1. What is the setting of the story? Which words and phrases from the story help you determine the setting?
Florida and hurricane are the setting
narrator says
"Living in Florida"
"my dad was outside boarding up our house"
b. they used to live in Kansas
"we're not in Kansas anymore"
c. black out... no electricity
mom said "if the power went out for an extended period"
2. What is the main conflict of the story? Are they resolved?
conflict is how people deal with a natural disaster
it is resolved because they survived it
a. narrator felt a lot of emotions
narrator said
"I was a roller coaster of emotions"
parents made it safe...they all stayed in one room
"announced that it would be our safe room for the night."
It was so surreal to lay there hearing everything but not knowing what was happening outside of our "safe spot."
"once-pristine neighborhood. It was now a disaster zone"
"I wish I could have just clicked my heals together and it would all be over"