Earthquake Terror

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Earthquake Terror
by Peg Kehret
Retrieved from http//www.eduplace.com
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Awards

• Virginia Young Readers Award
• West Virginia Childrens Book Award
• Junior Library Guild selection
• International Reading Association Childrens
  Choice
  
• Childrens Crown Award

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Genre 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).
  

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Summary

• While on a camping trip in California, Jonathan
  confronts natures fury as he struggles to save
  his sister and himself from a dangerous
  earthquake.

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Background 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!

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Key Concept

• Causes and effects of earthquakes

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Key Vocabulary

• debris
• devastation
• fault
• impact
• jolt
• shuddered
• susceptible
• undulating
• upheaval

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debris
the remains of something broken or destroyed
retrieved from http//www.maximus.ce.washington.e
du/ nisqually/
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devastation
destruction or ruin
retrieved from http//news.nationalgeographic.com
/news/2005/10/1011_051011_earthquake.html
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fault
a break in a rock mass caused by a shifting of
the earths crust
retrieved from http//www.seed.slb.com/en/scictr/
watch/seismology/pt_reyes.htm
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impact
the striking of one body against another
retrieved from http//star.arm.ac.uk/impact-hazar
d/
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jolt
a sudden jerk or bump
retrieved from http//www.clipartheaven.com/
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shuddered
shook, vibrated, or quivered
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susceptible
easily affected
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undulating
moving in waves or with a smooth, wavy motion
retrieved from http//www.glennjamesphotography.c
om/photos/themes/sequim-9-04/crw_2710.htm
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upheaval
a lifting or upward movement of the earths crust
http//www.utahtrails.com/ Upheaval.html
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Strategy 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

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Strategy Focus Predict
Lets try it!

• What do you predict Jonathan will do to protect
  himself and his younger sister when a powerful
  earthquake strikes?

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Comprehension 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!

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Graphic Organizer
Event Map
Record the main story events in the order in
which they occurred.
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At first Moose listens. Then he barks and paces
back and forth as if he senses something is wrong.
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Meet 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 be
came 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 pu
blished plays, short stories, articles, and two
books for adults.                             
                        
Retrieved from http//www.pegkehret.com and
http//www.eduplace.com
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