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.
16 Responses
Wow this is scary what does everyone else think.
how did that happen
I slept through the earthquake 😛
That is SO SAD!
I really think this is a very serious situation especially that I felt it
Wow powerful stuff
I do not like earthquakes…
It was so scary we had to leave everything and then when we went home everything was destroyed. But at least I didn’t have to go to school yah
I’m happy that i didn’t feel it but i’m so sad and I feel sorry for all the people that got it really badly.???
I feel sorry for all of these people but I was asleep when the earthquake came, and luckily it didn’t hit Auckland that bad
Wow that’s amazing??
Wow thats bad!
Wow, I can’t believe I kind of felt the earthquake in Wellington.
Powerful Eh?
Wow i was there it was so bad but im in rotorua so ya but we had it pretty bad the floor was rolling insted of up and down
my heart goes out to all the famalies
This is so shocing and i feel sad for the people that suffered.