Australia will also help Tuvalu fight the sea rising and keep their country safe. They will give money to make Tuvalu's biggest island a little bit bigger. Australia will protect Tuvalu if anyone tries to hurt them, and Tuvalu promises to talk to Australia before making any big safety deals with other countries. The leader of Tuvalu is very happy and says this is a big day because Australia is helping.
Tuvalu is a very small place with about 11,200 people. They are trying to save their country from the sea that keeps getting higher. They even want to make a copy of their country on the computer in a place called the metaverse to keep their stories and ways of living safe.
Original news source: Australia offers climate refuge to Tuvalu citizens (BBC)
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Group or Classroom Activities
Warm-up Activities:
– News Reporter Role-play
Instructions: Students are divided into pairs. One student acts as a news reporter for an Australian news channel, and the other as the leader of Tuvalu. The reporter interviews the Tuvalu leader about the recent agreement with Australia. Students should focus on using the past simple tense and future tense to discuss the agreement and the plans for Tuvalu's future.
– Vocabulary Pictionary
Instructions: Write down key vocabulary words from the article (e.g., promise, danger, sea, rising, move, school, fight, safety, leader, metaverse) on individual slips of paper. Students take turns picking a word and drawing it on the board without writing any letters or speaking. Their teammates must guess the word within a set time limit.
– Opinion Spectrum
Instructions: Create a line in the classroom that represents a spectrum of opinions from "strongly agree" to "strongly disagree." Make statements related to the article, such as "Countries should always help their neighbors in need" or "Moving to a new country is a good solution for the people of Tuvalu." Students stand where they fit on the spectrum and discuss their reasons with classmates nearby.
– Future Predictions
Instructions: Students work in small groups to discuss and write down predictions about the future of Tuvalu and its people, based on the information in the article. Topics can include the success of the migration program, the impact of sea-level rise, and the digital preservation of Tuvalu in the metaverse. Each group can then share their predictions with the class.
– Sketch It
Instructions: Students are given a few minutes to sketch a scene or concept from the article, such as the island of Tuvalu facing rising sea levels, the cooperation between Tuvalu and Australia, or the idea of preserving a country in the metaverse. After sketching, students show their drawings to the class and explain what they've drawn and why it's significant.
π€ Comprehension Questions:
Australia has promised to let 280 people from Tuvalu move to Australia every year because their homes are being threatened by the rising sea.
280 people from Tuvalu can move to Australia every year.
People from Tuvalu are allowed to move to Australia because the sea is getting higher and it's putting their homes in danger.
Australia will give money to make Tuvalu's biggest island bigger to help fight against the sea rising.
Australia will protect Tuvalu by promising to keep them safe if anyone tries to hurt them, and Tuvalu will talk to Australia first before making any big safety deals with other countries.
The leader of Tuvalu is very happy about Australia's help and says it is a big day for their country.
Tuvalu is trying to create a copy of their country in the metaverse to keep their stories and ways of living safe.
π§βοΈ Listen and Fill in the Gaps:
has a special promise to help people from a small island country called Tuvalu because their homes are in danger from the sea getting higher. Every year, 280 people from Tuvalu can move to Australia to live, work, and go to school. This is the time Australia has let people from another country to live there because of the sea . Australia is showing that it cares about its neighbors in the Pacific Ocean. Australia will also help Tuvalu fight the sea rising and keep their country safe. They will money to make Tuvalu's biggest island a little bit bigger. Australia will protect if anyone tries to hurt them, and Tuvalu promises to to Australia before making any big safety with other countries. The leader of Tuvalu is very happy and says this is a big day because Australia is helping. Tuvalu is a very small place with about 11,200 people. They are trying to their country from the sea that keeps higher. They even want to make a copy of their country on the computer in a place called the metaverse to keep their stories and ways of living .
π¬ Discussion Questions:
1. What is a promise?
2. How would you feel if you had to move to another country because your home was in danger?
3. Do you like the idea of one country helping another country? Why or why not?
4. What do you think about Australia's promise to help Tuvalu?
5. Have you ever seen the sea? Do you think it's powerful?
6. Why do you think it's important to help people from small island countries?
7. Do you know what the metaverse is? What do you think about making a copy of a country there?
8. If your country was in trouble, what kind of help would you want from other countries?
9. How do you think the people from Tuvalu feel about moving to Australia?
10. Do you think it's a good idea to make Tuvalu's biggest island a little bit bigger? Why or why not?
11. What does it mean to protect a country?
12. Can you think of ways to keep your own country's stories and ways of living safe?
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