Anglia Lesson 5 - News in Australia

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Lesson 5 - News in Australia

Welcome to Australia! 

What do you know about Australia?

A big problem for Australia: 

climate change

Australia often faces wild fires, destroying forests and thousands of houses. This also affects the animals in the country, like kangaroos and koalas, because their habitats (= leefgebieden) are getting smaller and they have a lot of trouble finding food. 

Climate change is also destroying the Coral Reef: because the sea is getting warmer, the coral is dying. 

Scientists and climate activists are working very hard to try and save nature in Australia, like the people in the next video, who are trying to save the turtles. Watch this video carefully, because I will ask some questions about the video! 

The sand on the beach is getting warmer because...

1. ...the earth is warming up
2. ...the sun is closer to the earth than before
3. ...we're cutting down the trees on the beach

The hotter the sand, the more...

1. ...male turtles are born
2. ...female turtles are born

2 statements:  

1. Countries should spend more money on protecting endangered species (= bedreigde diersoorten, like turtles)
2. Other countries should not help Australia to solve the problems they are facing because of climate change

Exercise 1: 

Are you pro (voor) or against (tegen)? Write down 1 argument supporting your vision in your booklet.

Exercise 2: think-pair-share! 

Now, discuss your arguments with your neighbour in English. Do you agree or disagree with your neighbour? Why?

(Remember: everyone is allowed to have their own opinions!)

After 5 minutes, the teacher will ask some of you to share what you talked about!

The final assignment

Look at page 16 in your booklet: 

During the last 5 lessons, you’ve seen a lot of news videos. Now that you’re a professional news reporter, you’re going to record your very own English news broadcast. This will be done in groups of 4/5, and you have 2 full lessons to finish this assignment. The video should be min. 3 and max. 5 minutes long. You can find a list of useful language on the last page of your booklet. 

News videos

Your news video should have a(n):

• Beginning: welcome the audience, explain what news item you're going to talk about (short introduction).
  
• Middle: reporter that is at the location of the event shows and explains the situation. You should also include an interview with someone, during which you talk about the news item.
  
• Ending: summarise what you talked about, thank your audience for watching. 

Let's look at an example of the beginning of a news broadcast!

Write down words/phrases the woman says that you can use in your own video!

(00.00-00.55)

Which words/phrases did you write down?

Let's look at an example of the middle of a news broadcast!

Write down words/phrases the woman says that you can use in your own video!

Which words/phrases did you write down?

Let's look at an example of the ending of a news video!

Write down words/phrases the woman says that you can use in your own video!

(08.04-08.16)

Which words/phrases did you write down?

See you next time on channel (number) 

Thank you for watching

Hello my name is .... I am reporting live from…

Over to our news reporter, who is at the location of the event

My name is... and you're watching ...

In today's news...

Beginning of the video

Middle of the video

End of the video

Welcome to..

You can find more useful words and phrases in your booklet on page 18!

Next week: final assignment fully explained & work on your final assignment

Important: Bring a charged laptop AND phone!