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Earthquake Terror
by Peg Kehret
Retrieved from http://www.eduplace.com
Awards
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Virginia Young Reader’s Award
West Virginia Children’s Book Award
Junior Library Guild selection
International Reading Association
“Children’s Choice”
• Children’s Crown Award
Genre: Realistic Fiction
• A realistic fiction story is about realistic
(could happen in real life, but they aren’t
real) people, things, and events.
• The plot-including events, problem,
solution-is made up (fictional).
Summary
• While on a camping trip in California,
Jonathan confronts nature’s fury as he
struggles to save his sister and himself
from a dangerous earthquake.
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!
Key Concept
Causes and effects of
earthquakes
Key Vocabulary
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debris
devastation
fault
impact
jolt
shuddered
susceptible
undulating
upheaval
debris
the remains of something broken or destroyed
retrieved from: http://www.maximus.ce.washington.edu/ ~nisqually/
devastation
destruction or ruin
retrieved from:
fault
a break in a rock mass caused by a shifting of the
earth’s crust
retrieved from: http://www.seed.slb.com/en/scictr/watch/seismology/pt_reyes.htm
impact
the striking of one body against another
retrieved from: http://star.arm.ac.uk/impact-hazard/
jolt
a sudden jerk or bump
retrieved from: http://www.clipartheaven.com/
shuddered
shook, vibrated, or quivered
susceptible
easily affected
undulating
moving in waves or with a smooth, wavy motion
retrieved from: http://www.glennjamesphotography.com/photos/themes/sequim-9-04/crw_2710.htm
upheaval
a lifting or upward movement of the earth’s crust
http://www.utahtrails.com/ Upheaval.html
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
Let’s try it!
Strategy Focus: Predict
What do you predict Jonathan will do to protect
himself and his younger sister when a powerful
earthquake strikes?
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!
Graphic 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.
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 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.
Retrieved from: http://www.pegkehret.com and http://www.eduplace.com
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