A History, Art and Creative Writing Project
Stage 1:
Students learn about the city of Pompeii and what happened when Vesuvius erupted.
Show them images to help them create the landscape and the town.
An ABC of volcano vocab creates a dramatic scene: ash, bodies, crater, dust!
Stage 2: Roman people. Typical names, jobs and clothes are important for this section.
In pairs the students invent a character
Stage 3: Students write a story about how their character escaped (or not) from the erupting volcano. Lots of action and past tense practice.
All the sections are are put together and make up a great display.
Write some comprehension questions for other classes:
What was Magnus doing when Vesuvius erupted?
What happened to him?
Noone will forget these stories!!
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