The document describes the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and its devastating impact across South and Southeast Asian coastal regions. It includes a poem titled "Tsunami You Hit My Island Home" describing the tsunami's destruction from the perspective of Sri Lankans. It then tasks the reader to write their own poem titled "The Tsunami" from the perspective of either Amanthi or Muttiah, two characters mentioned, imagining what it would have been like to experience the tsunami firsthand. The poem should convey what was seen, felt, and heard, and what happened to friends and family through structured stanzas telling the story.

1. Asian Tsunami - what would it have been like to have been in the tsunami?

2. MaldivesIndonesiaNicobar IsSri LankaMalaysiaThailandAndaman IsMyanmarIndiaBangladesh

5. "The Tsunamis has demonstrated that nature, and not mankind, is the real master"

6. Meet Amanthi and Muttiah

7. TSUNAMI YOU HIT MY ISLAND HOMEbyThrishana PothupitiyaThe day was clearThe sun shone brightUpon my island homeWhen all at once wailing, echoed from her shores.And it came whirling, swirling, churning and sweepingA monstrous twenty-foot waveWith a booming voice and mighty hurtDestroying everything in its way.For hours the waves swept inDevastating her shoresCountless people lost their livesFrom countless faces hot tears poured.It came so fast in swirling rageNo time to think, to save themselvesThe waves so high swept above their headsAnd swept back with their lives.Father and mother grievingFor their loving children lost.Little children searching everywhere,Searching for their parents lost.A grieving father stands by the seaHis dead son in his armsHis agony spread throughout the landAnd touched every man’s heart.The waves destroyed many homes,It swept off many lives.But through this pain and sorrowOur people began to rise.The waves shattered Sri LankaYet humanity it could not break.Compassion, love and kindness reached out to all, And gave hope in every way.

8. YOUR TASK IS.... to write a poem titled "The Tsunami"Put yourself in the shoes of either Amanthi or Muttiah - imagine what it must have been like to have lived through the tsunami...·What did you see?·What did you feel?·What did you hear?·What happened to your friends & family?dfgStructuring your poem:Think about how the content of each stanza (verse) - try and tell the story of the tsunami through your poem- Think about the poetry writing techniques you have learnt in English - remember poems do not have to rhyme!