《原版英语RAZ 教案The Eruption of Mount Shasta.pdf》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《原版英语RAZ 教案The Eruption of Mount Shasta.pdf（13页珍藏版）》请在taowenge.com淘文阁网|工程机械CAD图纸|机械工程制图|CAD装配图下载|SolidWorks_CaTia_CAD_UG_PROE_设计图分享下载上搜索。
1、www.readinga-The Eruption ofThe Eruption of Mount ShastaA Reading AZ Level X Leveled BookWord Count:2,939Mount ShastaVisit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.Written by William Harryman Illustrated by John KastnerLEVELED BOOK XThe Eruption of Mount ShastaLevel X Leveled Book Learning
2、 AZWritten by William HarrymanIllustrated by John KastnerAll rights reserved.www.readinga-www.readinga-The Eruption ofMount ShastaWritten by William HarrymanIllustrated by John KastnerCorrelationLEVEL XS4040Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRA34Table of ContentsChapter One.4Chapter Two.7Chapter Three
3、.9Chapter Four .11Chapter Five.12Chapter Six.14Chapter Seven .16Chapter Eight.19Chapter Nine .21Glossary .23Chapter OneIt is four oclock in the morning,and Kyle Strong is sleeping.Oz,his dog,is curled up on the floor.Ozs tail is wagging a bit and his legs are twitching,which means he is dreaming abo
4、ut chasing rabbits again.Kyle is dreaming,too,but his dream is about changing into a werewolf while standing in front of his class giving a speech about George Washington.Kyle doesnt like this dream.The Eruption of Mount Shasta Level X56In the corner of the room,a large black bird sits in a nest bui
5、lt snugly in the top shelf of a bookcase.The bird is a crow.But Kyle named him Raven,which has created a great deal of confusion for Raven.You see,throughout history,ravens have been seen as smarter,stronger,and wiser than crows.Crows have always aspired to be ravens.So Raven,being a crow,is more th
6、an a little confused.But not as confused as Kyle,who doesnt know a crow from a raven.Kyle found Raven when he was still a baby.The mother crow had been killed by an eagle while protecting her nest.Raven was the only survivor.Kyles dad caught the small bird and brought it home with them.After talking
7、 to some wildlife experts,they were given a permit to keep the crow as a pet.So,where was I?Oh yes,four oclock in the morning and everyone is sleeping.Mostly,this is just like any other night.Some sleeping,some snoring,a little dreaming,nothing out of the ordinary.So,what follows is a surprisea surp
8、rise that was getting a little too common during the last few weeks.The shaking is mild at first,and Raven opens one eye to see what is happening.Quickly,though,the slight shaking becomes a full earthquake,with things bouncing on the floor,books falling from shelves,and a window shattering from its
9、pane.Kyle jumps from his bed,opens the window to let Raven outside,and takes Oz downstairs.Kyle can barely keep his balance as he runs.The coat rack falls across the bottom of the stairs,so he and Oz jump over it and the pile of jackets.Kyle slips and falls,but he is not hurt.They make it downstairs
10、 just as the shaking stops.His younger sister,Janet,and his parents are already downstairs standing in the main entrance,where the ceiling beams are the strongest.“Is everyone okay?”Kyles mom asks.Her voice is shaky,and she is holding onto Kyles father.Kyles father reaches out and pulls the whole fa
11、mily into his armseveryone except Oz.Poor Oz always feels left out.He sneaks into the tangle of feet and rubs against any leg that is near him.He is scared,too,and wants to feel safe and loved like everyone else.“Wow,”says Kyle,“that was cool.”He likes the excitement of an earthquake,but not until a
12、fter it is over and he feels safe.“Im going to call Justin.”Kyle races back up to his room,with Oz close behind.The Eruption of Mount Shasta Level X78Chapter TwoKyle dials Justins phone number,but the line is busy,so he hangs up and tries again,getting through this time.“Hey,Justin,wasnt that cool?”
13、“Im not Justin.Wait a minute,Runt,and Ill get him.”Yuck!Justins big sister,Amanda,answered.Kyle hates when she calls him“Runt.”Hes almost as tall as she is.He has mixed feelings about her.She can be obnoxious,but she is kind of cute.He kind of likes her,but she is three years older,and he never know
14、s what to say around her.“Hello?”Justins voice is quivering a little,but hes trying not to sound scared.“Hey,Justin,wasnt that cool?Thats the fourth big earthquake this month.Thats so cool.”Kyle is still very excited and likes the feeling.“Hey,Kyle.Yeah,that was cool,”says Justin unconvincingly.“But
15、,you know,the volcano guys on the news said that all these earthquakes might mean that Mount Shasta is getting active again.Thats not so cool.”“Well,there must be plans for this sort of thing.Itll be cool.Even if Shasta explodes,it would be so rad to say we were therethat we saw it explode.”Kyle can
16、 see it in his head,a newsperson interviewing him about his experience.He can imagine his face on television and the fame he will have.On the other hand,Justin imagines his house burning down and lava destroying the school.“Hey,wait,”he thinks to himself,“no school.This might be cool after all.”But
17、instead he says to Kyle,“Id rather say I saw it on the news,from far away.”The Eruption of Mount Shasta Level X910Chapter ThreeWhen he gets off the phone with Justin,Kyle begins to clean up his room.He puts the books back on the shelf and picks up the compact discs that are on the floor.His computer
18、 is not harmed,which is a relief.While Kyle cleans up his room,Raven flies up to the window and comes in through the cat door Kyles dad installed.Having to use a cat door is another source of confusion for Raven,who would rather tease cats than use things created for cats.If he were human,Raven woul
19、d be in therapy.Kyle turns on the computer,logs onto the Web,and does a search for volcanoes.He finds a lot of informationso much that he feels overwhelmed by all the explanations.He turns on his radio and tunes it to the local news station to hear more about what happened.They are talking about the
20、 earthquake with some expert from San Francisco.According to the guy on the news,Shasta City and the surrounding areas at the base of Mount Shasta are in a Condition Yellow alert.This means there is some chance of an eruption and that it will be big enough to cause damage and endanger lives.Kyle hop
21、es there isnt an eruption,fearing that these earthquakes are a little more serious than he had thought.Kyle feels a little worried that something bad might happen,but the excitement is starting to wear off and hes tired.He can worry about it in the morning.“Good night,guys,”he says,then turns out th
22、e light.The Eruption of Mount Shasta Level X1112Chapter FourBecause of the Condition Yellow alert,school is canceled today,so Kyle plays video games with his sister,Janet.Later in the day,Justin comes over and they talk about how cool it would be if their school was buried by lava.Then they play vid
23、eo games.In the video game they play,each person must capture many Samurai,then save a princess from an evil king.Meanwhile,an erupting volcano creates hazards to make their tasks more difficult.This is called irony.Chapter FiveIt is 1:00 on Sunday afternoon,three days after the last earthquake.Kyle
24、 is sitting on the couch watching a soccer game on television.Oz is curled up at his feet.Raven is on his perch in the kitchen,looking kind of nervous.Suddenly,the ground begins to shake and rumble.Mount Shasta is erupting.The explosion rocks the house,and it sounds like the whole world is being blo
25、wn to bits.Kyle races to the window to look at the mountain,and what he sees sends chills through his whole body.Above the mountain is an enormous,gray cloud of dust and ash spewing from the top of Mount Shasta.A humongous cloud is billowing upward like a giant mushroom.The ground is shaking,and the
26、 shaking gets worse with each passing second.Kyles legs feel weak and his knees are like rubber.His parents run into the room with Janet in his dads arms.His mom is calm and composed,The Eruption of Mount Shasta Level X1314and she seems to be more in control of what needs to be done.Kyle looks to he
27、r for instructions.“Get your jacketwe have to leave,now.We dont have long.”Her voice is firm and strong,but Kyle can still feel a hint of fear in it.As they gather their belongings,there is a pounding on the roof of the house.Small rocks and pieces of pumice are beginning to fall out of the explodin
28、g cloud of dust and ash.Kyles father herds everyone out the door.A rain of ash and dust is beginning to fall.Kyles father works for the Forest Service,and he knows this is a bad sign.The situation is about to get very ugly.There is little time to waste.Just then,Kyle looks for Raven and Oz and doesn
29、t see them.“Wheres Raven?Wheres Oz?We cant leave without them.”Kyle is near tears.“Come on,Kyle,we cant wait for the animals.Theyll be okay.”His dad doesnt think anything left behind is going to be okay,but they have to leave right now.There is no time to look for the dog or the bird.“Im not leaving
30、 without Oz and Raven.”Kyle struggles free from his mothers hand and runs toward the house.Chapter SixThe eruption continues.The cloud of dust and gas has grown so large that it blocks the sun and leaves the whole area with the shadowy feeling of a nightmare.A bright red glow appears around the top
31、of the mountain from the lava pouring out of the throat of the volcano.The heat is melting the glacier that keeps Shasta crowned in ice year round.An avalanche of water and mud is flowing down the mountain,headed for several towns at the base of the mountain.Oz and Raven are Kyles best friends in th
32、e world.He cant imagine living without them.Oz was born in the same month as Kyle,and they have grown up together.And Kyle thinks of Raven as almost human.The thought of leaving him to fend for himself in the thick cloud of dust and ash is unthinkable.Pieces of pumice are bouncing off of Kyles head
33、as he runs toward the house,but they are light.They sting as they hit,but they dont hurt all that much.Kyle can hear his parents imploring him to turn around,but he refuses to leave without Oz and Raven.The Eruption of Mount Shasta Level X1516Kyle hears Raven cawing off to his side,flying alongside
34、him as he runs.“Find Oz,Ravenfind Oz.”The crow flies higher into the sky,risking his own injuries from falling rocks.After a moment,he swoops back down and flies beneath the tree line,as though he wants Kyle to follow him.Kyle follows Raven down the street,and after a few moments Kyle realizes they
35、are heading toward an old barn where Kyle and Justin have a clubhouse.They hang out there all the time with Oz and Raven.In the confusion,Oz must have run to the old hangout,a place where he always felt safe.Kyle realizes that Oz must be disoriented and just as afraid as he is.The rain of dust and a
36、sh is getting thicker,with almost six inches of gray stuff on the ground.Kyle keeps running,trying to stay beneath the trees as much as possible.Raven circles back and waits for him,then continues to lead the way.When they reach the clubhouse,Oz is clawing at the front door,trying to get inside.As h
37、e scratches at the door,he is barking and whining.Kyle sees him and is relieved that his friend is okay.“Come here,Oz,come to me.”Recognizing a familiar voice,Oz comes running,still barking and whimpering.“For a big German shepherd,you sure are a coward.Come on,boy,lets get out of here.”Chapter Seve
38、nLarger chunks of pumice are now raining down on Shasta City.The eruption is still getting more violent,with more lava spewing from the crater.An avalanche of mud and ice is racing down the western slope of the mountain,leveling everything in its path.The hot wind generated by the volcanos intense h
39、eat has flattened a whole section of forest.Trees topple like dominoes.The size of the cloud over the land far from the mountain has reached a critical mass,and it can no longer continue to expand.The collapse that follows will wipe out everything in its path.There will be no survivors;everything wi
40、ll be buried in ash exactly as it is.The Eruption of Mount Shasta Level X1718Raven leads them back toward Kyles house,where his parents are frantically awaiting his safe return.Janet is curled up in the back seat of the car,oblivious to what is going on.Kyle runs for his life,while large pieces of p
41、umice rain down all around him.Oz is at his heels,and Raven is dodging chunks of pumice as his wings flap wildly.Another earthquake strikes.The quaking ground makes it impossible for Kyle to stay on his feet and he crashes to the ground.He falls hard and is stunned.As he lies there,a small tree coll
42、apses under the weight of the ash that has accumulated on its leaves and branches.The tree falls and partly covers Kyle in ash and broken branches,leaving him trapped and unable to pull himself loose.“Oz,come here,boy.Go home,get Dad.”Kyle tries to push Oz away and send him for help,but his friend i
43、s loyal and stays by his side.“Please,Oz,go get help.Im stuck and I cant get out,and I think my leg is broken.Go get Dad.”Raven lands at Kyles side and caws a couple of times.This is his chance,an opportunity for Raven to live up to his name.If he gets Kyles dad,he will be able to prove his worth as
44、 a simple crow.Maybe he wont need therapy after all.Raven takes off and flies to get Kyles dad.Oz licks Kyles face and barks,but there is no one left to hear him.Oz wont leave Kyle here alone,so he begins to pull some of the tree limbs off Kyle.But the large limbs are too difficult for Oz to move,an
45、d Kyle remains trapped.Kyle is suddenly very afraid,and his whole body shakes.He tries to stop,but he is crying now,sobbing with fear.He doesnt want to dienot here,not so young.Oz licks his face and whines,feeling Kyles fear intermingled with his own.The Eruption of Mount Shasta Level X1920Chapter E
46、ightRaven soon finds Kyles family,and he caws for them to follow him.He takes off,then circles back to see if they are following.Suddenly,Kyles mother figures out that Raven wants them to follow him.They head off in the direction that Raven is flying.In only a couple of minutes,they are at Kyles sid
47、e.Kyles dad lifts the large branch from his legs.Kyle gets up and limps to the car with his dads help.Just as they reach the car,Kyle looks up as he hears an incredibly loud,thunderous crack and sees the ash cloud begin to collapse.Millions and millions of tons of ash,dust,and pumice stone rain back
48、 down.Kyles dad understands immediately what is happening and hurries everyone into the car.“Come on,we have to get out of here.Everybody in the carhurry.”He is frantically trying to get everyone in the car and settled before the surge cloud can gather too much speed.Oz curls up between Kyle and Jan
49、et on the back seat,and Raven perches in the back of the SUV.Kyle watches out the rear window as a massive cloud of ash and dust races down the valley toward the city.There is enough ash in the cloud to bury the entire city,and it seems to be moving faster than their car.Kyles father tells everyone
50、to make sure they are buckled in and says to hold on tight.He takes off like a race car driver as he tries to outrun the descending cloud of dust and ash.The Eruption of Mount Shasta Level X2122Chapter NineFallen trees,abandoned cars,and very large stones litter the road.The surge cloud is gaining o