"I Need to Wake Up"

Waking up could mean literally getting out of bed. But it is also a figurative opening of one's eyes to the truth. With her song, Melissa Etheridge rings an alarm for global warming.

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 10 Unit 5's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: I Need to Wake Up, The 11th Hour, Global Warming Alarmism, Global Warming, Green Cliches and Polar Bears, A Roaring Battle, Stop Sea Lion Killing, Sea lions vs. salmon
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  1. crumble
    fall apart
    I've been so still
    Afraid of crumbling
  2. careless
    marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought
    Have I been careless?
  3. dismiss
    bar from attention or consideration
    Dismissing all the distant rumblings
  4. comprehend
    become aware of through the senses
    Take me where I am supposed to be
    To comprehend the things that I can't see
  5. promise
    grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
    The promise of this new world
    Would be mine
  6. inconvenient
    not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs
    Now I am throwing off the carelessness of youth
    To listen to an inconvenient truth
  7. island
    a zone or area resembling a land mass surrounded by water
    I am not an island
  8. intention
    an anticipated outcome that guides your planned actions
    I am my intentions
  9. change
    make different; cause a transformation
    I need to change
    I need to shake up
    I need to speak out
  10. wake
    be alert
    I've been asleep
    And I need to wake up
    Now
Created on Wed Oct 15 16:09:49 EDT 2014 (updated Wed Oct 15 22:39:45 EDT 2014)

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