1. 5. pre-spill 6. Pigeon Guillemots 7. protein
10% Summary Vocabulary Words – ”Pain Remains from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 25 Years Later”
Type 1 Writing: Please copy the following list of words into the first column of your handout. You will have 5 minutes to write “your definition” for each word (middle column).
1. herring
2. Exxon Valdez
3. fjords
4. contentious
5. pre-spill 6. Pigeon Guillemots 7. protein

2. a long thin silver ocean fish
Vocabulary Word
Your Definition
Class Definition
herring
a long thin silver ocean fish
Exxon Valdez
The Exxon Valdez was repaired and renamed the Sea River Mediterranean and is used to haul oil across the Atlantic. The ship is prohibited by law from returning to Prince William Sound.
fjords
A fjord is a deep, narrow and elongated sea or lakedrain, with steep land on three sides. The opening toward the sea is called the mouth of the fjord, and is often shallow. The fjord's inner part is called the sea bottom. If the geological formation is wider than it is long, it is not a fjord. Then it is a bay or cove.

3. Vocabulary Word Your Definition Class Definition
contentious
causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial.
pre-spill
before the occurrence of a spill
pigeon guillemots
Pigeon Guillemots (PIGUs) Cepphus columba are dark brown or black birds, 13-inch, pigeon-shaped seabirds with white wing patches and bright fire-engine-red feet.
Their mouths display a similar red lining.
This species inhabits the near shore environment along the Pacific coast of North America its territory extending from California to Alaska, and continuing around the Bering Sea west along the north Russia Pacific shore.
protein
The plant or animal tissue rich in such molecules, considered as a food source supplying essential amino acids to the body.

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FCAs for 10% Summary
FCA 1. S”T”Art Sentence (not included in your word count) 6 pts
FCA [# main points] in 90 words (85-95 ok) 24 pts
FCA # vocabulary terms pts
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