PAIREDREADSpeakingHerMindExpositoryTextTHESTORYOFTHEEXXONVALDEZBYSANDYMCKAYSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:AnchorageDailyNews/McClatchy-Tribune/GettyImages**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:Author’sPointofViewVocabularyStrategyParagraphCluesVocabularyalignment,calamity,eclipse,generated,inconvenience,periodic,prolonged,tenacityELLVocabularydamaged,monitors,seeping,strandedContentStandardsScienceEarthandSpaceScienceWordCount:1,828**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118681-5MHID:0-02-118681-2PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADIntroduction.................................2Chapter1TheOilSpill..................................4Chapter2TheCleanup..................................8Chapter3TheEffects...................................11Conclusion..................................16RespondtoReading.........................18SpeakingHerMind.................19Glossary....................................22Index.......................................23FocusonScience...................24EssentialQuestionHowdopeoplemeetenvironmentalchallenges?AGROUND!THESTORYOFTHEEXXONVALDEZBYSANDYMCKAYINTRODUCTIONEdwinDrakebuilthisoilwellnearTitusville,Pennsylvania.ImagineourworldwithnoDVDs,telephones,orshoes.Lotsofeverydaythingslikethesearemadefromoil.PeoplefindoilinrocksinEarth’scrust.Thisoiliscalledcrudeoilorpetroleum.Thousandsofyearsago,peoplediscoveredcrudeoilseepingfromtheground.Theyusedtheoilinlamps,paints,andmedicines.Theoilwasuseful,butitwasdifficulttoobtainorg...
