LA wildfires 4m4

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 4

What's going on in Los Angeles?

What's going on in Los Angeles?

14th of February 2025

At the end of the lesson...

- you know the possible causes of the LA wildfires.

- you can explain what's happening in LA.

- you filled out a survey for miss Rienstra.

Ps. somewhere during this lesson, ms Flantua will join.

Today's plan

- news video about the LA wildfires

- vocab exercise

- explanation video about the LA wildfires

- retelling the video

- survey

Video: BBC news 

What do you think could've been the reason for these fires?

Have you heard of wildfires like these somewhere closer to home?

Blackout

Power lines

Impoverished

Brush

To extinguish

Logging operations

Arson

Renewables

Infrastructure

Explanation video

- We're going to watch another video. In this video, the causes for the wildfires in LA will be explained.

- You have to make a word spider while watching the video, on your own!

- After the video, you will have to retell the story; so take the word spider seriously!

Finish up your word spider!

Retelling the video

- What happened in the video? Explain it to your neighbor.

- The person who's sitting on the left has to tell everything they remember.

- The person on the right: pay attention! You have to add everything your neighbor missed.

Some general questions

- Wat zijn de belangrijkste oorzaken voor de branden?

- Wat wordt er gezegd over klimaatverandering?

- Waarom denken jullie dat het moeilijk is om een oplossing te vinden voor de bosbranden?

At the end of the lesson...

- you know the possible causes of the LA wildfires.

- you can explain what's happening in LA.

- you filled out a survey for miss Rienstra.

Bedankt 4m3!