The Journey of Migration Discussion

Read this sentence from the article.

There are few migrations as dramatic and frightening as when the desert locusts are moving across Africa.

What does the author mean by the word dramatic in the sentence above?

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

How does a locust look DIFFERENT from a grasshopper?

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Read this sentence from the article.

And in the sudden darkness there is a terrible thunderous noise.

Why did the author use the word thunderous in the sentence above?

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Read this sentence from the article.

Within minutes they will fly off again, leaving behind them a totally devastated landscape.

What does the author mean by the word devastated in the sentence above?

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

How does the landscape look DIFFERENT after the locusts have flown through?

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

How are today's locust swarms DIFFERENT from those in ancient times?

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

How is the migration of the gray whale DIFFERENT from the migration of other mammals?

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

Read this sentence from the article.

The whales eat and eat and eat, straining the tiny food through strips of baleen in their mouths.

What does the author mean by the word straining in the sentence above?

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

How are the Arctic waters DIFFERENT from the waters along California and Mexico?

How are gray whales and locusts DIFFERENT?