How to Conduct Effective English Writing Training for the Middle School Exam

How to Conduct Effective English Writing Training for the Middle School Exam

I. The five-level requirements for writing in the English Curriculum Standard:

1. Be able to collect and prepare materials according to the writing requirements.

2. Be able to draft short essays, letters, etc. independently and revise them under the guidance of the teacher.

3. Be able to use common connectives and logical relationships.

4. Be able to briefly describe people or events.

5. be able to write simple paragraphs or operating instructions based on given diagrams or tables.

II. 08 and 09 Shaoxing City, Shaoxing City, essay questions review

(08 Shaoxing) VII, written expression (this question ***2 questions, 76 questions 5 points, 77 questions 15 points, ***20 points)

76. If your name is Ben, is about to take part in the Olympic Games volunteers interviews, according to their own actual situation to complete the following introduction, and in a sentence to explain you become a volunteer. Please complete the following self-introduction according to your actual situation and use one sentence to explain what you intend to do after you become a volunteer. (注意：文中所填内容必须全部用英语表达)

I am Ben, a student in Class 3, Grade 3. I am _______ years old. My hobby is __________. I work hard at my subjects and I am good at ____________. To be a volunteer for Beijing Olympic Games is my dream. If I become a volunteer, ___________________.

77. If you are on duty in English class today, please complete a duty report on the topic "Class News" according to the information in the table.

(09 Shaoxing) VII. Written Expression (There are two subtopics in this question, subtopic 76 is 5 points, subtopic 77 is 15 points, and *** is 20 points)

76. Eric is an exchange student from the U.S.

You have arranged to visit a space

museum with him today. Since Eric is not familiar with the surroundings

, please tell him the route to the Space

Museum according to the diagram and remind him not to be

late.

Eric, it is easy to find the

Space Museum. Just go across the _________ near our school. Walk down the street, and ________ at the first Walk on, and you'll see the Space Museum. It's __________ the restaurant. Please ___________.

77. In your conversation with Eric, you learn that the classrooms in China and the United States have some different characteristics, so please describe them briefly according to the following table and tell us what you think about them.

The Chinese classroom The American classroom

Characteristics Don't call the teacher by his name

Listen carefully and take notes

Raise your hand to speak Students sit face to face

More relaxed, you can have a drink

Free to talk about

Your ideas

Requirements: (1) The essay must include all the information in the table, and you can (1)The essay must include all the information in the table, and you can add more details as you like, but do not translate each item;

(2) The ideas must be in more than 2 sentences;

(3) The beginning of the essay has been given (it does not count towards the total number of words), so you only need to continue writing;

(4) The number of words is about 80.

There are some differences between a Chinese class and an American class. let's have a look.In China ___________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________

★★★★★★The real question: From the written expression of 2008 and 2009, the first question mainly tests students' basic vocabulary and basic knowledge. The first question mainly examines students' basic vocabulary and basic syntax, and there is no fixed answer, giving students free space to play, it should be said that there is not much difficulty for the candidates. The second question is a semi-open essay, and the topics chosen are close to students' lives, reflecting the two propositional features of "students' ability" and "educational value", so that each candidate has something to write about and will not run away from the topic. However, from the requirements of the essay, candidates are required to be able to fluently organize the text according to the content of the form, can not be translated one by one, and at the same time, students have to express their own ideas, which is a certain degree of difficulty for candidates, candidates are required to have a certain knowledge base and a certain degree of writing skills, in order to play the ideal results.

III. Strategies for coping with written expression in the 2010 HKCEE

How can we make students achieve ideal results in the HKCEE and bring out their due level? This is a question that we teachers should think y about. To a certain extent it can be said that who breaks through the writing, who has the ability to break through the high scores and control the phenomenon of low scores. To this end. We have developed a series of effective teaching measures. Teachers mainly focus on two aspects of preparation and rewriting, and students mainly focus on two aspects of writing habits and writing skills.

(I) On the part of teachers:

1. Make a semester plan and establish weekly writing training topics.

To give full play to and make use of the effective activity form of collective lesson preparation, in the first lesson preparation group activity at the beginning of the school year, closely focusing on the description of the syllabus and the content of the textbook, in view of the actual situation of the students' written expression, through discussion and research, to establish a purposeful, targeted and effective writing training topics. In accordance with the principle of gradual advancement and continuous improvement, weekly English writing topics were developed and posted in each classroom.

Making a weekly writing program is not enough. Whether or not students can improve their writing is not purely determined by the amount and frequency of writing, but by the effective guidance of the teacher, who must help students learn to write. In order to improve the efficiency of classroom teaching, individual talent into a collective advantage, weekly preparation group activities, a teacher is responsible for the main topic of the week's writing, well-designed lesson plan for the topic, the lecture activities, the lecture content generally include the week's topic of the teaching content, teaching objectives, teaching methods, teaching processes and teaching concepts, through the lecture, give full play to the collective advantage, improve the classroom design, effective Through the lecture, we will give full play to our collective strengths, improve the classroom design, and teach effectively. At the same time, the teachers are required to do a good job in the classroom to realize the resources ***share***, ***simultaneously improve the quality of teaching and make the classroom become vivid, interesting and harmonious, so as to stimulate the students' interest in writing. In addition to the monthly launch of a teacher on the writing seminar class, the organization of other teachers to observe and exchange, to promote the overall quality of all members of the enhancement of the quality of teaching and learning for the continuous improvement of the quality of teaching.

2010 Secondary English Writing Training Program

Week Date Writing Topic Textbook Connection

I

3.1-3.6 Topics about Character Descriptions, Hobbies and Interests, and Gratefulness

e.g. 1)Introduce myself/my friend/...<

2) The person I will never forget. B8(Upper) Unit 6 & Unit 9

B8(Lower) Unit 6

B9 Unit 2

2

3.7-3.13 Topics related to Language Learning

e.g. 1) How to learn English/Chinese well

. How to learn English/Chinese well?

2) How do you study for the test?

B9 Unit 1

Three

3.14-320 Topics about school life, extracurricular recreation, and daily activities

such as: 1) What rules do you have at home/school? What rules do you have at home/school?

2) How to spend your weekend? B8(on) Unit 7&Unit 11

B9 Unit 3

Four

3.21-3.27 Topics about plans and wishes

3.21-3.27 Topics

e.g. 1) My dream

2) If I had a lot of money, ... B8 (below) Unit 5

B9 Unit 4

V

3.28-4.3 Topics related to health, diet, exercise, hygiene and safety

V

3.28-4.3 Topics related to health, diet, exercise, hygiene and safety

V

3.28-3.28

e.g. 1)How to keep healthy

2)How to protect ourselves B8(Upper) Unit 1& Unit 2

B9 Unit 6 Reading

VI

4.4-4.10 Topics related to traveling and transportation

e.g.:1)Where would you like to go on a vacation?

2)An unforgettable experience B8(upper) Unit 3& Unit 8

B8(lower) Unit 3 & Unit 9

B9 Unit 7 and Unit 10

VII

4.11-4.17 Topics about Volunteer Activities, Showing Love

E.g. 1) What could you do to help people in trouble ?

2)How to be a good child B8 (upper) Unit 10

B9 Unit 8

VIII

4.18-4.24 Topics about customs, etiquette, holiday activities

such as:1)The customs in China/in foreign countries

2) The most important festival B8(Lower) Unit 7

B9 Unit 12

B9 Unit 13 Reading

IX

4.25-5.1 Topics about evaluating, analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of Topics

such as: 1) The movie/book /music you like best

2) The advantages and disadvantages of... B8(upper)Unit 12

B9 Unit 6 & Unit 9

B9 Unit 13 Reading

9

4.25-5.1 9

B9 Unit 13

X

5.2-5.8 Topics about environmental protection, caring for animals and saving money

e.g. 1) How to make our city more attractive?

2) How to protect animals?

B9 Unit 15

Eleven

5.9-5.11 Topics related to personal feelings, interpersonal relationships, and life's trivialities

e.g. 1) How to get along well with your teachers?

2) How to deal with our problems B9 Unit 1 Reading

B9 Unit 3 Reading

Twelve 5.16-5.22 Small topics about asking for directions, shopping, eating, making phone calls, giving advice,

invitations, thanking people, complaining about the weather, etc. B8(next) Unit 2,Unit 8 and Unit 9 B9 Unit 11

Thirteen 5.23-5,29 hot topics

2. Reasonable formation of writing groups, mobilizing interest in writing

In order to mobilize the interest of each student in writing, as soon as the beginning of the school year, according to the different levels and interests of students, let the students free to form writing groups, each group in general to the 4-5 students as a group, each group to give their own group to take a Each group gives its group a loud name and recommends a student to be the leader of the group. Each group should take the initiative to complete the following tasks:

(1) Before the teacher's class, the leader of the group is responsible for discussing and organizing the vocabulary, sentence patterns, and highlights of the weekly topic, so that the students can activate their original knowledge and expand their knowledge in a relaxed manner

(2) After completing their own manuscripts, they will score themselves according to the scoring criteria of the Chinese Language Proficiency Test (CLPT), and then the members of the group will exchange and correct the manuscripts, and the students will be given the same scores. Then the group members will exchange corrections and grade themselves according to the scoring criteria of the Chinese Language Examination, and then the group members will exchange corrections and grade themselves according to the scoring criteria of the Chinese Language Examination.

Attachment: Scoring Criteria for Chinese Language Composition

The fifth grade (13--15 points): clear expression, coherent lines, and basically error-free language.

Fourth grade (10--12 points): expression is basically clear, the line is basically coherent, and there are a few errors in the language.

Third grade (7--9 points): able to write the basic points, although there are more errors in the language, but still able to reach the meaning.

Second grade (4--6 points): can write a few points, but the language has more errors, affecting the expression of meaning.

First grade (0--3 points): white paper or incorrect writing, or many errors, not knowing what to say.

3. Evaluate students scientifically and improve the quality of homework correction

The merits of students' compositions are ultimately subject to teachers' criticism. Teachers usually provide feedback from two aspects when criticizing essays: one is on the form of language, and the other is on the content of the writing. In actual teaching, how can teachers give correct feedback on students' compositions? How to get the best evaluation effect? I think we need to grasp the following links:

(1) Focused guidance

To improve the level of students' English composition, teachers must be in the correction from the distribution of the content and structure of the writing to strengthen the guidance. I would summarize it as "phoenix head, pork belly, dragon tail" three pieces. Teachers should pay attention to the overall structure of the article, from a higher point of view, to seize the three key points to review students' writing.

(2) Diversified criticism

The diversification of the way teachers criticize students' essays can greatly improve students' enthusiasm for writing, we have not only used the traditional way of criticism in the past, but also increased the way students criticize each other, which can inspire them to actively look for gaps in the enthusiasm for learning, and compare with their own essays at the same time as they are criticizing the essays of others. They will reflect on themselves from another perspective and enhance their learning initiative. After students have finished correcting, teachers should further check and evaluate to promote each other.

(3) Humanized Commentary

Teachers can't be too single-minded in their comments on students' essays, but should use positive comments, first praising the merits of his writing or progress; and then politely expressing their own suggestions, such as I am glad you have made some progress. By the way, are you pleased with your handwriting? In this way, students will be happy to accept their shortcomings.

(2) Students:

1. If you want to write a good written expression for the examination, you should do a good job in preparing for it. In the usual study, we should make more efforts in the following aspects:

(1) Strengthen the study and training of basic knowledge of language. You should have enough vocabulary; ② Master the five basic sentence patterns of English; ③ Grasp the basic grammatical knowledge, such as: verb tense and voice, subject-verb agreement, the use of nonpredicate verbs, the comparative rank of adjectives/adverbs, etc.; ④ Familiarize yourself with idiomatic phrases and customary collocations; ⑤ Pay attention to the identification of similar words and easy to confuse words.

(2) Strengthen the reading training, cultivate the sense of English language.

A lot of reading is the basis and source of written expression. As the saying goes, "reading is not as easy as writing", so if you persist in reading for a long time, your sense of language will be strengthened, and your ability to express yourself will naturally rise.

(3) memorize some model essays and practice more.

Read some excellent articles at home and abroad, and even memorize some model essays to broaden your mind and broaden your horizons, and also consciously put an end to the Chinese English, which is the reason why you can read more in your heart and write more in your mind.

Pake grasp the skills, in the examination room to give full play

In addition to the usual preparation and training, the candidates want to write a high quality short essay in just a few minutes, in order to get a more ideal score, should also pay attention to the following points:

(1) carefully review the topic, clear requirements. Review is a good written expression of the premise, do the question should be carefully analyzed before the material, clear title requirements. The review includes "three reviews": review the style, review the format, review the persona.

(2) Capture the information, organize the main points. One of the scoring basis of written expression is the content of the main points. Therefore, in a careful review of the question, to understand the meaning of the question on the basis of one by one, complete and flawless list of content points (generally 5-8 points), and with an understanding of the appropriate and appropriate language expression; and secondly, to try to eliminate the Chinese style of English, not to mention the word by word translation of the Chinese language into English, so that the article is fragmented.

(3) Pay attention to the beginning and write a good ending. We all know that "Well begun is half done". From the previous years of test questions, there are certain material tips, and there is a clear word limit. Therefore, it is advisable to open the door to make sure that there are no mistakes, and it is best to do so in a fascinating way. In addition, the ending is also very critical to whether the essay can score high marks. A good ending can play the role of the finishing touch, but also to make the eyes of the teacher for a "bright", so that the essay, a high score is not yours. As for how to end, should be based on different genres of articles, or summarize the whole text, or show the attitude of the characters written, or stop, water to the drain.

(4) put words and phrases, accurate expression. After clearing up the points, it is necessary to form words into sentences. To try to use the text learned more standardized words, sentence patterns, examples. When you come across some out-of-the-way phrases or sentences, you can flexibly use the expressions you have already learned to get around them skillfully. For students with a high level of English, under the premise of being able to clearly express the content of the article, try to phrase it in such a way as to add, from time to time, "flashpoints", to add color to your article. And not up to this level of students, or try to use concise, concise statements to express, to be brief and concise as well.

(5) Organized into a piece of coherent writing. According to the main points of the completion of the words into sentences after the steps, to distinguish between the levels of the article, what to say first, what to say after the sentences rearranged and organized, so that before and after the coherent, constituting a coherent article. At the same time, we should also pay attention to the transition between sentences and sentences to be natural, can be added to the appropriate expression of the juxtaposition, progressive, cause and effect, turn and other relations of the conjunction, so that the article is more fluent.

(6) standardized writing, all at once. After all the above links are completed, the last step is to standardize and neatly copy the draft article to the answer sheet. A relevant, informative, clear, natural and fluent essay, coupled with elegant, beautiful writing, will naturally become a masterpiece.