Source: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/The-Papers---Newspaper-Front-Pages-

Reading Geography

How can we use reading strategies to analyse a geographical media text?

You have 1 minute to skim read the text and find out the following:

What kind of text is this?

What is its purpose?

Who is the audience?

What is the text about?

Skim….

You have 3 minutes to scan the text and find out the following:

What set off the tsunami?

What is the combined death toll so far?

What was the magnitude of the Samoan earthquake that triggered the tsunami?

What is the capital of Samoa?

Name 2 initial effects of the Indonesian earthquake.

What will complicate the rescue efforts?

Scan….

What do you think the future holds for the people of Samoa and Sumatra?

1 week after the event…

1 year after the event....

Predict….

Useful words

Family, Friends, Housing, Jobs, Education, Health Care, Power and Communication....

Create a storyboard from the text. Focus on the events which led to the earthquakes and the effects which followed.

Visualise….

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

Empathise….

If you were the Indonesian government, what would be your main priorities following the earthquake?

If you were the government, who would you ask for help?

Question….