1. Bushfires in Australia:
Group discussion task.

2. The Black Saturday Bushfire
Location:
Victoria
Date:
7 February 2009 – 14 March 2009
Area destroyed:
450,000+ ha
Number of deaths:
173 (known)
Number of homes destroyed:
2,029+ houses, 2,000 other structures

3. Task 1: Bushfires in Australia.
You will be put into 4 different groups.
Each group will represent a different group of people who have been affected by the bushfire.

4. Task 2: Bushfires in Australia.
You will now be put into smaller groups of 3 and you must tell each other your account.
You must know write a news paper article about the Black Saturday Bushfire.

5. Task 2: Bushfires in Australia.
What makes a good news paper report?

6. Task 2: Bushfires in Australia.
Success Criteria.
Your article must be in the style of a news paper report.
It must be a report on the Black Saturday Bushfire.
It should answer the following Q’s
What is a bushfire?
How are Bushfires caused?
Why is Australia so badly affected?
It should have information about the “Black Saturday” bushfire.
It should contain two eye witness quotes. One from a fire fighter and one from a survivor.

7. Task 3: Bushfires in Australia.
Green pen marking.
You must go over your work and used a coloured pen to correct spelling and grammar mistakes.
It does not have to be green just a colour that is different from what you used.
This is Homework for 4/5/2011