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.

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Answers:

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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?