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

1 2 3 4 5

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 /25