Lesson 1
Face to Face with Hurricane Camille
Teaching Objectives:
1. To know the writing techniques of a narrative.
2. To be acquainted with some literary terms
3. To learn to use words to describe disasters and violence
4. To appreciate the language features
5. To learn to write a story about disasters.
Teaching Emphasis & Difficulties:
1. To enable students to appreciate the language features of a narration
2. To learn to write a story about disasters.
Teaching Methods:
In-class lecture and discussion
Time Span: 12 hours
Teaching Procedures:
I. Lead-in

Look at this pctures, and talk about the natural disasters you have ever experienced.
New words and expressions of lesson 1:
II. Background Knowledge
(group presentation)
1. narration and writing features
2. exposition and writing features
3. argumentation and writing features
4. harricanes, typhoons and cyclones
5. harricane Betsy and harricane
7. earthquakes
8. Red Cross
9. COVID-19

