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Facts :
- FIRES :

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OIL SPILLS :
- NUCLEAR DISASTERS
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- Unthinkable
"BRITISH and French nuclear submarines which collided deep under the Atlantic could have sunk or released deadly radioactivity, it emerged last night.
The Royal Navy’s HMS Vanguard and the French Navy’s Le Triomphant are both nuclear powered and were carrying nuke missiles.
Between them they had around 250 sailors on board..."
(The Sun)

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- Chernobyl's
story - From the explosion to the environment
- the disaster explained (BBC)

- VOLCANOES :
- STORMS :
- TSUNAMI :
- Tsunami Warning!
in Alaska - an illustrated story for Kids of ALL ages
(West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center)

- HURRICANE / TORNADOES
/ TYPHOONS :
- Hurricane
and Tornadoes - Teaching Theme (teach-nology.com)
:
Resource Materials - Downloads - Sites For Background Information
- Hands On Activities -
Web Quests - Interactive Sites For Students - Worksheets - Lesson
Plans...

- FLOODS :
- ACCIDENTS :
- SKYSCRAPER
FALL :
- THE GASHLYCRUMB TINIES :
- The
Gashlycrumb Tinies (macabre) - (evilcripple.com)
travail sur le preterit, le participe passé... en rapport
avec la mort...
Vocabulary :
-
Edheads Crash Scene Glossary 
ex : Skid: "A mark left by tires on a road, typically from rapid deceleration. Fresh skid marks have small pieces of the tire present."
(edheads.org)

-
Ways
of Burning - with
definitions and examples
(saberingles.com.ar)

Cliparts :

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Whiplash
(= 'le coup du lapin')
(burtchiropractic.com)

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Listening :

- @udio
Tube (Version BETA)
"Ce site propose des ressources audio au format mp3 libres de
droits pour une utilisation non commerciale.
Ces documents sonores ont été enregistrés par des anglophones (assistant(e)s,
professeurs ...) et remaniés à l'aide du gratuiciel Audacity..."
Les ressources audio sont classées par niveau du CECR et par thème
:
Introducing / Suggesting / Coffee / Telling a story: an
accident...
+ Teacher's Documents
(Ac. Orléans-Tours)
Conversation Questions
: 
INTERACTIVE exercises
:
- Weather
Definitions
"Do you know the difference between a tornado watch and tornado
warning?
Or, how about the difference between freezing rain or sleet?
Test your knowledge of commmon weather terms with this quiz."

- Disaster
Vocabulary - (a4esl)
ex :
"When the land violently moves or shakes especially around fault
lines it's called an ___"
- Natural
disasters (British Council) - Lien modifié
Here are ten of the world's natural disasters. Can you put the pictures
into the right boxes?

- Volcanoes of the United States Matching Game - LIEN MODIFIE
"Rocky wants to go on a trip and see some of the volcanoes of
the USA.
In order to see those volcanoes, he has to know which states they
are in.
Help Rocky plan his trip by showing him where each volcano on his
list is at.
Use your mouse to click on the name of a volcano.
Then click on the state you think that volcano is in."
Exercises TO PRINT
:
- "Link to an article, SOME
NATURAL DISASTERS and/or CATASTROPHES, - Lien modifié
which lists facts and relates stories about the following
types of natural disasters and catastrophes :
avalanches, diseases, drought, earthquakes, environmental disasters,
flooding, locusts, storms, volcanic activity and wild fires. Read
the texts, and try to answers the questions."
(British Council)

- Forces
of Nature Vocabulary Quiz (Teach-nology)
- Reading
Comprehension Worksheet : Forces Of Nature (Teach-nology)
- TSUNAMI :
- Tsunami
Activities: Printouts, Quizzes, and other Activities (Enchanted
Learning)
- Explosive
Vocabulary! (Frankie Meehan)
"The vocabulary used for talking about fire, explosions,
natural disasters etc. is often used to talk about other kinds of
problems as well. Look at the examples below and work out
what two things are being compared."
Lesson plans :
- Hurricane
Katrina Resources (readinga-z.com)
"In addition to the book Hurricanes, the packet provides
charts, a glossary, and activity sheets about hurricanes in general
and Hurricane Katrina in particular.
The packet also provides information on how to cope with the aftermath
and how to prepare for future emergencies."
Hurricanes - Book
Hurricanes - Color Cover
Resource Packet - Activities
Resource Packet - Charts and Diagrams
Resource Packet - Coping
- Eiffel
Tower parachutist dies - a lesson plan (breakingnewsenglish.com)

THE ARTICLE
WARM-UPS
BEFORE READING / LISTENING
WHILE READING / LISTENING
AFTER READING
LANGUAGE
DISCUSSION
SPEAKING (Publicity stunts)
LISTENING
HOMEWORK
- Killer
tsunamis strike Asia (December 2004) - a lesson plan with
:

- PRE-READING IDEAS : 1. WORD SEARCH - 2. TRUE / FALSE - 3. DEFINITIONS
(Matching) 4. SYNONYM MATCH - 5. PHRASE MATCH
- WHILE READING ACTIVITIES : 1. GAP-FILL - 2. TRUE/FALSE - 3.
DEFINITIONS - 4. SYNONYM MATCH - 5. PHRASE MATCH - 6. QUESTIONS - 7.
VOCABULARY
- POST READING IDEAS : 1. GAP-FILL - 2. QUESTIONS - 3. VOCABULARY
- 4. STUDENT-GENERATED SURVEY - 5. 'WAVE'/ 'QUAKE' - 6. DISCUSSION ("Have
you ever ... ?) 7. AID NOW
- HOMEWORK : 1. VOCAB EXTENSION - 2. INTERNET / WEB LINKS - 3.
YOUR PLAN OF ACTION (Create a poster...) - 4. EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT
(Breaking News English)
Webquests :
INTERACTIVE games
:
Games TO PRINT :
Proverbs :
Songs :
- Wreck
On The Highway sung by Bruce Springsteen :
"Last night I was out driving
Coming home at the end of the working day
I was riding alone through the drizzling rain
On a deserted stretch of a county two-lane
When I came upon a wreck on the highway"
(lyrics007.com)
- the Video (YouTube) 
Cartoons :
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2004
(cagle.com)

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The next
wave
(cagle.com)

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Help!
(cagle.msnbc.com)

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Enough
(cagle.com)

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California
Wildfires
(cagle.com)

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Videos :

- Video
BarclayCard - De catastrophe en catastrophe...
: un matin très particulier (videorigolo.com)
- Olympics
- a FLASH animation (pagesperso-orange.fr/prof.danglais)
- Lien modifié

- The
Unfortunate Alphabet - an animation - 32.9 Mo (milkandcookies.com)
"Synopsis: Children often learn the Alphabet by using key words
to remember the letters.
This version of the alphabet gives you some unfortunate ways to remember
the letters."
- The
Lycette Bros. Illustrated Alphabet of Unfortunate Chance
- 404 Kb (abc.net.au)
"Out for a morning stroll, the ever polite Monsieur Maurice
contentedly and happily enters into scene after scene of an unfortunate
nature without whimper or protest...
We had the desire to make a piece that would take its inspiration from
18th century children's nursery rhymes - combining black humour with
quaint illustrative linework."

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