Nombre: ______________________________________________________

Hora: 1/2/3

Extra, extra! ltimas noticias!

Parte I. Un desastre natural en Latinoamrica
Las instrucciones: Choose a current event involving a natural disaster that took place in Latin
America within the last 10 years. The article may be in English but you will record and share the
information you gather in Spanish. You may do a Google search to find an event but use a reputable
news source such as The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, BBC, CNN, ABC, USA Today, The New
York Times, etc. when recording your information.
El tipo de desastre natural: Un huracn
/ una inundacin / un terremoto / un incendio / una
erupcin volcnica / una explosin
La locacin del desastre: ___________________________________________________
La fecha del desastre: _____________________________________________________
Cuntas personas heridas haba? ___________________________________________
Cuntas personas se murieron? ____________________________________________
Quines son los hroes? Los bomberos / los paramdicos / la polica / alguien especfico:
________________
Un dato interesante:
____________________________________________________________________________________
Fuente(s):
______________________________________________________________________________________________
Parte II. Entrevistas
Las instrucciones: For this section you will need to speak with 5 other classmates to gather
information about the natural disasters that they chose to research. As you listen to them, record the
information they give you in the chart below:
Reportero 1

Reportero 2

Reportero 3

Reportero 4

El tipo de desastre
natural
La locacin del
desastre
La fecha del
desastre
Cuntas personas
heridas haba?
Cuntas personas
se murieron?
Quines son los
hroes?
Un dato
interesante
Fuente(s)
Parte III. Extra, extra! ltimas noticias!
Las instrucciones: Choose three events from those in your chart above. On the back of this paper
write a paragraph for each, separated with headlines for each disaster. Each paragraph should contain
at least 5 sentences.