Lesson One Theme ----
man vs nature
The literary style
A piece of narration is mainly developed in the actual time sequence. The writer tells the readers what happens first , what next.
The Literary terms
The essentials of narration: 1. characters 2. plot A good story has a beginning, a middle, an end, even though it may start in the middle or at some other point in the action and move backward to the earlier happenings.
dust which moves in a relatively narrow path can be devastating in its destructiveness.*image-1* cyclone -- a vortex, usually hundreds of miles in diameter*image-2*
The Literary terms
protagonist --- leading character
antagonist -- the people or forces protagonist fights against
suspense -- a state of uncertainty
The Literary terms
interposition --- a passage which is put between the action The purpose is to add more information to create suspense
The Literary terms
flashback --interruption of chronological sequence by interjection of event of earlier occurrence
The Literary terms
Narration is concerned with action.
It goes around people called characters in some kind of struggle or conflict against other people, nature, society or themselves.
4. To appreciate the language features 5. To learn to write a story about disasters.
Teaching Contents
1. The literary style 2. Detailed study of the text 3. Organizational pattern 4. Language features 5. Exercises
本单元教学特色
1、用图表和术语全面介绍叙述文的写作 技巧和方法，
2、篇章结构分析，抓住关键点将课文有 机的串起来，使学生迅速掌握课文。
3、独特的语言赏析角度，帮助学生把握 分析语言的方法。
Lesson One
Face to Face with Hurricane Camille
Aims
Time allocation
1. The literary style (narration) (15 min.) 2. Detailed study of the text (120 min.) 3. Structure analysis (15 min.) 4. Language appreciation (15 min.) 5. Exercises (15 min)
chronological development
The Literary terms
narration --- story telling extended narration ---
novels histories biographies autobiographies travelogues
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
denouementconfict suspenseending
The detailed study of the text
hurricane ---
1. strong tropical storm 2. strong fast wind which speeds more than 75 mph 3. western Atlantic Ocean 4. given a girl's name; named alphabetically / ordered according to the initial letter
climax -- the most exciting, important interesting part on the story,
denouement --- the ending of a story
rising action beginning
climax falling action
The detailed study of the text
typhoon ---
1. Western Pacific Ocean or China Sea 2. numbered
hurricane
whirlwind --- a general term/ circular wind tornado ---visible as a tube-shaped cloud of