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Volcano Acrostic Poem: V O L C A N O
Volcano Acrostic Poem: V O L C A N O
An acrostic poem is one where you choose a word or name and use each letter in the name
as the beginning of a word or line that tells something about that person or topic.
Write an Acrostic Poem using the word below. Use at least 7 words that
were made from the other side in your poem.
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The infamous volcano of Mt. Pelée looms over the village of St. Pierre
on the French Caribbean Island of Martinique. This sleepy little village
shows little of the grandeur of turn-of-the-century St. Pierre, which was
a vibrant colonial city, known to European tourists as the "Paris of the
West Indies." With its red-tiled cottages, rambling streets, and tropical
vegetation, this prosperous little city was renowned for its beauty. In the
official 1894 census, the population of St. Pierre was around 20,000.
Although most were native Martiniquans, the wealth and political power
were controlled largely by Creoles and a few French colonial officials
and civil servants. No one at the time could have predicted the horror
that was to descend on this tropical paradise with the reawakening of
Mt. Pelée in the Spring of 1902. The violent eruption of Mt. Pelée on
May 8, 1902 generated a pyroclastic flow that rapidly moved down the
River Blanche to destroy the small city of St. Pierre on the Island of
Martinique. The pyroclastic flow killed over 25,000 people.
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1. Where is Mt. Pelée?
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3. Which country is credited
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for the colonization of St. ____
Pierre?
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4. How many people died in
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the eruption? ____