Title: Earthquake Terror
1Earthquake Terror
by Peg Kehret
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2Awards
- Virginia Young Readers Award
- West Virginia Childrens Book Award
- Junior Library Guild selection
- International Reading Association Childrens
Choice - Childrens Crown Award
3Genre Realistic Fiction
- A realistic fiction story is about realistic
(could happen in real life, but they arent real)
people, things, and events. - The plot-including events, problem, solution-is
made up (fictional).
4Summary
- While on a camping trip in California, Jonathan
confronts natures fury as he struggles to save
his sister and himself from a dangerous
earthquake.
5Background Information
- Earthquakes are caused by the shifting or
breaking of plates within the Earth. Check out
what National Geographic has to say about
earthquakes for more information!
6Key Concept
- Causes and effects of earthquakes
7Key Vocabulary
- debris
- devastation
- fault
- impact
- jolt
- shuddered
- susceptible
- undulating
- upheaval
8debris
the remains of something broken or destroyed
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du/ nisqually/
9devastation
destruction or ruin
retrieved from http//news.nationalgeographic.com
/news/2005/10/1011_051011_earthquake.html
10fault
a break in a rock mass caused by a shifting of
the earths crust
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watch/seismology/pt_reyes.htm
11impact
the striking of one body against another
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d/
12jolt
a sudden jerk or bump
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13shuddered
shook, vibrated, or quivered
14susceptible
easily affected
15undulating
moving in waves or with a smooth, wavy motion
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om/photos/themes/sequim-9-04/crw_2710.htm
16upheaval
a lifting or upward movement of the earths crust
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17Strategy Focus Predict/Infer
- When we predict, use the information we have to
make a reasonable guess before we read the story
about what might happen. - Use the title, pictures, and prior knowledge to
help you guess - who the main characters will be
- what the problem might be
- how the problem will be solved
18Strategy Focus Predict
Lets try it!
- What do you predict Jonathan will do to protect
himself and his younger sister when a powerful
earthquake strikes?
19Comprehension Skill Focus Sequence of Events
- The sequence of events is the order of the story
events. - Keep an eye out for words that signal sequential
order such as at first, then, and last. - Remember that the author sometimes shifts from
present or main action to something that happened
in the past. Be careful to use those signal
words to keep things straight!
20Graphic Organizer
Event Map
Record the main story events in the order in
which they occurred.
Page 30
At first Moose listens. Then he barks and paces
back and forth as if he senses something is wrong.
21Meet the Author
Peg Kehret (pronounced "carrot") likes to write
about ordinary kids who find themselves in
extraordinary situations and use their wits to
solve their problems kids who are a lot like
Kehret herself when she was growing up. At age
12, Kehret found out she had polio and became
paralyzed from the neck down. Because she
remembers that experience and her year of
recovery so well, she says, she finds it easy to
write from a kid's viewpoint. Kehret wrote her
autobiography, Small Steps The Year I Got Polio,
about that period in her life. Before she began
writing for children, Kehret published plays,
short stories, articles, and two books for
adults. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
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