Text Features

What information does the caption give the reader?

• Where tornadoes are found

• How fast a tornado spins

• What a tornado looks like

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What is the author's purpose for using a photograph?

• To EXPLAIN how a tornado forms

• To DESCRIBE what a tornado looks like

• To ENTERTAIN the readers

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What was the purpose for the author using this paragraph?

• To INFORM you about tornadoes facts

• To DESCRIBE how tornadoes help people

• To PERSUADE you to chase tornadoes

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CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

Check the parts of a tornado by using the diagram.

• Funnel Cloud

• Wind Gust

• Debris Cloud

• Funny Cloud

What would be a good heading for this section?

• Tornadoes

• Waterspouts

• Trees

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2