Natural Disasters

Natural disasters are not wanted but Inevitable. We can’t do anything against it. We better be prepared for what it may come.

The following activities are for you to understand that there is something that we can do to protect ourselves. Also to review the topic of past tense, work on the writing ability and learn new vocabulary related to natural disasters.

*Some activities require the use of dropbox, you will upload your homework here. If you don't have it, you must download it DROPBOX

Activity 1

 Watch the following video to learn what the most tragical ones were. Remember to turn on the Close Caption (cc) in English.

Which one of those disasters scared you the most and why? Mention at least three disasters with the explanation why they scared you the most. Post your answer in the comment section. Comment until February 25^th

Activity 2

In word write a sentence for word that you heard in the video. You must upload the file with your sentences to the dropbox folder “Natural disasters”

Deadly                            Aftershock                    Wave

Damage                          Meltdown                      Flood

Aftermath                       Earthquake                     Drown

Casualty                         Famine                           Rebuild

Activity 3

Solve the following puzzle, it contains some of the words on the previous activity. For this activity you will have to print out the puzzle and bring it to the february 27th class as a homework.

Activity 4

Go to this site and choose what natural disaster you want to simulate and try not to have casualties as possible. Make sure that the page is in English, I not you will have to change it. Finally you will upload the picture of your simulator to dropbox:

Example of picture

*You have until February 27^th   upload your photo

Activity 5

Write a newspaper note here of a different disaster that you used in the simulator. You will have to name the newspaper, put a date and make a headline. Remember that spelling and grammar have to be accurate because that is what will be graded. Your note must be at least 300 words long. You have until February 28^th to upload your newspaper note to dropbox

Conclusion

After all we went through the web we could see that disasters are among us and that we should know how to deal with them. In class we will have a debate about what is correct to do or not to do in these type of emergencies. 

Be careful out there!

Assessment 

Activity	Task	Grade
1	Mention the three disasters and gives a reasonable explanation why they were scary for the person in particular. And makes it on time	0 – 1 points
2	Do the 12 sentences required with correct spelling and grammar. Upload the file on time.	0 – 2 points
3	Solves the puzzle correctly and brings it as homework for february's 27th class	0 – 1 points
4	Uses the simulator and does not have many casualties. Uploads the picture on time.	0 – 2 points
5	The newspaper note has at least 300 words and has correct spelling and grammar. Uploads the image on time	0- 3 points