Drowned City Facts
Who is the author of our novel
Don Brown
The vocab word that means to give someone a job or duty
assign
The author clearly blames who for the lack of Hurricane preparation?
The city government
Which Text Structure Is This?
Dogs are usually bigger than cats but both have four legs.
Compare and Contrast
Why were the people of New Orleans resilient after the storm?
They became stronger and bounced back
Why were some of the police officers from new Orleans investigated by the FBI?
They left their posts and ran away
the vocab word for: extremely dirty or unpleasant
squalid
The government should have done which two things BEFORE Hurricane Katrina according to Don Brown?
1. Maintain the levees better
2. Evacuated people sooner
A theme is what?
A lesson learned or author's message
Ethels' Sestina was a poem about a Hurricane Victim who was waiting for what?
Which SES (Socioeconomic) group was most vulnerable during Hurricane Katrina?
Low income/ poor people
to move quickly in an uncontrolled way
careen
Even though Hurricane Katrina was disastrous, one positive from the Hurricane according to Don Brown was...
the community came together to help one another
One of the themes from Don Brown's Drown City is....
the government's failures
people coming together
how devastating a disaster is
a graphic novel
the vocab word for: an event often causing great suffering or sudden damage
catastrophe
What were some of the other specific disasters the hurricane causes? (hint: think about what the city looked like)
flooding/ very high water levels
destruction of homes
unidentified deaths
power outages
property destruction
What was the text structure of Storm Surge, the article that discussed how hurricanes and cyclones were formed?
cause and effect
How did Ethel's Sestina (the poem about the old woman in a chair) also show a similar theme to Drowned City?
It showed the suffering of Hurricane survivors and the hopelessness of those waiting for help.
What exact month and year did Hurricane Katrina strike?
August 2005
exacerbate
What was shocking about the timing of the hurricane?
It happened so quickly.
Write a good central idea for Drowned City (more than one answer accepted)
Hurricane Katrina strucle New Orleans but it was not prepared for Hurricane Katrina because the government was not effective at preparing the city.
Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and had a terrible impact on the people who were not able to evacuate on time due to the government's failures. Still, people came together to survive.
They created programs and funds for low-income people to be ready for future disasters