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B3U2 Reading
Pupils’ lives spared during Falmont earthquake
What is the writing type of the two articles?
Novel
News report
Essay
Expository writing
Structure/feature of a news report?
1. What is the elements of a news report?
The title, the lead, the body and the tail.
2. What kind of information does the lead mainly cover?
The most basic information: where, when, who, what, why and how.
Structure: Inverted pyramid (金字塔)
The lead
The body
The tail
(optional)
the most important information
detailed information
background or supporting information
17 March
saved
themselves from an earthquake
The school’s safety procedures taught students and teachers how
to protect themselves
Fast-reading
The Lead
The Body
The Tail
Detailed-reading
1. How many deaths and injuries did the earthquake cause in Falmont?
It caused 7 deaths and over 200 injuries.
2. Why did Miss Brown quickly open the classroom door?
She did this just in case it became damaged during this shaking and could not open.
Further thinking
Through this video, what should we do during the earthquake?
shake
S:__________ under their desks, __________ the legs of the desks
T:__________ the classroom door
T:___________to her students to exit in an orderly line __________their heads with hands
S: _________still, ______ calmly and quietly
S:went down the stairs and _________ to the playground
opened
signalled
covering
moved
held on to
remained
waited
rushed
Detailed-reading
safe and sound
What personalities did Miss Brown and her students show in the disasters? Why?
Miss Brown was thoughtful when she remembered to open the classroom door during the earthquake. She was calm enough to sense the best time to escape.
Students are finely trained because they are calm enough to react quick and correct.
In spite of 7 killed and over 200 injured in an earthquake,476 students and 36 teachers at Falmont Primary School _________(escape) the disaster. Only 5 students suffered slight injuries.
The head teacher _