Current Events By Tim

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CURRENT EVENTS

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L.I: Find and summarise information about a current event

S.C:

I have found the who, what, when, where, why, and how

I have used my own words to retell what the article is about - THIS IS IMPORTANT!

Here is the link to your article: http://www.kiwikidsnews.co.nz/hundred-year-storm-hits-canterbury

TITLE: ‘Once In A Hundred Year’ Storm hits Canterbury

WHEN: It happened within 24 hours

WHO: MetService, Lyttleton and Canterbury

WHERE: Canterbury and In between Lyttleton

WHAT: Once In a Hundred Year storm hits Canterbury and hitting half the town of Lyttleton

WHY or HOW it happened: The Police and MetService said Quote “They had no idea what caused this accident to happen in Canterbury and Half the town of Lyttleton.

PICTURE ( Paste into the space below)

What do you think the author wanted you to learn from this article?

To be aware that storm may come to your home town and lead people to homeless places and never get their house fixed or replaced.

List 2 new words you have found in this article, then write their meanings.

Evacuate - remove (someone) from a place of danger to a safer place

Landslip - a collapse of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff

Paste the link to your work on the W6 Marking sheet