The night of the storm: a short story
A story about a family trip that goes wrong in a storm and ends well; students study story structure, past simple and past continuous, time linkers and feelings, then write a weather story.
A2Adults35 minStory
About this lesson
An A2 writing lesson (story). Prompts, model texts and simple checklists — from a first email to an opinion essay.
- Level
- A2
- Skill
- Writing
- Type
- Story
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 35 minutes
- Topic
- Weather & seasons
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, Multiple choice, Matching, Gap-fill
- Key words
- storm, thunder, lightning, flood, power cut, torch, scared, relieved, when / while, suddenly, after a few minutes, so
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Write a short story with a beginning, a problem and an ending
- Use the past simple and the past continuous (was driving when ...)
- Use time linkers (while, when, suddenly, after a few minutes, in the end) and feelings