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21. Identify the steps or instructions in your sources. Choose some of them and
draw a corresponding picture. Look at the example.

• Show your partners your drawings and ask them to guess depict (v.):
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which instruction or step they depict.

Now/Prepare

» Sign up for local alerts
and warnings.
» Monitor local news and
weather reports.

22. In your notebook, write the answers to your questions from Activity 17.

• Remember to write down the sources of information where you found the answers.
• Then, highlight the main idea. Look at the example.

How to prepare for a hurricane Now/prepare

Hurricanes are massive storm systems that » Pay attention to local alerts and warnings.
form over ocean water and often move Monitor local news and weather reports.
toward land. » Prepare to evacuate by testing your
Threats from hurricanes include high winds, emergency communication plan(s), learning
heavy rainfall, storm surges, coastal and evacuation routes, having a place to stay,
inland flooding, rip currents, and tornadoes. and packing a “go bag.”
The heavy winds of hurricanes can cause » Stock emergency supplies.
damage or destroy homes, buildings, and » Protect your property by anchoring fuel
roads, as well as cause power, water, tanks, reviewing insurance policies, and
and gas outages. These effects can injure cataloging belongings.
or kill people, disrupt transportation, and
pollute drinking water. Hurricanes cause » Collect and safeguard important
deaths and injuries primarily from drowning, documents, such as critical financial, medical,
wind, and wind-borne debris. The impact educational, and legal documents and
from hurricanes can extend from the coast records.
to several hundred miles inland. Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency:
https://goo.gl/EpkXjR

23. Check the main ideas you highlighted in your sources.

• Exchange opinions about the reasons you highlighted that information.
• Explain why that information is more important than the other information and
how you knew. Look at the example. This is the main idea, because

Pay attention to local alerts and warnings. it says what to do.
Monitor local news and weather reports. These are examples of means
used to broadcast alerts.

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