👠👙👠Performance Task#3 (Earthquake)- Language Arts 👠👙👠

 Welcome 👦👧boys and girls. Today we will be engaged in a performance task activity. In this activity you will be provided with two sources to do your tasks.

Ready!!👦👧boys and girls. Read the sources carefully before selecting and writing your answers in part 1 and part 2👇

Task 1:

Source 1:

  

Source 2:

History of Earthquakes in Jamaica

Jamaica is located in a geologically active area, and is therefore subject to earthquakes (as well hurricanes). The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) states that Jamaica is located along the “northern margin of the Caribbean Plate” and that “the presence of very active faults on the island makes Jamaica very vulnerable to earthquakes.” The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is responsible for public education and community outreach activities in order to utilise the best approach to reduce/mitigate loss of life and damage to property.

The Port Royal Earthquake of 1692 

Sources of early Jamaican history document the earthquake of 1692 as being a great calamity that caused great devastation. Even though the effects of the earthquake were felt over the whole island, the town of Port Royal was worst affected. June 7, 1692 began as an ordinary day; in a letter written to Sir Hans Sloane on June 20, 1692, it was noted that the skies were clear and the weather was excessively hot, calm and dry. At about midday, what was described as a “mysterious roar in the distant mountains” was heard followed by a shaking; the first tremor was gentle followed by a more violent one. Historian George Bridges (1827) stated that this was instantly followed by “a shock accompanied by screams of anguish, cries of horror, rushing water and the crash of edifices.” With the third rumbling noise, the town of Port Royal, which was once considered the “receptacle of much wealth and the scene of much wickedness,” began shaking violently and within minutes, a great portion of Port Royal had sunken into the earth (Bridges 1827). Approximately Prepared by the National Library of Jamaica - March 2016 The “Giddy House” in Port Royal, once the Old Royal Artillery House - NLJ Photograph Collection 1500 to 2000 of its inhabitants were killed and an additional three thousand were injured. In the aftermath of the earthquake, thousands more died from disease and injury.

The Kingston Earthquake of 1907

 The earthquake of January 14, 1907 was by far the worst calamity to befall the city of Kingston. The massive earthquake measured an estimated 9.5 on the Richter scale. Reports state that near the end of 1906 the weather was “unseasonably chilly” but before the first week of 1907, the temperature had risen to a comfortable degree. On the day of the earthquake, Kingston was filled with visitors from Canada, England and the United States as well as delegates from the West Indian islands who were attending an agricultural conference at the Mico College. The circus was also in town. At approximately 3:30 in the afternoon after the first speaker had concluded his address, a severe thirty second tremor was felt. During the quake, bricks were seen everywhere as walls and edifices fell, and almost immediately after the quake, fire broke out in Kingston.

Part 1:

Instruction: Use the information from the sources to answer the questions below.

1. List three precautionary measures you should take to prepare for an earthquake.

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2. What does the acronym ODPEM means? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 

 3. Write two disadvantages of an earthquake. 

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4. Farmer Dan and his friends wants to learn about earthquake safety. However, they are unable to read. Your teacher asked you to make a presentation to farmer Dan and his friends. Which one of the sources would you select to make your presentation? give reason for your choice.

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Part 2:

Use the sources and the pictures below to write a descriptive piece. 

Remember to include the following in your writing:

• C.O.P. S and the hamburger writing strategies. 
• transitional /linking words.
• Capitalize where necessary.
• Indent your paragraphs.