Discuss any prior knowledge of Cyclone Tracey. Discuss how people prepare against a natural disaster. 3.1 Retell scenes from videos Report to class on group projects.
Find information from texts. Group discussion of Big Book - Natural Disasters. View videos. Read for information from comprehension sheets. Scenario for what they would do in a bushfire. Without Warning p 9-10 4.8b Search newspaper articles. |
Poetry writing. 3.12b Checking dictionary meanings. Catastrophe words for spelling and defining. 3.12a Write descriptive paragraphson phenomena. Diary writing. Brainstorming. Note taking from video/internet. Newspaper articles. |
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