Lesson 1,Book II.doc

Lesson 1 Face to Face with Hurricane Camille I Teaching Objectives: 1 To know the writing technique 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. II Teaching Methods: Communicative Teaching Methods  = 1 \* ROMAN III : Background Information 1 Hurricane ①Definition ②Where does hurricane occur? ③How many times does it occur per year? hurricane strong tropical storm strong fast wind which speeds more than 75 mph western Atlantic Ocean given a girls name; named alphabetically / ordered according to the initial letter 2.The similar storms in other places ①Typhoon typhoon Western Pacific Ocean or China Sea numbered ②Cyclone a vortex, usually hundreds of miles in diameter*image-2 3. How are the names of hurricanes and typhoons given? 4. Hurricane Camille 5. The definition of narration Simply defined, narration is the telling of a story. Face to Face with Hurricane Camille is a piece of narration. Characteristics of narration What When Where Who Why 6 Basically, it is composed of three parts a beginning a middle an end 7 Characters of narration Narration is concerned with a meaningful series of actions. It revolves around people, called characters, in some kind of struggle or conflict against other people, nature, society or themselves. protagonist leading character antagonist -- the people or forces protagonist fights against suspense -- a state of uncertainty 8 The order of a story Spatial order Chronological order Process order Specific to general/general to specific order 9 About the Choice of the Title Face to Face with Hurricane Camille: All headings and titles are generally precise and particular care is given to the choice of words. The aim is to present the article, story, etc. as vividly and as forcefully as possible to attract the attention of would-be readers. For exampl