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Earthquake Reading Comprehension Worksheet

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Earthquake Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Earthquake illustration

🎯 Learning Goals

WALT: We Are Learning To identify plot structure and analyse character development using evidence from the text.

Success Criteria:

• I can identify the main events in the story's plot structure

• I can explain how characters change or develop throughout the story

• I can find evidence from the text to support my ideas

📚 Pre-Reading: Vocabulary Preview

Instructions: Write your own definition for each word, then use it in a sentence.

1. earthquake

Definition: _________________________________________________

Sentence: __________________________________________________

2. magnitude

Definition: _________________________________________________

Sentence: __________________________________________________

3. aftershocks

Definition: _________________________________________________

Sentence: __________________________________________________

4. evacuated

Definition: _________________________________________________

Sentence: __________________________________________________

🔮 Pre-Reading: Predictions

1. Based on the title "Earthquake", what do you think this story will be about?
2. Look at the images in the text. What clues do they give you about the story?
3. Who do you think the main characters might be?

📖 During/After Reading: Plot Structure

Instructions: Fill in the main events from the story in order.

Beginning (Setting the scene):
Problem/Conflict:
Main Events (What happens?):
Resolution (How does it end?):

👥 Character Development

Instructions: Answer each question with evidence from the text.

1. How do the characters feel at the beginning of the earthquake? Quote evidence from the text.
2. How do the characters' feelings change during the story? Give specific examples.
3. What actions do the characters take to help each other? Find evidence in the text.

🌟 Differentiation & Extension

Support Strategy: Work with a partner to discuss your answers before writing. Use the pictures to help understand the story.

Extension Activity: Research a real earthquake that happened in New Zealand. Compare the events in the story with the real earthquake. How are they similar or different?

Extension: Write about your research findings here:

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