Year 8 Project Homework
Due in Friday 7th March
Extra Extra, read all about it!
• Your task is to write a newspaper article
about a natural disaster
• You must include
– A Headline
– A picture
– Details of the type of disaster
– How and why it occurred
– The effects it had
Some natural disasters you could
report
Volcanic eruptions
• Mount Kelud, Indonesia in 2014
• Mount Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland in 2010
Earthquakes
• Great Tohoku earthquake, Japan 2011
• Haiti earthquake 2010
• Chile earthquake 2010
Tsunami
• Tohoku-Oki tsunami (Fukushima
disaster), Japan 2011
• Indian Ocean tsunami, Sumatra 2004
Hurricanes/Storms
• Hurricane Katrina, USA 2005
• Typhoon Haiyan, Philippines 2013
Year 8 Spring term project HW marking grid
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You have included an accurate, catchy
headline
You have included clear, relevant pictures
You have described the type of disaster
You have described how and why it
occurred
You have explained the effects of the
disaster on people and places
Pupil response
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