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Unit 2 Natural disasters
Integrated skills (Ⅱ)
Book 3 Unit 2 Natural disasters
Integrated skills (Ⅱ) PartB
Continuing a story about a flood
邵阳市隆回县第一中学 刘烨
Lead-in
Let's listen to a news report and find out what kind of natural disaster it is.
Have you ever experienced a flood before?
Could you share your exprience with us?
Let's read a story about a family caught in a flood.
Step1 Pre-writing: Reading
Task: Continuing a story about a flood
Mary and her parents
On a rainy day, in their house
Trapped in their house by a storm
The city
they lived in was flooded.
Read for the basic information
?
Plot
Story
How
When & Where
Setting
Characters
Why
What
Who
Task:
continuation writing
1. Content: What can you write?
2. Language: How can you write?
Step2 Planning your writing
When we continue writing a story, we should make sure the second half of the story matches the first half in terms of characters and content.
1. Content
Mary and her parents were trapped at home
.
Mary wanted to l but her parents thought it was .
by a flood
dangerous
leave
Beginning
Build-up
Resolution解决办法
climax
What should they do?
conflict
Ending
Plot line & Feelings
seemingly calm but worried too
nervous/scared
?
Mary:
Mom:
Caught in a flood
(Part II)
After a brief discussion, Mum and Dad made a decision.
Finally, the rain stopped.
Two given beginnings
Resolution:
Ending:
What would be the decision? What would they do?
What happened at last?
1. Will Mary and her parents leave the house or stay?
Why?
2. How can the family protect themselves?
3. Will any new characters appear when the rain stop?
Discussing for clues
1. Will Mary and her parents leave the house or stay?
Stay
Leave
Your Reason:
The outside is very dangerous.
In the house, there are some disasters supplies...
The flood would become severe.
If the rain don’t stop, they may run out of supplies...
2. How can the family