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. harricanes, typhoons and cyclones 

 3. harricane Betsy and harricane Camille

4. earthquakes

5. Red Cross

6. COVID-19