ELABORATE DIRECTIONS Underline or highlight two additional pieces of textual evidence to support
the main
idea. One example
has been underlined for you.
About 20,000 people are feared dead after a volcanic eruption in northern Colombia.
Four forms in the Andes region are reported to have been buried when ash spewed out of the
volcano, Nevado del Ruiz, causing a mudslide.
The worst-affected was Armero, the province of Tolima's second largest city, about 50 miles from
tle Colombian capital. Bogota. Armero, which lay in a valley below the 16200-foot lugli
(4,937m) volcano, was virtually destroyed - buried by mud and rubble swept down on to it.
The fatal eruption happened during the night wien most of the town's 27,000 residents were in
bed. Nevado del Ruiz, known locally as "the Sleeping Lion", had not erupted for nearly 150
years.
Check here if you have at least 3 underlined or highlighted pieces of textual evidence.
EVALUATE
DIRECTIONS: Use the highlighted textual evidence from the previous page to fill in the
chart below. The first example is done for you. When you are done, check in with your
teacher.
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A volcano erupts in "Four towns in the Andres This supports the main
Columbia, causing region are reported to have idea because four towns
major damage and been buried..." (These are your were buried, probably
thousands of deaths. highlighted and/or highlighted destroyed, when the
evidence.)
Volcano erupted and
covered the towns. (This
should be in your own words
to explain who or how the
textual evidence supports
the main idea.)