Assignment Organization

We had an assignment to do on the six traits of effective writing and I chose an article from Time For Kids and I put this article on the trait of organization.

Howling winds roared at 100 miles per hour, drowning trees and damaging beachfront homes. Heavy rains fell across hundreds of miles of land. More than 4.5 million people lost power and over 1,500 airline flights were canceled. Hurricane Isabel stormed its way ashore on Thursday, moving into North Carolina and pushing its way up the East Coast.

The huge storm was blamed for at least 17 deaths: nine in Virginia, three in North Carolina, two in Maryland and one each in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Rhode Island.

Eye on Isabel
Hurricanes in the Northern Hemisphere rotate in a counter-clockwise (west to east) direction around what is called an eye. Isabel's eye pushed ashore Thursday afternoon along the southern Outer Banks, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Like most hurricanes, Isabel weakened as it moved further across land. That's because hurricanes gain strength from the heat and energy found in warm ocean waters. By Friday, Isabel turned into a tropical depression as it traveled toward Canada.

Hurricanes are classified into five categories, based on their wind speeds and potential to cause damage. Weather forecasters called Isabel a Category 2, which has winds of 96-110 miles per hour. Earlier in the week, out in the Atlantic Ocean, Isabel had been a Category 3, with winds clocked at up to 125 miles per hour.

Hurricane preparations had been in the works for a few days. In the nation's capitol, federal government offices were shut down Thursday. The governors of North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware and the mayor of Washington D.C. all declared a state of emergency.

The Good News
Despite its strong winds, Isabel did not do as much damage as weather forecasters had predicted. It did manage to dump as much as 4 inches of rain in Pennsylvania before moving toward Ohio, and Canada.

National Hurricane Center Director Max Mayfield said Isabel posed a threat because ot its size, roughly equal to that of Colorado. "This hurricane will not be remembered for how strong it is," Mayfield said. "It will be remembered for how large it is."

Did you find organization in this article? Well if you didn't, I will tell you why I chose this topic. I chose it because the way that it began and the way the story was ordered. Do you get what organization is? If you don't, organization is when you have your narrative or subject in order just fine.