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| The tsunami as it struck Japan |
Ko Tamaki te awa
Ko Waitemata te moana
Ko Ruapotaka te marae
Ko Mahuhu i te rangi te waka
Ko Ngati Whatua te iwi
Ko te kura takawaenga o Tamaki toku kura
Ko Tamaki te waahi
Ko Mr Horan te tumuaki
Ko Mrs Raj ko Mrs Parker Tofa toku kaiako
Ko Vaea te matua
Ko Atauloma te whaea
Ko Kaisara toku ingoa
When I say DI - you say SASTER, DI-SASTER, DI-SASTER. When I say DI wait, wait, wait hold on did you feel the ground shake? Whoa! Did you hear the waves crashing? It must be a disaster. Yes it is, the Japanese Earthquake.
On March the 11th last year a massive earthquake hit the coast of Japan with a magnitude of 9.0 at about quarter to six in the afternoon. It was approximately 70 kilometres of Tohoku.
Did you know that this earthquake was the fifth largest in the world and the most powerful earthquake to ever have hit Japan? Well this earthquake was so powerful that it killed 2,000 people and over 10,000 missing people in Northeastern Japan. It was also confirmed that about 5,100 people died and almost 2,000 were injured in Tohoku.
People said that during the quake roads were waving up and down causing buildings and houses on fire. They also said that about three to five nuclear power plants were badly damaged and were quickly taken down because of the tsunami.
Minutes after the earthquake a powerful tsunami was triggered in Tohoku making buildings collapse in a blink of an eye and sending off violent terrifying noises. The tsunami soon travelled as fast as a jet to about 10 metres inland to a city called Sendai. The tsunami began to grow quickly to the height of 40 metres which is about three quarters of a tree!!!
At the schools, teachers and students were shielded under their desks and tables. They screamed and screamed. The teachers quickly assembled the students in the playground and started to call the roll. While they were waiting for response the teachers noticed that seventy students were missing and ten teachers too. They heard the bad news the next day that those seventy students died including the teachers in this terrible tragedy.
How would you feel if your family had no water or power to survive? Well one million homes had no water and a massive five million homes without any power. How devastating is that?
You might be thinking what happened to the elderly people? Well did you know that the elderly were abandoned to go into the hospital? Did you know that fourteen of them died shortly after? Do you think you can help them make a better future and a better life? Do you think you should donate them money to make a memorial stone for those who have lost their lives? Yes? So why can’t you stand up for them and help. Please this is your chance to help Japan because maybe they can help you someday.
My preparation for my speech.
I went to different websites to research facts about my chosen topic. From these websites I collected a lot of information about the Japanese Tsunami. After that I started to draft my speech on my own. After I wrote my draft, I took a closer look at it and started to edit. I enjoyed writing my speech and I learnt so much from this sad tragedy. The next stage is to present my speech to my class and teacher.
