Name ________________________
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May Do Activities – Eye of the Storm
1. White Dragon: Anna Allen in the Face of Danger
Sum up Warren’s and Anna’s experiences. Make a chart with two boxes. Label one Warren
Faidley and the other Anna Allen. Under each label, list phrases that describe what happened on
pages 69-75 of Eye of the Storm or Anna Allen’s frightening experience in White Dragon. Be sure
to include
 what kind of experience the person had
 where the event happened
 how long it lasted
 what kind of damage the natural disaster caused
Warren Faidley
Anna Allen
2. Tornado Puzzle
Create a puzzle using vocabulary from Eye of the Storm. Page 23 of your Practice Book lists
nine vocabulary words. Make a puzzle using those words
1. l i g h t i n g
 Write the letters in tornadoes in a column in the middle
o
of a sheet of paper.
r
 Find a vocabulary word that has one of the letters in
n
tornadoes in it. Then make a puzzle that starts out
a
looking like this.
d
o
e
s
You will need to figure out how to use each of the nine words once. You may need to try using
a work in a few different places before you get them all in your puzzle. Number the words
from one to nine. Rewrite your puzzle, putting blanks for each letter in the words. (Leave
tornadoes in the center.) Write a clue for each word and number the clues to match the
words. Give the puzzle to a classmate to complete.
Name ________________________
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May Do Activities – Eye of the Storm
3. Natural Expressions
Nature has given poets poem ideas for hundreds of years. Let it inspire you, too. Look
carefully at the photographs in Eye of the Storm. Write down words and phrases that you
think of while you study the photographs. Then use your words and thoughts to write a poem
about lightning or tornadoes. Include descriptive words and sensory details.
4. Our Best Friend
Bridget the rescue dog helped in the rescue of Anna
Allen in White Dragon. Rescue dogs are just one of
many kinds of dogs that help people. Draw a web
like the one below. In the outer circles, write as
many different ways as you can think of in which
dogs help people.
How Dogs
Help
5. Tornado Aid
In Warren Faidley’s diary account of a seven-tornado day, he writes that the tornadoes
destroyed a farm. how might you help the farm family? With a partner, brainstorm a list of
items that were probably lost in the storm. Choose ten items from the list that you think are
most necessary for the family’s survival until they can find a new place to live.