Earthquakes
A B2 discussion-writing worksheet with eight prompts about earthquakes. Students develop opinions with reasons, examples or personal experience, then compare their work with page 2 model responses.
What’s in the worksheet?
- 8 discussion-writing prompts about earthquakes
- Reasons, examples and personal experience
- Developed B2 model responses on page 2
Develop B2 written responses to eight earthquake-related prompts about experience, preparedness and city planning. The model page illustrates how to support an idea; this worksheet is discussion writing, not an emergency instruction sheet.
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A simple way to teach it
Before the lesson
Review earthquake-prone, evacuation route and prediction as vocabulary. Let learners choose hypothetical or general answers and skip distressing experiences. If discussing practical safety, use current local official guidance rather than treating language models as a complete safety plan.
- Read a model response and identify the main point and support. Separate recounting an experience from expressing an opinion about preparedness.
- Choose suitable prompts and plan developed responses, using extra paper if necessary. Encourage clear distinction between what learners know, think and are uncertain about.
- Revise for relevant reasons and clear organisation. In the prediction prompt, retain the model's distinction between prediction and detecting an earthquake after it begins.
Support and extension
For support, use a plan with idea, reason and example. For an extension, develop one city-preparation proposal and acknowledge a limitation. Do not require personal disaster accounts or assess writing by readiness levels. Page 2 contains possible language responses, not a fixed key or a substitute for authoritative local safety information.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
