Is That An Earthquake?

In Is That An Earthquake, a young boy wonders anxiously whether the movements around his home could be an earthquake. Suddenly there is an earthquake, and the family act quickly. The story incorporates a recount and an explanation and is told through dialogue.This text supports the comprehension strategies of making connections with real-life experiences and using illustrations to understand text. It includes a high number of descriptive verbs that encourage attention to initial blends, onomatopoeia, and rhyme.Text Featuresthe use of dialogue to tell the storythe portrayal of the characters’ feelings through the text and the illustrationsthe repetitive text structure and the dramatic change on pages 8 to 11the change in tense on page 11the lively, descriptive verbs the imperative verbs on page 9the italics and exclamation marks for emphasisthe rhyme the personification on pages 3 and 6the inclusion of the family dog in most of the illustrationsthe examples of verbs that involve dropping the final “e” before adding “ing”Possible challengesthe use of dialogue to tell the storythe poetic languagethe terms “logging truck” and “goods train” on pages 3 and 5.Themes covered in this book are: Family, Earth ScienceReading Level:12-14 (Green)