1. Who is the main person or group of people in this news article?
2. What was the key event from the news article?
3. Where did this event take place?
4. When did this event take place?
5. Leave a comment below about your thoughts on this article.
1. Find a quote from the main person in this news article?
2. In your own words describe what happened in this news article.
3. Find out where this event took place and include some information about this place.
4. Tell us when this event happened and explain what might happen in the future.
5. Explain in your own words why this event took place.
Current Events Web
Find the Who, What, Where, When, How and Why in the article to complete this worksheet.
I Think Because
Share what you think about the article and explain why.
My Questions
Write a question map about questions that you have after reading the article.
News Review
Give the news article you have read a review
KWL
Write what you KNOW about the topic in the article, what you would LIKE to find out and then what you have LEARNT.
Newspaper Bingo
Play newspaper bingo. Find a number of different articles to complete the grid.
Questions and Answers
Write a set of questions and then their answers after reading the article.
The Big Idea
Find the big idea by highlighting the 5 W’s and 1 H. then select 25 of key words associated with the article.
Word Investigation
Vocabulary exercise where students find key words within the article.
26 Responses
Sad
Wow. The earthquake in Samoa looks really bad.
oh no! Hope they are ok!
Scary
well lets hope for the best
That was good that there was no death reported.
oh no
and no people’s property ruined??!
what about that house that was flatted right in that picture????!1
All the best !!!!
Oh my gosh imagine
being in a tsunami or
earthquake
so they say this… Thankfully, there have been no reports of damage to the people’s property or any deaths reported. LOOK AT THE PICTURE!!!
not smona
I am really happy to say that there was no death or damages to the houses or the people.
lucky it wasn’t christchurch but it is still bad for samoa
thank goodness
YaY my friend lives there she said ” no one has gotten hurt that she knows of
im going to samoa soon scared ahhh hope they all ok!!
it is sad I had a old class mate that was from Samoa she would be really sad
I’m from Samoa and I’ve got heaps of family over there that just sad:(
That’s sad
I hope my family are okay! 🙂 🙂 🙂 ###
wow i feel so sorry for the people in samoa. i wish you best of luck on cleaning up samoa.
OMG that would have been soooooooooooooooooooooooo scary i hope everyone alright:( 🙂
that is so sad
all that in 1 week 🙁
that seems scary sorry to everyone that lives there
lucky I’m not in Samoa because that looks bad