Fifita @ Pt England School: June 2020

The day Vesuvius Erupted

Instructions:

This is your last trip out of the Time Machine and it has transported you back to 79AD (Over 2000 years ago) in Mount Vesuvius.

Your home is near Mt Vesuvius - What were you doing, thinking and feeling when you saw the ash cloud suddenly appear?

Complete the diary entry to describe what happened the day the volcano began to erupt.

Start Writing below:

Dear Diary,

What an unforgettable day! I was busy collecting water from the well, when the sun mysteriously disappeared from the sky.

I looked up and saw smoke coming out of the sky then I started turning back.

I started running away then the blackness that was coming faster and faster towards the people some people were screaming and running so people saw and followed.

They all ran behind me. I tried my best to go fast but the smoke became slower and slower. The sky was so dark that everything was starting to shake and a lot of people fell as the floor started shaking.

I looked behind me and saw Mount Visusvis erupting. Once lava came down thousands and thousands of people died but only a little bit of people survived.