ENGLISH COURSE

Learning experience 04 “ Force of nature”

Student’s name: ______________________
Grade: ______________________
Teacher’s name: Daniel Cabanillas Gonzaga
School: Albujar y Guarniz school
Resources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0s2i7Cc7wA&t=7s
https://alchetron.com/Tilly-Smith
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/635504/if-i-hadnt-spotted-that-the-sea-
was-fizzing-then-my-parents-sister-and-me-would-all-be-dead/

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COMPETENCIA: SE EXPRESA ORALMENTE EN INGLÉS
I. Answer the questions. Raise your hand if you want to
participate. You can speak in English or Spanish.
1. What do you know about this natural disasters?
2. Have you ever experienced any of these
disasters? - When? What happened? Where
were you? What did you do? Share answers
with the class
II. Watch the video “Lessons save lives: the story of Tilly
Smith” and answer the questions.
1. What is the video about?
2. Which sentence is false?
a. She is a student.
b. She and her family were
on holiday in Phuket,
Thailand.
c. She had Geographic
lesson at school.
d. Her mother died during
the Tsunami.
COMPETENCIA: LEE TEXTOS EN INGLÉS
I. Read the text and do the following activities.
On 26 December 2004, Tilly Smith, a 10-year-old
British schoolgirl, was on the beach with her
family. They celebrated Christmas in Phuket,
Thailand.
Suddenly, Tilly felt that something was wrong. She
could see that the water rose and waves came up
the beach
She did not know about the earthquake in
Sumatra that morning, but she remembered a
geography lesson she studied it just two weeks
ago.
So she told her mother what she learned about
earthquakes and giant waves in her school
Luckily for the Smith family, Tilly’s teacher
taught the class about earthquakes and
showed them a video of a tsunami in Hawaii.
Tilly started screaming at her parents to get off
the beach.
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 They took Tilly back to the hotel, which
was further away from the shore, and
raised the alarm.
One of the members of staff, who was
Japanese, understood the word tsunami,
and ordered everyone to leave the beach.
From their room on the third floor, the
Smiths watched the terrible effects of the
3. Order the events of the story
tsunami on the area.
Thanks to Tilly, everybody from that
beach survived that terrible day.
1. Read the text and complete the chart.
Words I already know New words
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2. Read the text again and answer the following questions.
A. Did she celebrate christmas in England?
B. When she was on the beach, what did she realize?
C. How did she learn about tsunamis?
D. Why did she start to scream at her parents?
E. What happened when they arrived to the hotel?
F. How would you describe Tilly’s attitude or reaction
on the beach?
A. She remembered her Geographic teacher’s
lesson. ( ___ )
B. The Smiths watched the terrible effects of the
tsunamis. ( ___ )
C. She was on vacation in Thailand. ( ___ )
D. She noticed that something bad was happening.
( ___)
E. She raised the alarm. ( ___)
4. Choose two words from the reading and write a sentence for
each.
Example: Luckily, I was safe when the earthquake hit my city.