Connect Reading and Writing

Vocabulary

  • carefully

  • collapsed

  • confused

  • earthquake

  • equipment

  • frightened

  • prepare

  • shelter

Critical Thinking

  • 1. SUM IT UP Make a card for each vocabulary word. Use at least five of the words to describe the earthquake and the family’s journey to Golden Gate Park.

    Illustration of three index cards with one vocabulary word on each card.

  • 2. Evaluate Review your Anticipation Guide on page 172. With a group, discuss how people deal with the dangers of earthquakes.

  • 3. Infer When the family prepares to leave, PoPo packs pictures of ancestors. Later, BaBa asks family members to help. What do these clues tell you about the family?

  • 4. Compare Imagine yourself in the pictures on pages 181–187. Would you be more frightened by the fires or by the falling buildings? Explain.

Reading Fluency

Intonation Read the passage on page 576 to a partner. Assess your fluency.

  • 1. I read

    • a. great

    • b. OK

    • c. not very well

  • 2. What I did best in my reading was ____.

Reading Strategy

Make Connections

Tell a partner about one connection you made while reading. How did it help you understand what you read?

Vocabulary Review

Oral Review Read the paragraph aloud. Add the vocabulary words.

In 1906, San Francisco had an awful _______. Buildings _______, fires burned, and water pipes broke. No one had been able to _______ for this unexpected disaster. People were scared, or _______. They did not know where to go, so they were _______. They walked quickly but _______ through the streets. The U.S. Army came to help. They brought supplies and special _______. They provided food, water, blankets, and tents for _______.

Written Review Imagine you are the mayor of San Francisco in 1906. Write a request to the army for more equipment. Use five vocabulary words.

Illustration of a pen icon Write About the Guiding Question

Explore Natural Forces

How can people prepare for, deal with, and recover from earthquakes? Give examples from the text.