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Drop - Vapor - Freezing point - Ice
crystals - Sleet - Hail
Snow flakes -Stream
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Water on Earth can be found
in three different forms, or states. These states
Precipitation will take on
different forms. The form depends on the conditions that exist inside the
clouds and the condition of the air the water travels through on its way to
the ground. Drops of liquid water fall as rain, the most common form of
precipitation. If the drops of water fall through air that is warmer than
water’s freezing point, they will remain as rain. Sometimes cold temperatures
inside clouds produce ice crystals that melt in warmer air on their way down,
ending up as rain as well.
If raindrops fall through
air that is below the freezing point of water, they form tiny frozen drops
known as sleet. If the air inside the cloud and the air on the way down are both
below the freezing point, ice crystals will form and fall as snowflakes.
There is a lot of variation in snow, depending on how cold it is when it
falls. Warmer temperatures mean “wetter” snow, while colder temperatures mean
drier, fluffier snow.
Perhaps the most
interesting form of precipitation is hail. Hail forms when windy conditions
combine with freezing temperatures. Drops of frozen rain begin to fall, and are
then repeatedly caught up by the wind and pushed back up through the clouds where
they gather more and more layers of ice. When they become too heavy for the wind
to lift, they fall to the ground as hail.
No matter what form the
precipitation takes, much of it will become runoff and find its way back to
the sea. Most of the rest will join surface water in lakes and streams or soak
into the ground and become groundwater. Some will spend some time atop tall mountains
as ice and snow.
All water awaits its turn
to participate once again in each state of the water cycle. It continually
changes from one state to another, thus the cycle never ends.
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waking pretend pay pick fits
sleep
make see close go
ringing doing need
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You hardly even notice
When I try to show you this.
Song is meant to keep you
From ...................what you're supposed to.
Like ....................up too early
Maybe we can ...................in.
I'll .....................you banana pancakes
Pretend like it's the weekend now.
And we could ......................it all the time.
Can't you ...................that it's just raining?
Ain't no need to ......................outside.
But just maybe, laka ukulele
Mommy made a baby.
I really don't mind the practice
'cause you're my little lady.
Lady, lady love me.
I love to lay here lazy.
We could .......................the curtains
Pretend like there's no world outside.
And we could pretend it all the time...
The telephone is singing
..............................it's too early.
Don't ..........................it up.
We don't need to, we got everything
We .......................right here.
And everything we need is enough.
Just so easy
When the whole world ........................inside of your arms.
Don't really need to ......................attention to the alarm.
Wake up slow, wake up slow.
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Charge it to the dust and
let the rain settle it.
A phrase people say when they do not expect to pay for something or be
paid.
Come in out of the rain
Fig. to wake up to reality; to come down to earth.
It's raining pitchforks /
it’s raining cats and dogs
It is raining very hard..
Pouring rain
very heavy rain.
Rain (something) down
to pour something, such as criticism or praise, onto someone or
something.
 Rain check
a piece of paper allowing one to see an event, which has been
canceled, at a later time. Fig. a reissuance of an invitation at a later
date.
Rain down on (someone)
to fall or drop down like rain.
Rain on someone's parade
Fig. to spoil something for someone or spoil someone's plans.
Come rain or shine
To do something whatever happens.
Right as rain
To feel well.
When it rains it pours or
It never rains but it pours.
when one bad thing happens, a lot of other bad things also happen,
making the situation worse.
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Langston
Hughes (1902 - 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist,
playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the
then-new literary art form called jazz poetry. Hughes is best known as a
leader of the Harlem Renaissance.
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Discussion
1.Why do you think the rain
referred to in the title of this poem is ‘silver’?
2.How are the boys and
girls in the poem described?
3.What elements of nature
have human qualities in the poem?
4.What message does Hughes
give about change in the poem?
5.How would you summarize
the idea of this poem?
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