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Story Number Four Reading Class • • • • airtight 1,500 years of sleep seaside resort poisonous gases • • • • A. D. 79 preserved petrified remains Italy guesses: Name of Story: Pompeii: The City That Slept for 1,500 Years Do you think the theme of the story will related to any of the following? 2,000 years Mt. St. Helens Naples, Italy 7 days snow burning ashes Indian Ocean Mediterranean Ocean 5 days 20,000 dead no oxygen Navy Use this button first Back to story questions Defining Words from the Story • excavating – An engineer obtained permission to begin excavating the buried city.. – digging out Defining Words from the Story • hermetically – The volcanic paste formed a hermetically sealed layer, shutting off oxygen and preventing decay. – airtight Defining Words from the Story • petrified – Stone like loaves of petrified bread were in the ovens. – turned to stone Defining Words from the Story • erect – The Roman soldier was fully armed and standing erect. – straight up Defining Words from the Story • niche – The soldier was found at a guard post in a niche in the city wall. – hollowed-out area Move on Go back to prediction s Read Important Details T = true; F = false; N = not mentioned • The first person to discover Pompeii knew it was there. • There were many famous sculptures in Pompeii. • Mt. Vesuvius was a quiet volcano for many years . • There are over 1,000 preserved bodies for viewing in museums. Finding the Main Idea • M= main idea; B = too broad; N = too narrow A volcanic eruption can preserve an ancient city. Mt. Vesuvius erupted, killing thousands of citizens from Pompeii. A volcanic eruption destroyed Pompeii, but also preserved it. Let’s Explore More • Check out the following websites to learn more about Pompeii: The City that Slept for 1,500 Years • http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/pompeii/pmpMain.h tml • http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/pompeii/ • http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/img_ve suvius.html • http://harpy.uccs.edu/roman/html/pompeiislides.html • http://www.jhauser.us/pictures/history/Romans/Pompeii/ • http://www.thecolefamily.com/italy/pompeii/