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Unit 2 Nature Disasters
Integrated skills
Continuing a story about a flood
Listening
A1: Listen to the talk and decide whether the following statements are true(T) or false(F). Circle the incorrect information and correct it.
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2. knock an adult down
Flood safety tips
Before a flood
Prepare (1) _______________. They should include:
(2) _____________
sleeping bags;
(3) _____________
food;
drinking water.
Bring the (4) _____________________ to the upper levels of the house.
During a flood
Leave immediately and move to (5) _____________.
Move to the upper floor if you are already inside a building.
Do not (6) _____________ through the moving floodwater.
After a flood
Listen for official (7) _____________ to learn when it is safe to go home.
Watch out for (8) _______________ and power lines.
Stay away from the floodwater. It may be polluted and unsafe to touch.
disaster supplies
a light source
warm clothes
most important objects
higher ground
walk or drive
news reports
damaged roads
A2: Listen to the talk again and complete the notes below.
Listening
Step1:Lead-in
Caught in a flood
Step2:Reading
Understand the elements of a story
理解故事的要素
Setting
背景
Characters
人物
Plot
情节
when、where
who
what、why 、how
Listen for character and setting.
Character who
Setting when
where
Mary 、Mum and Dad
On a rainy day
In the living room
Read for the storyline and emotion line and predict the story.
beginning
development
climax
development
ending
story
mountain
Mary and her parets were trapped at home in a storm .
Mary wanted to but her parents thought it was too .
Mary and her parents didn't know .
?
?
nervous
scared
worried
leave
dangerous
what to do
happy
grateful
positive
be saved
Leave or stay?
Stay:
____________________________________
Leave:
_________________________________
Which choice may bring them more danger and why?
What may be the possible decision and who will make it?
What if Mary and her parents try to leave their house? What if they decide to stay at home?
Discussion
Discussion
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Prepare disaster supplies.
Move to the upper floor if you are already inside a building.
Don’t walk or drive through the moving floodwater.
…
If they decide to leave the house, what do they need?
If they decide to stay indoors, what do they need?
Do they have them?
What safety tips from part A can be used to help Mary and her parents protect themselves?
Discussion
If new characters appear, who are they? What will they do? What will Mary and her parents do?
If no new characters appear, what will Mary and her parents do?
Will any new characters appear?
Who are they and what will they do?
Writing
Continue the story by using the ideas from the discussion.
Remember to make proper use of dialogues, scenes and actions.
Write two paragraphs with about 120-160 words
After a brief discussion, Mum and Dad decided they should stay in the house/leave the house.
Finally, the rain stopped.
Dialogues 对话
“Mum, Dad,” said Mary suddenly, “I think we should leave here right away!”
“We can drive our car through the floodwater! Let’s just leave! I’m really scared!” cried Mary.
“We can't do that, honey,” explained Mum, “otherwise the moving water could wash the car away.”
“Don't open the door!” shouted Mum and Dad at the same time. “The water may flood in!”
Use more specific words to replace ‘say’
More specific words to replace say
cry, explain, shout, scream, yell, roar, whisper, add, continue, remark, repeat, complain, warn, reply, apologize, comfort, beg, refuse, answer, cheer …
Underline the sentences which describe the scenes.
The functions of scene descriptions?
Specify the setting
Create tension
Move the plot forward
Writing
Underline the words which describe the actions.
Tips on describing actions
Use specific verbs.
Use verb chains to show a series of actions.
Writing
Show Time
Group work
Writing Criteria(评价标准)
Your story should be positive.
Your story should be well connected to the given passage and the beginnings of the two paragraphs.
Your story should be coherent(连贯),logical and reasonable.
Your writing should be rich in vocabulary, grammar items and sentence patterns.
What makes a good continuation writing?
Caught in a flood
(Part II)
After a brief discussion, Mum and Dad decided they should stay in the house. They thought it would be really dangerous to try to walk through the water to get to higher ground.
“Mary, we’ll have to go upstairs and wait there,” said Mum.
“OK, Mum. If that’s what you think is best,” Mary replied uncertainly.
So they went upstairs and waited. Downstairs, water flooding into the living room and kitchen. All three of them were nervous, but at least they had disaster supplies, including food and drinking water.
Sample
Finally, the rain stopped, but Mary and her family could not leave while the house was still flooded. They listened to the radio and learnt that rescue workers in boats were coming to rescue people who were trapped in their homes. They waited for a boat to arrive at their house. Their home had been badly damaged, but they were all happy to be alive.
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