Survival in the Andes

Survival in the Andes

Reading

Lesson 62 -63 / Close Up Page 84-85

English Book 1

Success Criteria

By the end of the lesson, I will be able to:

• Read the “Breaking News” and answer the 3Ws (Who/Where/What).

• Read the article and predict what happened to the survivors.

• Answer 5 questions based on the article in the Exam Task.

• Share with the class what would they do if they got lost in a foreign country and list one thing that could not survive without.

Flight 571 plane crash 1972.

Before we read.... let's watch the trailer

I AM ALIVE - Surviving the Andes

Open Ended

Who are the people in the story and where were they?

Open Ended

Where were they going? What do you think happened next?

Background Information

Exam Close - Up

Reading for general understanding

1. Understand the message

2. Read without worrying about new vocabulary.

3. Make notes about each paragraph.

4. Think about the ideas in the text.

Exam Task

Read the text again and the following questions. For each question, choose the correct answer.

Multiple Choice

What is the writer doing in this text?

• giving advice on how to survive

• explaining incredible past events

• showing that air travel was dangerous

• writing an imaginative story

Multiple Choice

Why were the three men disappointed?

• The view from the mountain was not very good.

• They didn't know how to return to the plane.

• They realised they had more problems.

• They had not brought enough warm clothes.

Multiple Choice

Vizintin return to the crash site because

• he had lost hope.

• he didn't agree with Parrado's solution.

• he didn't want to walk any further.

• there wasn't enough food for three people.

Multiple Choice

Parrado and Canessa knew they were close to safety because

• they saw things that belonged to people.

• they discovered a river.

• they had been walking for ten days.

• there were flowers in the snow.

Multiple Choice

Which best describes what happened to the people on Flight 571?

• The survivors of the crash waited for many weeks in the plane for someone to find and rescue them.

• Tragically, 29 people died when the plane crashed.

• In a terrible situation, and with no hope at all, the survivors found a way to save themselves.

• To stay warm in the freezing cold, they wore the clothes of the people who had died in the crash.

Find the meaning of the following words in the text. Then, complete the sentences in the next slide.

Fill in the Blanks

You will

the car if you don't know how to drive it properly.

Fill in the Blanks

It is possible to

in the jungle if you know how to find food.

Fill in the Blanks

There were many problems and Harry didn't

them very well.

Fill in the Blanks

They were in the middle of the desert so nobody could

them.

Fill in the Blanks

After we

the river, we'll rest before we cross to the other side.

Fill in the Blanks

Rescue teams will continue to

for the missing mountain climbers.

Open Ended

Do you think you would cope with the situation if you got lost in a foreign country? Why/Why not?

Open Ended

What one thing could you not survive without?

The survivors

Roberto Canessa / Nando Parrado / Antonio Vizintin