THE EARTH DRAGON AWAKES The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. LindaC/Callison/2012. Other books by Laurence Yep. . . . and many more. Read the definition Look at the picture Try to guess the word Click to see the word. rubble or broken pieces left after something is destroyed. debris - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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THE EARTH DRAGON AWAKES
The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906LindaC/Callison/2012
Other books byLaurence Yep. . . and many more
Read the definitionLook at the pictureTry to guess the wordClick
to see the word
rubble or broken pieces left after something is
destroyeddebris
This is debris from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
something that falls down or caves incollapsed
This building collapsed in the earthquake.
when something moves from one position to anothershifts
The earthquake has caused the street to shift.
shakestrembles
A building trembles during an earthquake.
an amount of space or sectionarea
The earth-quake damage covered a wide area.
people who save other people from dangerous
situationsrescuers
Many lives were saved by rescuers after the earthquake.
High Interest Words
These are words in the story you may not have seen before.
a large building in a city where many people livetenement
a line of people formed to pass buckets of water from hand to
hand to put out a firebucketbrigade
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