Rachel Banbury
The South Island town of Hanmer Springs was cut off from the rest of the country earlier this week due to a major forest fire.
Thirty residents were evacuated to the town’s sports pavillion after homes were threatened and the town’s power supply was also cut.
The fire started by a nearby river and then spread into 50 hectares of steep land and was quickly burning out of control.
There were 17 fire crews fighting the blaze at its peak, including four helicopters.
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.
24 Responses
i am so sad about Hamner
so sad that hamner spings was on fire.
Man that is so bad
that so sad
Terrible
no not the forest
🙁
I love the forest there but now its burnt ;(
anyone know how this hamner fire started.
the story is was very helpful for owr writing-leaning
The story was very interesting it made me think how it would fell if my house and town was on fire and nearly burnt down.
thank you for the ARTICLE!
i was there a few weaks ago
So scary.
so sad
that so sad
very scary
fire
W0T! I love fires, because I want to be Fire man 😀
terrible
boy hope thats over
hot hot hot it burns!
OMG!!!! IN HAMNER SPRINGS!!!!!!!! EEK
that fire would be scary if I was in it.
if I was in the fire I would scream:).
The fire started in the forest and it was burning all the grass.