What a Disaster! by Katie Furze
      We are learning to identify how a writer reports on a current event 
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Vocabulary | 
Definition | 
Word in your language? | 
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toxic | 
the quality of being poisonous, especially the degree of virulence ✓ | 
Oil is toxic. ✓ | 
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sifting | 
Sifting through something - searching through it. | 
My aunty was sifting the flour when she did the baking  ✓ | 
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debris | 
Parts of something. Like the parts from the shipwreck could be called debris. | 
The debris is from the ship and the oil. | 
- Who is reporting the current event? who is writing the story.
- Is this story true (non-fiction) , or made up (fiction)? How do you know this?Basically, you went to nonfiction for the content, the subject.
- What current event is the author describing the number of co-first authors, but we ask that you describe.
- Does this article include just the facts, or does it include the author's thoughts and experiences as well?this article includes the author's thoughts and experiences as well.
 
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