Tsunami

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Book meta-data

Reading Box: Bronze (Levels 31)
Year: Six
Fiction/Nonfiction: Non-fiction
Theme/Topic: Earth science, Natural disasters
Genre: Recount, Report
Strategy/Skills: Exploring text structure, Summarising, Drawing conclusions, Comparing and contrasting
Page Count: 16
Reading Level: 31
Item Code: 200214
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Curriculum Codes: ACELA1830, ACELT1617, ACELY1711, ACELY1712, ACELY1713

Reader Description

The word 'tsunami' comes from Japan, a country that experiences many earthquakes. This report on giant waves includes an eyewitness account and an interview with a scientist.

After you have completed the Reader

Find the three causes of tsunamis in the book. Under each heading, write two or three sentences that describe how that event creates the conditions for a tsunami.

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