Volcano Acrostic Poem - Cloverleaf Local



| | |Volcano Acrostic Poem

|An acrostic poem is one where you choose a word or name and use each letter in the name as the beginning of a word or line that tells|

|something about that person or topic. |

|Example: An acrostic poem using the word "Sun." |

|Sometimes when we go to the beach, I will get sun burn. |

|Usually if I put Sun block on my skin, I will not burn. |

|Noon is when I'm really prone to burning. |

Write an Acrostic Poem using the word below. Use at least 7 words that were made from the other side in your poem.

V

O

L

C

A

N

O

|Name _______________ |Date _____________ |

Volcano Word Chop Worksheet

Directions: The table below contains words that have been chopped in half. Find the pieces that fit together and write them in the answer area below.

|ter |ice |a |la |

|nt |sion |disa |ero |

|pum |volcan |erup |ologist |

|cra |ve |mant |mit |

|gma |ster |sum |va |

|tion |sh |ma |dor |

Answers:

|________________________ |________________________ |

|________________________ |________________________ |

|________________________ |________________________ |

|________________________ |________________________ |

|________________________ |________________________ |

|________________________ |________________________ |

|________________________ |________________________ |

|________________________ |________________________ |

|Name _______________ |Date _____________ |

 

|The infamous volcano of Mt. Pelée looms over the village of St. Pierre on the French Caribbean Island of Martinique. This sleepy|

|little village shows little of the grandeur of turn-of-the-century St. Pierre, which was a vibrant colonial city, known to |

|European tourists as the "Paris of the West Indies." With its red-tiled cottages, rambling streets, and tropical vegetation, |

|this prosperous little city was renowned for its beauty. In the official 1894 census, the population of St. Pierre was around |

|20,000. Although most were native Martiniquans, the wealth and political power were controlled largely by Creoles and a few |

|French colonial officials and civil servants. No one at the time could have predicted the horror that was to descend on this |

|tropical paradise with the reawakening of Mt. Pelée in the Spring of 1902. The violent eruption of Mt. Pelée on May 8, 1902 |

|generated a pyroclastic flow that rapidly moved down the River Blanche to destroy the small city of St. Pierre on the Island of |

|Martinique. The pyroclastic flow killed over 25,000 people. |

|1. Where is Mt. Pelée? |_________________________________ |

| |_________________________________ |

|2. What is the tourist nickname for St. Pierre? |_________________________________ |

|3. Which country is credited for the colonization of St. Pierre? |_________________________________ |

| |_________________________________ |

| |_________________________________ |

|4. How many people died in the eruption? |_________________________________ |

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