Mountains: Surviving on Mt. Everest

Genre: Informational Text - gives factual information about a topic

Reading Skills: Text - Graphic Features and Main Ideas and Details

Strategy: Infer/Predict

Essential Question: Why do mountain climbers need to be well prepared?

Student Objectives:

• Use text features to locate information and graphic features to demonstrate understanding.

• Infer what information is important to the author of an informational text.

• Predict what will be learned from informational text.

Vocabulary

approached: came near

section: part or area

avalanches: snow or rock slides on a mountain

increases: becomes more

equipment: supplies

tanks: containers

slopes: a slanted surface

altitude: height above Earth's surface

succeed: accomplished something attempted

halt: a temporary stop

Online Practice Resources:

Vocabulary Quizlet or Vocabulary Quizlet with Pictures