After that, Don Walsh helped other people learn about the ocean. He taught students, helped make the ocean safer, and told people about the dangers of going underwater. He was happy when another man did the same deep dive and when his son also went down into the deep water. Don Walsh helped us know more about the ocean. Now, because of new tools, we can learn even more about the deep water and how it helps our world.

Original news source: Don Walsh: The man who made the deepest ever dive (BBC)

– Charades
Instructions: Write down words from the article (e.g., ocean, boat, dive, deep, water) on slips of paper. Students take turns picking a word and acting it out without speaking. The rest of the class tries to guess the word. This will help students associate the vocabulary with physical actions and reinforce their understanding.
– News Reporter Role-play
Instructions: Divide the class into pairs. One student is the reporter, and the other is Don Walsh. The reporter interviews "Don Walsh" about his journey to the bottom of the ocean. Provide students with question prompts such as "How did you feel going down into the ocean?" and "What did you see in the underwater boat?" This activity encourages speaking practice and use of past tense.
– Word Association
Instructions: Start with the word "ocean" and ask a student to say the first word that comes to mind related to the article. The next student continues with another associated word. Keep going around the class, building a chain of related words. This reinforces vocabulary from the article and encourages quick thinking in English.
– Sketch It
Instructions: Read a sentence from the article and have the students draw what they imagine based on that sentence. For example, "They went down in a special underwater boat called Trieste." Students can share their drawings and describe them to the class, practicing their speaking and listening skills.
– Vocabulary Pictionary
Instructions: Write vocabulary words from the article on cards (e.g., ocean, Trieste, dive, safety, tools). Split the class into two teams. A student from one team draws a card and then draws the word on the board without speaking or writing letters. Their team must guess the word within a time limit. This game helps with word recognition and team-building.

A man named Don Walsh went very deep into the ocean a ? time ago. He was the ? person to go to the deepest part of the ocean with another man named Jacques. They went down in a special underwater boat called Trieste. It took them five ? to go down, down, down into the water. This was a very big deal because no one had ever ? it before. After that, Don Walsh helped other people learn about the ocean. He taught students, helped ? the ocean safer, and told people about the dangers of going underwater. He was happy when another man did the same ? dive and when his son also went down into the deep water. Don Walsh helped us ? more about the ocean. Now, because of new ?, we can learn even more about the deep water and how it helps our world.

1. What is the ocean?
2. Do you like to swim in water? Why or why not?
3. How would you feel if you went down, down, down into the deep water?
4. What is a boat?
5. Have you ever been on a boat? What was it like?
6. What do you think is at the bottom of the ocean?
7. Do you think it is important to learn about the ocean? Why?
8. What animals live in the ocean?
9. Would you like to see what is under the water? Why or why not?
10. Do you think it is scary to go deep into the ocean? Why or why not?
11. What is a tool? Can you name a tool?
12. How do you think tools can help us learn about the ocean?

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