GLOBAL WARMING IS DRIVING LIZARDS TO EXTINCTION FROM TIME, MAY,13 2010 STUDY: GLOBAL WARMING IS DRIVING LIZARDS TO EXTINCTION FROM TIME, MAY,13 2010 20/07/2019 M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna

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M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna The title is: relevant to understand the article and it arouses curiosity and expectations in the reader, because it is very clear and direct about its content. 20/07/2019 M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna

M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna The article is about: the lizards’ extinction caused by the global warming 20/07/2019 M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna

M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna A team of herpetologists noticed a suspicious pattern of extinctin among European lizards 20/07/2019 M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna

M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna The results of a global study are dramatic: nearly 40% of all lizard population could vanish 20/07/2019 M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna

M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna The heat isn’t killing the lizards directly, in fact it prevents them from reproducing 20/07/2019 M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna

M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna Thanks to the study Barry Sinervo had discovered where extinction should be happening he also predicts where lizards should not be in danger 20/07/2019 M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna

M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna In conclusion we have to remember that this sort of extinction modeling could be applied to other species 20/07/2019 M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna

M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna The tone is : The style is : alarmed, serious but detached simple, modern and incisive 20/07/2019 M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna

M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna The lay-out: Line-length is regular and the arrangement of lines is usual but sometimes they are divided with a space in paragraphs There is also an impressive photo 20/07/2019 M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna

The register of the language is: The atmosphere is: neutral and it doesn’t convey sensations The register of the language is: formal, detailed and effective 20/07/2019 M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna

The voice that speaks is: the journalist Michael Lemonick and sometimes the author of the study Barry Sinervo and the co-author Aaron Bauer 20/07/2019 M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna

M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna The article is addressed to people in general in particular to sensible people It is a reference text because the journalist refers many datas and opinions of various scientists and he doesn’t intervene personally 20/07/2019 M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna

M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna BIBLIOGRAPHY: Study: global warming is driving lizards to extinction Michael Lemonick, TIME, May 13 2010 http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1989115,00.html last access: 19/05/2010 http://www.time.com/time/interactive/0,31813,1888583,00.html last access: 19/05/2010 20/07/2019 M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna

M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna School year: 2009/2010 Interdisciplinary project: Man and the environment-Climate changes and endangered species Subjects involved: English, I.T. Teacher involved: Prof.ssa E.Siboni Class: 1^E P.N.I. Students involved: Martina Ascani e Irene Tampieri 20/07/2019 M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna