Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, and Hurricanes News Report
1 Day 1: Identify Big Ideas with an Exit Ticket

1. Please Do Now: Ask students to write down what they Know about Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, and Hurricanes (3 mins)
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Turn and share w/partner
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Whole group share
2. Teacher Reads aloud of text
3. Assign Students into groups of 3-4 and assign one of the Natural Disasters
4. Students will complete the Appropriate Notesheet to text render the following text - (Thunderstorms , Tornadoes , Hurricanes ).
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Text Rendering Strategy: What is one word, one phrase, one sentence that stood out to you
Teacher will model main idea and details of the reading shared aloud.
Thunderstorms:
Include description of thunderstorms
When do thunderstorms occur?
Where do thunderstorms occur?
What accompanies thunderstorms?
Vocabulary:
Heavy winds, rain, sleet, snow, hail
Sound
Flash floods
Mid-latitudes
Thundersnow
Hurricanes:
Include description of hurricanes
How do hurricanes form?
Where do hurricanes form?
What damages are caused?
Vocabulary:
Massive rotating storm
Tropical water
Tropical storms
Saffir/Simpson
Land Speed
Wind Speed
Tornadoes:
Include description of tornadoes
How do tornadoes form?
Where do tornadoes form?
What damages are caused?
Vocabulary:
Rotating column
Tornado Alley
Land Speed
2 Day 2 and 3: Brainstorm/Produce a Script

1. Have students use the information gathered/chart paper to begin writing a script. Student’s script can take on ONE of the following forms:
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A weather report
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A Documentary
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An Interview
Working in groups begin writing a script, using notes from the previous day, that depicts a live broadcast in your Natural Disaster. *The script needs to take on ONE of the following forms:
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A weather report
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A Documentary
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An Interview
3 Day 3 and 4: Recording your Script
You can use the following:
B. Saving Images: Before you can begin recording, you need to have all images you wish to use in your recording, saved to the iPad camera roll. To save an image to the camera roll, find the image you wish to use, hold your finger on the image and a pop-up will appear, select save image
C. Using the Camera Icon, Open the Camera app, slide the bar from camera to video. Use the video feature, record segments up to 45 seconds and stop. This will make it easier to upload your video segments. You can make as many segments as you need to. D. Using iMovie, Open the iMovie app, Use this link as a guide for iMovie E. Using Green Screen, use this link as a guide Using Green Screen Do Ink App
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Saving your project:
Using the Camera App Option: In the camera roll, you will go to the upload icon
Using the Green Screen Option: Once editing your video is complete, Select SAVE. Allow some time for your project to export. Once finished, select Save to Camera Roll. (See Camera Roll option above to place video in Google Drive). Using the iMovie Option: Go to the menu in iMovie where you see the movie you have created, tap on the movie, use the upload button and select to save to camera roll. Go to photos find the movie file and then use the upload icon
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You will need to gather images for your video. Use http://www.photosforclass.com/ to gather images you wish to use. *Minimum of 12 images is required.
You can use the following:
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The Camera App Video option
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iMovie
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Green Screen App
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or...A mix of all three, record using camera app, put into imovie and have a portion of your video using Green Screen
Saving Images:
Before you can begin recording, you need to have all images you wish to use in your recording, saved to the iPad camera roll. To save an image to the camera roll find the image you wish to use, hold your finger on the image and a pop-up will appear, select save image
Use these directions to complete your project:
Using the Camera App Option:
In the camera roll, you will go to the upload icon at the top right of the screen, select Google Drive and sign into one student’s google drive account. Once the video is finished uploading, go to the Google Drive app, find the upload video, select three dots next to the video file, select add people and add the names of the students in your group as well as your teacher and share.
Using the Green Screen Option:
Once editing your video is complete, Select SAVE. Allow some time for your project to export. Once finished, select Save to Camera Roll. (See Camera Roll option above to place video in Google Drive).
Using the iMovie Option:
Go to the menu in iMovie where you see the movie you have created, tap on the movie, use the upload button and select to save to camera roll. Go to photos find the movie file and then use the upload icon select Google Drive and sign into one student’s google drive account. Once the video is finished uploading, go to the Google Drive app, find the upload video, select three dots next to the video file, select add people and add the names of the students in your group as well as your teacher and share.