The Earth Dragon Awakes
Chin
Ah sing
Ah Quon
What genre is the story?
Informational text
Make a sentence with the word wreckage.
example: even an earthquake shorter than one minute can leave a lot of wreckage.
Make a sentence with the word alert.
Example: These animals are alert. They are wide awake and ready to take action.
What is liquefaction?
Is when the ground stops being solid because a natural event (earthquake) tosses water from deep underground and mixes it with the landfill.
Suddenly everything trembles.
They are washing up, getting ready to go to the Travies's house.
The floor rolls under them like a wooden sea.
The tenement is falling.
Who is the author of the story?
Dewey Badeaux
What words or phrases clearly communicate what is happening to Ching and Ah Sing in p.243?
They bounce against the floor.
Stomach feels funny.
Neighbors scream.
twitches.
more screams.
What is a glacier?
A glacier is a mass of ice and snow that moves slowly over land.
What is the metaphor they used to describe the word "earthquake"?
The Earth Dragon
What genre is this story?
Historical Fiction
Where did scientists live and work according to the story?
At palmer station in Antarctica.
What has been dumped along the shore of the bay?
dirt, rock and debris.
How many squares miles is the Antarctic ice sheet?
5 million square miles
Chin and Ah Sing realize that they will have to save themselves. What events lead them to this realization?
They were screaming an no one heard them.
What is the setting of the story?
Chinatown, San Francisco, 1:52 a.m. on Wednesday, April, 18,1906.
How can an author use similes and metaphors?
They can use it to compare one thing to something entirely different.
Whos is the author of the story?
Laurence Yep
Thick, floating ice is called...
Ice Shelves
Fear twists inside Chin like a snake.
Chin and his father dig in the darkness.
Mention the main plot of the story.
There was an earthquake in the city.
What words are used by similes?
Like or As
Who illustrated the story?
Yuan Lee
Mention 3 animals found in Antarctica.
Seals, Humpback Whales, Emperor Penguins.
This story is based in what real event?
San Francisco Earthquake done by the San Andreas Fault.