http://archives.cbc.ca/environment/natural_disasters/topics/1483-9922/
Listen to the above radio broadcast of Stacy Smith’s 1998 avalanche survivial story. Can you use this as a prompt for your own writing?
A survivor’s story
Broadcast Date: Jan. 9, 1998
Buried in the snow, Stacy Smith’s heartbeat slowed in the freezing temperature. Smith’s tent collapsed around him when a powerful avalanche tumbled down the side of Mount Baker. When he raised his arms to push himself up, snow fell like water on his face, suffocating him. “It was very quiet, terrifying really,” he recalls of his harrowing winter camping experience in this CBC Radio interview. “In that brief instance I realised there was no one outside to dig us out.”
As part of your Literacy homework for this week, we would like you to write your own short avalanche survival story!
Remember to think about everything you have learnt in class so far – setting, character, dialogue …
We can’t wait to hear your stories!
Mrs Eaton & Mr Shepherd.
Avalanche
Me and the girls just going away for two days when we went to bed just like normal. I look at the time about two’ o clock in the morning .When I was trying to get back to sleep and all I could hear was an avalanche coming I shouted help! And when everyone woke up the girl got out but not me just me the girls help me get out we was all already to just run we where all good
Ooo Billie-Jade I’d love to hear more..What did the avalanche look like? What did you hear? You can tell me your ideas in class if you like