CHERNOBYL
When did the Chernobyl disaster happen?
1986
Which word means "strange and frightening"?
a. Eerie
b. Cheerful
c. Busy
A. Eerie
Which sentence contains personification?
a. Empty building
b. City whispered
c. City was grey
b. city whispered
How do you start a friendly letter?
Dear + name of our friend,
Why is "eye contact" important when you're speaking?
A. Engage the speakers
B. Not fall asleep
C. Stay focused
B. Engage
What caused the Chernobyl disaster?
Why was the area around Chernobyl dangerous?
a. Radiation
b. Reactor
c. Pripyat
a. Radiation
Which sentence contains alliteration?
a. Broken buildings
b. Silent Streets
c. Dark, dusty debris
All (However, if you were to choose one, the third one is the best example)
What comes at the end of a letter?
a. title
b. sign-off
c.question
Sign-off
Complete the sentence with one of these words: interrupting, listening, ignoring
A key rule to good communication is__________ to your partner when he's speaking.
listening
Which city was evacuated after the disaster?
What does "ruined" mean?
This word describes something damaged so badly it cannot be used properly.
e.g. "Chernobyl is a ghost town"
Metaphor
Why is paragraphing important in a letter?
a. longer
b. organise
c. fill space
B. organise
What should a survivor include in their letter?
a. Feelings
b. Random facts
Feelings
Why was there an explosion? What happened after it?
They were running a test, which failed. This explosion released a dangerous substance into the air.
What does "radioactive" mean?
This adjective describes material that contains dangerous radiation.
Create a simile describing Chernobyl
Student's own answers
Which one is better for a letter describing the accident to a friend? Why?
A: The reactor exploded.
B: I was terrified after the reactor exploded.
B.I was terrified after the reactor exploded.
The use of "emotional language" helps engage your readers.
What skills do you practice when you focus on your "oracy"?
a. writing skills
b. speaking skills
c. reading skills
b. speaking skills
Give two long-term effects of the Chernobyl disaster.
people becoming sick and land remaining unsafe
Use one of these words in a sentence related to Chernobyl: eerie, abandoned, ruined, radioactive, silent.
Student's own answer
Write one sentence a survivor might include in an informal letter about Chernobyl using one vocabulary word.
Student's own answers.
Which option is better when describing Chernobyl? Use it in a sentence
a. Empty
b. Frozen in time
b.Frozen in time
Student's own answers
What the synonym of "destroy"?
obliterate