byAndrewGunnXxxxXxxNarrativeNonfictionPAIREDREADASailor’sStorySTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:CauseandEffectVocabularyStrategyAdagesandProverbsVocabularyagitated,crucial,futile,populous,presumed,smoldering,undiminished,urgencyELLVocabularyaccounts,eyewitness,unusual,volcanicContentStandardsSocialStudiesHistoryPhotographyCredit:HultonArchive/Stringer/GettyImages.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:1,980**ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118743-0MHID:0-02-118743-6PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADIntroduction.................................2Chapter1BeforetheExplosion..........................4Chapter2KrakatoaExplodes...........................8Chapter3EffectsAroundtheWorld.....................12Conclusion..................................16RespondtoReading.........................18ASailor’sStory....................19Glossary....................................22Index......................................23FocusonSocialStudies......................24EssentialQuestionHowdowelearnabouthistoricalevents?byAndrewGunn(bkgd)Photodisc/GettyImagesTheislandofKrakatoaexplodedonAugust27,1883.Theexplosionpushedsmokeanddebrismorethan20miles(32kilometers)intothesky.Mostoftheislandwasdestroyed.NoonelivedonKrakatoa,butthousandsofpeoplewerekilled.Hugetsunamiswashedawaytownsandvillagesonotherislands.Theeffectsoftheexplosionwerefeltaroundtheworld.Theexplosionwasheardthousandsofmilesaway.Therewereredsunsetsformonthsaftertheexplosion.Thesecolorfulsunsets...
