byAndrewGunnNarrativeNonfictionPAIREDREADASailor’sStorySTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:CauseandEffectVocabularyStrategyAdagesandProverbsVocabularyagitated,crucial,futile,populous,presumed,smoldering,undiminished,urgencyContentStandardsSocialStudiesHistoryPhotographyCredit:HultonArchive/Stringer/GettyImages**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:2,731**ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118587-0MHID:0-02-118587-5PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADIntroduction.................................2Chapter1BeforetheExplosion..........................4Chapter2KrakatoaExplodes...........................8Chapter3EffectsAroundtheWorld.....................12Conclusion..................................16RespondtoReading.........................18ASailor’sStory....................19Glossary....................................22Index......................................23FocusonSocialStudies......................24EssentialQuestionHowdowelearnabouthistoricalevents?byAndrewGunn(bkgd)Photodisc/GettyImagesOnAugust27,1883,theislandofKrakatoaexploded.Theforceoftheblastpropelledsmokeanddebrismorethan20miles(32kilometers)intothesky.Itgeneratedgianttsunamisthatwashedawaytownsandvillagesonnearbyislands.EventhoughKrakatoawasuninhabited,thousandsofpeoplewerekilled.Whenthecloudsofsmokeandashfinallycleared,littleremained.Mostoftheislandhadbeendestroyed.Theeffectsoftheenormouseruptionwereseenandfeltaroundtheworld.Theblastcouldbeheardthousandsofmilesaway.Formonthsafte...