 

a certain distan

ce.  Th

e ob

ject is not alte

red

in any other way. It is n

ot ro

tated,

refle

cted

or re

‐size

d. In

 a tran

slation, every point of 

the ob

ject m

ust b

e moved

 in th

e same 

direction an

d for the

 same distan

ce.

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ular

y

In Scien

ceTran

slationis the process o

f translatin

g the sequ

ence

of a m

esseng

erRN

A (m

RNA) 

molecule to a se

quen

ce of a

mino acids 

durin

gprotein synthe

sis.

The gene

tic co

dede

scrib

es th

e  

relatio

nshipbe

twee

n the sequ

ence of b

ase

pairs in a gen

e an

d the correspo

nding

amino acid se

quen

ce th

at it encod

es.

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Oral Skills

Oracy

The ab

ility to

 express 

oneself fluen

tly and

 gram

matically in 

spee

ch. 

Discou

rse

A form

al disc

ussio

n of a to

pic in 

spee

ch or w

riting.

Engage in 

conversatio

n

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Oracy/D

iscou

rse

How do we integrate vocabu

lary, 

oracy, and

 disc

ourse into ESL/ELD

 an

d conten

t lea

rning in every 

subject a

rea? 

Wha

t impa

ct doe

s this h

ave on

 read

ing, writing, and

 con

tent 

know

ledg

e?Ho

w do we ad

dress g

rammar?

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•This is a

bout…

•I und

erstan

d this is 

abou

t…•I th

ink this is ab

out…

•I liked the…

•I learne

d a ne

word…

•The

 same thing 

happ

ened

 to m

e whe

n…

•This text is a

bout…

•I liked the pa

rt 

whe

re...

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ink this mea

ns…

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’t un

derstand

 this pa

rt…

•Tha

t cha

racter 

reminds m

e of…

•Tha

t part rem

inds m

e of…

Text‐Based

 Disc

ussio

nsDiscou

rse

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Argu

men

tatio

n is HU

GE in th

e stan

dards. 

Let’s m

ake sure our stud

ents have the 

acad

emic disc

ourse to do it prop

erly.

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Argu

men

tativ

e Sp

eech/W

riting

•The

 effe

ct of …

 on…

 •T

he evide

nce I u

se to

 supp

ort …

 is…

•I disa

gree

 with

 that observatio

n be

cause…

•I con

cur w

ith her/him

 becau

se…

•Moreo

ver, I fou

nd th

at…

•Furthermore, based

 on … I think…

•Based

 on … m

y hypo

thesis is…

.

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LL V

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ular

y

Daily Assessm

ent a

nd W

riting

The ultim

ate proo

f at the

 end

 of e

ach class, each 

subject, ea

ch wee

k:

Write on

e or tw

o pa

ragrap

hs su

mmarizing

 wha

t you

 learne

d ab

out _

____

____

____

__ 

using as m

any Tier 2 and

 Tier 3

 words as y

ou 

have learne

d. Use app

ropriate co

nnectors, 

tran

sition words, o

r signa

l words. U

se 

compo

und senten

ces o

r differen

t typ

es of 

clau

ses.  

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Assessmen

tWord usage is assessed

…•W

hile stud

ents are usin

g them

 during Step

 6•W

hile stud

ents are doing

 pee

r sum

maries

•During explan

ations, d

iscussio

ns, and

 other 

interactive activ

ities

•Whe

n used

 in th

eir E

xit/En

try Passes and

 other 

writing

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ExC‐ELL Lesson

 Com

pone

nts

1.Pretea

ching of 

Vocabu

lary

2.Teache

rTh

ink‐Alou

ds3.

Stud

ent P

eer 

Read

ing

4.Pe

er Sum

maries

5.De

pth of W

ord 

Stud

ies/Grammar

6.Class D

ebrie

fings/ 

Discussio

ns

7.Co

operative 

Learning

 Activities

8.Form

ulating 

Que

stions & 

Num

bered He

ads

9.Ro

und Table 

Review

s10

.Pre‐w

riting & 

Draftin

g11

.Revising

/Editin

g12

.Rea

ding

 Final 

Prod

uct

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each

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ontr

ibut

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imat

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ange

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prim

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larg

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af

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tter

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incr

ease

in th

e at

mos

pher

ic co

ncen

trat

ion

of C

O2.

The

grap

h sh

own

in

here

(Fig

ure

2, p

age

3), c

alle

d a

Keel

ing

Curv

e af

ter t

he sc

ient

ist w

ho fi

rst

deve

lope

d it,

repr

esen

ts th

e re

cord

of i

ncre

ased

glo

bal a

tmos

pher

ic ca

rbon

dio

xide

conc

entr

atio

n.

Natu

ral C

ause

s Alo

ne C

anno

t Exp

lain

Rec

ent C

hang

es

Natu

ral p

roce

sses

such

as c

hang

es in

the

sun’

s ene

rgy,

shift

s in

ocea

n cu

rren

ts, a

nd o

ther

s affe

ct E

arth

’s cli

mat

e. H

owev

er, t

hey

do n

ot

expl

ain

the

war

min

g th

at w

e ha

ve o

bser

ved

over

the

last

hal

f-cen

tury

[1] .

Hum

an C

ause

s Can

Exp

lain

The

se C

hang

es

Com

pare

d to

nat

ural

caus

es, m

ost o

f the

war

min

g of

the

past

hal

f ce

ntur

y ha

s bee

n ca

used

by

hum

an e

miss

ions

of g

reen

hous

e ga

ses[1

] . Gr

eenh

ouse

gas

es co

me

from

a

varie

ty o

f hum

an a

ctiv

ities

, in

cludi

ng: b

urni

ng fo

ssil

fuel

s for

he

at a

nd e

nerg

y, cl

earin

g fo

rest

s, fe

rtili

zing

crop

s, st

orin

g w

aste

in

land

fills,

raisi

ng li

vest

ock,

and

pr

oduc

ing

som

e ki

nds o

f ind

ustr

ial

prod

ucts

. Un

fort

unat

ely,

gre

enho

use

gas

emiss

ions

are

not

the

only

way

th

at p

eopl

e ca

n ch

ange

the

clim

ate.

Act

iviti

es su

ch a

s ag

ricul

ture

or r

oad

cons

truc

tion

can

also

chan

ge th

e re

flect

ivity

of

Eart

h’s s

urfa

ce, l

eadi

ng to

loca

l w

arm

ing

or co

olin

g. T

his e

ffect

is

obse

rved

in u

rban

cent

ers,

whi

ch

are

ofte

n w

arm

er th

an su

rrou

ndin

g, le

ss p

opul

ated

are

as. A

long

with

gr

eenh

ouse

gas

es, e

miss

ions

of s

mal

l par

ticle

s, al

so k

now

n as

aer

osol

s, in

to th

e ai

r can

also

lead

to re

flect

ion

or a

bsor

ptio

n of

the

sun’

s ene

rgy.

Cl

imat

e Ch

ange

Impa

cts O

ur H

ealth

, Env

ironm

ent a

nd

Econ

omy

The

chan

ging

clim

ate

impa

cts s

ocie

ty a

nd e

cosy

stem

s in

a br

oad

varie

ty o

f way

s. Fo

r exa

mpl

e, cl

imat

e ch

ange

can

incr

ease

or d

ecre

ase

rain

fall,

influ

ence

agr

icultu

ral c

rop

yiel

ds, a

ffect

hum

an h

ealth

, cau

se

chan

ges t

o fo

rest

s and

oth

er e

cosy

stem

s, or

eve

n im

pact

our

ene

rgy

supp

ly.

Furt

herm

ore,

the

impa

cts o

f clim

ate

chan

ge in

clude

war

min

g te

mpe

ratu

res,

chan

ges i

n pr

ecip

itatio

n, in

crea

ses i

n th

e fre

quen

cy o

r in

tens

ity o

f som

e ex

trem

e w

eath

er e

vent

s, an

d ris

ing

sea

leve

ls. T

hese

im

pact

s thr

eate

n ou

r hea

lth b

y af

fect

ing

the

food

we

eat,

the

wat

er w

e dr

ink,

the

air w

e br

eath

e, a

nd th

e w

eath

er w

e ex

perie

nce.

Cl

imat

e ch

ange

affe

cts o

ur e

nviro

nmen

t and

nat

ural

reso

urce

s, an

d im

pact

s our

way

of l

ife in

oth

er w

ays.

For i

nsta

nce:

W

arm

er te

mpe

ratu

res i

ncre

ase

the

frequ

ency

, int

ensit

y, a

nd

dura

tion

of h

eat w

aves

, whi

ch ca

n po

se h

ealth

risk

s, pa

rticu

larly

for

youn

g ch

ildre

n an

d th

e el

derly

.

Figu

re 1

:The

se m

aps s

how

tem

pera

ture

s acr

oss

the

wor

ld in

the

1880

s (le

ft) a

nd th

e 19

80s (

right

), as

com

pare

d to

ave

rage

tem

pera

ture

s fro

m 1

951

to 1

980.

This

diffe

renc

e fro

m a

vera

ge is

calle

d an

an

omal

y. Th

e m

ap o

n th

e le

ft sh

ows t

hat i

t was

co

lder

in th

e 18

80’s

in m

ost p

lace

s. Th

e m

ap o

n th

e rig

ht sh

ows i

t was

war

mer

in th

e 19

80s i

n m

ost p

lace

s. Ea

rth’s

aver

age

surfa

ce te

mpe

ratu

re

has i

ncre

ased

alm

ost 1

.5°F

dur

ing

the

20th

ce

ntur

y. T

wo-

third

s of t

he w

arm

ing

has o

ccur

red

since

197

5, a

t a ra

te o

f rou

ghly

0.3

°F-0

.4°F

per

de

cade

. So

urce

: NAS

A

Hum

an a

ctiv

ities

, lik

e dr

ivin

g, m

anuf

actu

ring,

ele

ctric

ity g

ener

atio

n, a

nd

the

clear

ing

of fo

rest

s con

trib

ute

to g

reen

hous

e ga

s em

issio

ns a

nd w

arm

th

e pl

anet

. So

urce

s: EP

A 20

10, E

PA 2

011,

USG

CRP

2008

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garit

a C

alde

rón

& A

ssoc

iate

s, In

c.

App

endi

x -2

Risi

ng se

a le

vels

thre

aten

coas

tal c

omm

uniti

es a

nd e

cosy

stem

s. C

hang

es in

the

patt

erns

and

am

ount

of r

ainf

all,

as w

ell a

s cha

nges

in

the

timin

g an

d am

ount

of s

trea

m fl

ow, c

an a

ffect

wat

er su

pplie

s and

w

ater

qua

lity

and

the

prod

uctio

n of

hyd

roel

ectr

icity

. C

hang

ing

ecos

yste

ms i

nflu

ence

geo

grap

hic r

ange

s of m

any

plan

t and

an

imal

spec

ies a

nd th

e tim

ing

of th

eir l

ifecy

cle e

vent

s, su

ch a

s m

igra

tion

and

repr

oduc

tion.

I

ncre

ases

in th

e fre

quen

cy a

nd in

tens

ity o

f ext

rem

e w

eath

er e

vent

s, su

ch a

s hea

t wav

es, d

roug

hts,

and

flood

s, ca

n in

crea

se lo

sses

to

prop

erty

, cau

se co

stly

disr

uptio

ns to

socie

ty, a

nd re

duce

the

avai

labi

lity

and

affo

rdab

ility

of i

nsur

ance

. Pe

ople

in d

evel

opin

g co

untr

ies m

ay b

e th

e m

ost v

ulne

rabl

e to

he

alth

risk

s glo

bally

, but

clim

ate

chan

ge p

oses

sign

ifica

nt th

reat

s to

heal

th e

ven

in w

ealth

y na

tions

such

as t

he U

nite

d St

ates

. Cer

tain

po

pula

tions

, suc

h as

child

ren,

pre

gnan

t wom

en, o

lder

adu

lts, a

nd

peop

le w

ith lo

w in

com

es, f

ace

incr

ease

d ris

ks.

The

seve

rity

of th

ese

heal

th ri

sks w

ill d

epen

d on

the

abili

ty o

f pub

lic

heal

th a

nd sa

fety

syst

ems t

o ad

dres

s or p

repa

re fo

r the

se ch

angi

ng

thre

ats,

as w

ell a

s fac

tors

such

as a

n in

divi

dual

's be

havi

or, a

ge, g

ende

r, an

d ec

onom

ic st

atus

. Im

pact

s will

vary

bas

ed o

n a

whe

re a

per

son

lives

, ho

w se

nsiti

ve th

ey a

re to

hea

lth th

reat

s, ho

w m

uch

they

are

exp

osed

to

clim

ate

chan

ge im

pact

s, an

d ho

w w

ell t

hey

and

thei

r com

mun

ity a

re

able

to a

dapt

to ch

ange

. Ad

ded

to cl

imat

e-re

late

d im

pact

s occ

urrin

g ac

ross

regi

ons o

f the

gl

obe

and

acro

ss m

any

sect

ors o

f our

wor

ld’s

econ

omy,

our

eco

syst

ems

are

likew

ise a

ffect

ed in

a va

riety

of w

ays.

For i

nsta

nce,

war

min

g co

uld

forc

e sp

ecie

s to

mig

rate

to h

ighe

r lat

itude

s or h

ighe

r ele

vatio

ns w

here

te

mpe

ratu

res a

re m

ore

cond

uciv

e to

thei

r sur

viva

l. Si

mila

rly, a

s sea

le

vel r

ises,

saltw

ater

intr

usio

n in

to a

fres

hwat

er sy

stem

may

forc

e so

me

key

spec

ies t

o re

loca

te o

r die

, thu

s rem

ovin

g pr

edat

ors o

r pre

y th

at

wer

e cr

itica

l in th

e ex

istin

g fo

od ch

ain.

Cl

imat

e ch

ange

not

onl

y af

fect

s eco

syst

ems a

nd sp

ecie

s dire

ctly

; it

also

inte

ract

s with

oth

er h

uman

stre

ssor

s suc

h as

dev

elop

men

t.

Alth

ough

som

e st

ress

ors c

ause

onl

y m

inor

impa

cts w

hen

actin

g al

one,

th

eir c

umul

ativ

e im

pact

may

lead

to d

ram

atic

ecol

ogica

l cha

nges

. For

in

stan

ce, c

limat

e ch

ange

may

exa

cerb

ate

the

stre

ss th

at la

nd

deve

lopm

ent p

lace

s on

fragi

le co

asta

l are

as. A

dditi

onal

ly, r

ecen

tly

logg

ed fo

rest

ed a

reas

may

bec

ome

vuln

erab

le to

ero

sion

if cli

mat

e ch

ange

lead

s to

incr

ease

s in

heav

y ra

in st

orm

s. W

eath

er v

s. Cl

imat

e Th

e di

ffere

nce

betw

een

wea

ther

and

clim

ate

is pr

imar

ily a

mat

ter o

f tim

e an

d ge

ogra

phy.

Wea

ther

refe

rs to

the

cond

ition

s of t

he

atm

osph

ere

over

a sh

ort p

erio

d of

tim

e, su

ch a

s hou

rs o

r day

s, an

d ty

pica

lly fo

r a lo

cal a

rea.

Whi

le cl

imat

e re

fers

to th

e be

havi

or o

f the

at

mos

pher

e ov

er a

lo

nger

per

iod

of

time,

and

usu

ally

for

a la

rge

area

. Fa

mili

ar

exam

ples

of

wea

ther

ch

arac

teris

tics

inclu

de th

e da

ily

tem

pera

ture

, hu

mid

ity, o

r the

am

ount

of p

recip

itatio

n pr

oduc

ed b

y a

stor

m. W

eath

er

also

inclu

des s

ever

e w

eath

er co

nditi

ons s

uch

as h

urric

anes

, tor

nado

es,

and

blizz

ards

. Bec

ause

of t

he d

ynam

ic na

ture

of t

he a

tmos

pher

e, it

is n

ot

poss

ible

to p

redi

ct w

eath

er co

nditi

ons i

n a

spec

ific l

ocat

ion

mon

ths o

r ye

ars i

n ad

vanc

e.

Clim

ate

is ty

pica

lly d

efin

ed b

ased

on

30-y

ear a

vera

ges o

f w

eath

er. [4

] Clim

ate

repr

esen

ts o

ur e

xpec

tatio

ns fo

r the

wea

ther

. For

in

stan

ce, c

limat

e te

lls u

s how

war

m w

e ex

pect

a ty

pica

l sum

mer

to b

e,

how

muc

h ra

infa

ll w

ould

corr

espo

nd to

a w

ette

r-tha

n-av

erag

e sp

ring,

or

how

freq

uent

ly w

e ex

pect

a sn

owy

win

ter t

o oc

cur.

Scie

ntist

s can

co

mpa

re re

cent

and

long

-term

obs

erva

tions

of t

he cl

imat

e to

det

ect t

he

influ

ence

of g

reen

hous

e ga

ses o

n cli

mat

e co

nditi

ons.

Clim

ate

Will

Con

tinue

to C

hang

e, B

ut th

e Ex

tent

of t

he

Chan

ge W

ill D

epen

d O

n Ho

w M

uch,

and

How

Qui

ckly

, We

Can

Redu

ce G

reen

hous

e Ga

s Em

issio

ns.

Cons

eque

ntly

, dur

ing

the

21st

cent

ury,

glo

bal w

arm

ing

is pr

ojec

ted

to

cont

inue

and

clim

ate

chan

ges a

re li

kely

to in

tens

ify. S

cient

ists h

ave

used

cli

mat

e m

odel

s to

proj

ect d

iffer

ent a

spec

ts o

f fut

ure

clim

ate,

inclu

ding

te

mpe

ratu

re, p

recip

itatio

n, sn

ow a

nd ic

e, o

cean

leve

l, an

d oc

ean

acid

ity. O

f

Figu

re 2

M

odel

s tha

t acc

ount

onl

y fo

r the

effe

cts o

f nat

ural

pr

oces

ses a

re n

ot a

ble

to

expl

ain

the

war

min

g ov

er

the

past

cent

ury.

Mod

els

that

also

acc

ount

for t

he

gree

nhou

se g

ases

em

itted

by

hum

ans a

re a

ble

to

expl

ain

this

war

min

g.

Sour

ce: U

SGRC

P 20

09

Figu

re 1

Thi

s gra

ph sh

ows t

he in

crea

se in

gre

enho

use

gas

(GHG

) con

cent

ratio

ns in

the

atm

osph

ere

over

the

last

2,

000

year

s. In

crea

ses i

n co

ncen

trat

ions

of t

hese

gas

es

since

175

0 ar

e du

e to

hum

an a

ctiv

ities

in th

e in

dust

rial

era.

Con

cent

ratio

n un

its a

re p

arts

per

m m

illio

n (p

pm) o

r pa

rts p

er b

illio

n (p

pb),

indi

catin

g th

e nu

mbe

r of

mol

ecul

es o

f the

gre

enho

use

gas p

er m

illio

n or

bill

ion

mol

ecul

es o

f air.

Sou

rce:

USG

CRP

2009

C

ontin

ued

in fu

ll ve

rsio

n.

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