5 THE CULTURE PROJECT

A magazine article

How to write a magazine

PL AN article
1 Work in groups. Choose a tribal nation suffering from
Remember to think about the
climate change. Then complete the steps below.
following ideas.
• Agree on a tribal nation to write about.
• Decide which key words you will use to search for • Choose an interesting title.
information. • I nclude an introduction to your
• Find out as much information as you can and put article.
your information in a spidergram. • M
 ake sure you write three
• Decide who prepares each section. paragraphs: introduction, main
body and conclusion.
• Think of a title for your article.
• C
 heck your grammar and spelling
• Include an introduction to the tribal nation.
before you finish.
• Add information about where your tribal nation is,
what problems its people face, what animals they
have, what their homes are like, what they eat and
what the climate is like.
• Add photos, maps and drawings. less food –
reindeer can’t
• Prepare your section. eat
• Give your section to someone in your group to check.
• Work in your group to put the article together. weather getting
snowstorms in May
warmer and ice is
when reindeer have
PRESENT melting – Nenets and
babies – may be too
reindeer can’t cross
2 Present your article to the class. Remember to the ice
cold for them to
survive
include information about your tribal nation and the
effects of climate change, three paragraphs, photos,
maps and drawings, and the tips from How to write Nenets
a magazine article.
CHECK polar bears searching lakes have
3 Listen to your classmates’ presentations and for food enter the
camps and are a
disappeared where
complete the notes. the Nenets used to
threat to the people fish
What tribal nations did you hear about? and the reindeer

How are they affected by climate change?

Write down two interesting facts you learned.

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 NO FOOD FOR OUR RE
INDEER
The Nenets tribe live in
Siberia. It’s very
cold! They are nomads
and do a 1,000 km
journey twice a year wi
th their reindeer to
look for food.

The Nenets tribe live in

Siberia. It’s very cold!
They are nomads and do
a 1,000 km journey twice
a year with their reindee
r problems. The
to look for food. The
Nenets depend on their
reindeer to survive. The
reindeer provide them
with everything: food,
clothes, transport and
accommodation.
The Nenets have lived in
the Siberian Arctic for ov
er
a thousand years, but th
eir
way of life is at risk beca
use
of climate
change. They
now face the
following
temperature is getting
warmer and the ice is
melting. This means that
the Nenets and their
reindeer have to wait
longer to be able to trave
l.
If there was enough ice
on
the lakes, they would be
able to travel easily and
find food in new places.
Some of the lakes in
Siberia have already
disappeared
because of changes
in the weather.
This means that
the Nenets and
their reindeer are
finding it more
and more dif ficult
to find food. If the
lakes disappear,
the Nenets won’t be ab
le
to find any fish. Climate
change has also led to
other problems: hungry
polar bears have started
to enter their camps in
search of food. They are
a danger to both people
and reindeer. If they had
enough food in their
natural habitat, they
wouldn’t look for food
elsewhere.
If global temperatures
keep rising, many scien
tists
worry that the Nenets
people and their reindee
r
will disappear altogether.
We really need to try to
help these people find
a
solution.

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