THE EARTH DRAGON AWAKES

The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906

LindaC/Callison/2012

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rubble or broken pieces left after something is destroyed

debris

This is debris from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

Partner Talk

• THINK of a time when you have seen debris.

• TALK to your partner about a time when you have seen debris.

something that falls down or caves in

collapsed

This building collapsed in the earthquake.

Partner Talk

• THINK of a time when something has collapsed.

• TALK to your partner about a time when something collapsed.

when something moves from one position to another

shiftsThe earthquake has caused the street to shift.

Partner Talk

• THINK of a time when you have had to shift your position.

• TALK to your partner about a time when you had to shift your position.

shakes

tremblesA building trembles during an earthquake.

Partner Talk

• THINK of something that trembles.

• TALK to your partner about an example of something that trembles.

an amount of space or section

area

The earth-quake damage covered a wide area.

Partner Talk

• THINK of an area where you play.

• TALK to your partner about an area where you play.

people who save other people from dangerous situations

rescuersMany lives were saved by rescuers after the earthquake.

Partner Talk

• THINK of rescuers you know about.

• TALK to your partner about rescuers you know about. Tell what they rescued.

High Interest Words

These are words in the story you may not have seen before.

a large building in a city where many people live

tenement

a line of people formed to pass buckets of water from hand to hand to put out a fire

bucketbrigade

shiftstremblesareacollapseddebrisrescuers

High InterestWordstenementbucket brigade