“LIVE” NEWS-REPORT
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INTRODUCTION:
Good Morning/afternoon/evening. My name is ______________
reporting for “_______News”
It is ____ am/pm on _____________________(Day/date/Year)
and I am here live at the scene of an unbelievable disaster. A
terrible ________________(earthquake/tsunami/avalanche etc)
has hit the town of _______________________.
STAGES OF THE EVENT:
It first began with ___________________________________________
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This was later followed by____________________________________
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The worst of the disaster was then ______________________________
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CAUSES of this type of event:
While _________________(earthquakes/tsunami’s/avalanches etc) are
terrifying events, most people do not know why they happen. This type
of disaster occurs in the ______________ sphere. As for the what
causes this, it all begins with __________________________________
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This then causes____________________________________________
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THE DAMAGE:
This poor town of _______________________ has suffered a huge
amount of damage in this disaster.
(List & describe damage to : PEOPLE- injuries, deaths, the missing, STRUCTURES- homes, buldings,
bridges etc and NATURAL ENVRONMENT – animals, rivers, forests etc)
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Witness(es) have describe how terrible it was…__________________
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Emergency services have been here on the scene to help by
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This has been such a devastating/horrendous/unbelievable disaster that
more must be done to avoid such a tragedy ever happening again. We
could try to prepare/prevent such an event in the future by___________
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BRAINSTORM “PHOTO ideas” for the background of each section of
your newsreport: