Lesson 12

by Laurence Yep

Essential Question: How do natural disasters affect people?

When natural forces are at work, the result can be awesome! This week we'll explore the question "How do natural disasters affect people?" The first reading selection will be The Earth Dragon Awakes, a piece of historical fiction set during the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. We'll also read an informational text, Twisters, which provides interesting facts about tornadoes.

Spelling Words

rising

traced

stripped

slammed

dancing

striped

sinning

snapping

bragging

handled

dripped

begged

dared

skipped

hitting

spotted

raced

dimmed

spinning

escaped

Vocabulary Words

trembles

wreckage

slab

possessions

tenement

crushing

rubble

debries

timbers

constructed

Target Skill and Strategies

Sequence of Events 

Conclusions and Generalizations

Visualize