Rachel Banbury
The new Beluga Airbus looks just like a beluga whale.
It weighs 125 tonnes – that’s the same as over 83 real life beluga whales!
It’s designed to carry very heavy cargo over thousands of miles, and this week it made its first flight from France to the UK.
A crowd of more than 10,000 watched the plane take off for the first time near the company’s headquarters in Toulouse, France.
Airbus’s oddly shaped jet is the first of five that Airbus expects to build by 2023.
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
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I Think Because
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My Questions
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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.
28 Responses
So Awsome
!Cool.It Actually Looks Like A Beluga!
If it was real that would be weird a flying whale.
That Looks Like A Real Whale
Weird, very weird
Really cool
cool i wish i could go on it it would be so fun
Take me on that please!
i want to ride in that plane so bad
that is so cool
cool very cool
Thats Hilarious!
I like the plane
that looks so cool
thats weird but cool
It’s so cool!
Want to ride!
That’s a new one.
Cool
I like planes
Cool
Cool
I like Planes
Cool
i would go on that plane it looks cool
i like fish not so much airplanes
haha I wish I could fly that plane
that’s the coolest thing ever
so not cool
So awesome
when was its first flight?