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Evaluating
When you evaluate, you judge what you have learned. You explain the value of something—how good or bad it is.
You evaluate when you . . .
- give your opinion about something
- tell the good points and bad points about something
- explain the strengths and weaknesses of something
This assignment asks you to evaluate something.
Directions: Evaluate the government’s response to hurricanes.
Different parts of the government get different grades for response to hurricanes. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) gets an A+ for tracking hurricanes as they develop, showing where they are headed, and giving warnings. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) gets a C for its help with clean up. It did a good job with hurricanes that struck Florida, but a poor job with the ones that hit Puerto Rico and New Orleans. And the president and Congress get a D- for failing to meet the goals of reducing climate change. As the world heats up, hurricanes will just get worse.