"DiCaprio Sheds Light on 11th Hour"

Bad things often happen at the stroke of midnight. The 11th hour is when people scramble to prepare or hide. This sense of looming but preventable doom is the message of the environmental documentary that was co-scripted by Leonardo DiCaprio. In an interview with several reporters, including Scott Roxborough, the actor sheds light on his work.

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. condense
    make more concise
    Trying to condense a world of issues into an hour-and-a-half format in this film was the biggest challenge.
  2. affiliation
    a social or business relationship
    I didn't want to make this an overly political film, where just because of your political affiliation, you think you are somehow responsible for this and are somehow to blame.
  3. realm
    a domain in which something is dominant
    It goes into the realm of every politician having to be responsible because there is such a cultural awareness about global warming and environmental issues that they have to deal with it.
  4. garner
    acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions
    I am completely aware of the fact that being someone from quote-unquote Hollywood will garner a certain amount of skepticism and criticism as to why should we listen to this person?
  5. concern
    something that interests you because it is important
    I wanted to pose myself as a concerned citizen, not as an expert.
  6. complicated
    difficult to analyze or understand
    these are extremely complicated issues and can't be put into a format of predigested baby food that is spoon-fed
  7. bleak
    offering little or no hope
    I want them to see a very bleak future.
  8. disillusion
    the act of freeing from false belief
    I want them to feel disillusioned halfway through and feel hopeless.
  9. transformation
    a qualitative change
    And then when we get into the entire section in the second half when we talk about cultural transformation and a new way of looking at things and the alternatives or green technology and all these things, you realize there is great hope and there are options on the table.
  10. galvanize
    stimulate to action
    And hopefully the audience is moved and galvanized to do something about it.
Created on Wed Oct 15 16:30:00 EDT 2014 (updated Wed Oct 15 22:39:31 EDT 2014)

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