This is a 55-page set of worksheets for the story "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis.

This also includes a 4-page story test.

For each set of two chapters (C1-C2, C3-C4, etc...), there are two worksheets:

* comprehension questions

* vocabulary and story analysis

In addition, this novel study includes a wide variety of differentiated worksheets and activities:

* story review

* language skills

* similes

* personification

* metaphors

* story reflection

* theme

* indirect characterization

* connections

* review activity

* cause and effect

* compare and contrast

* point of view

* letter writing

* w questions

* illustrations

* characters

* character analysis

* comic strip

* story map

* story elements

* book design

* news report

* critical thinking

* inferences

* summaries

* interviews

* crossword puzzle

* word search

* story test (4 pages)

Also, there is an answer key at the end of the file.

Worksheets for the "I Survived" series:

* The American Revolution, 1776

* The Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967

* The Attacks of September 11, 2001

* The Battle of D-Day, 1944

* The Battle of Gettysburg, 1863

* The Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941

* The Children's Blizzard, 1888

* The Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79

* The Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980

* The Great Chicago Fire, 1871

* The Great Molasses Flood, 1919

* The Hindenburg Disaster, 1937

* Hurricane Katrina, 2005

* The Japanese Tsunami, 2011

* The Joplin Tornado, 2011

* The Nazi Invasion, 1944

* The San Francisco Earthquake, 1906

* The Shark Attacks of 1916

* The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912