内容正文:
Continuation writing
Watch a video clip and make a prediction.
Q1: Who are the main characters?
Q2:Is there any conflict between them?What is it?
Q3: What will happen next?
Q1: Who are the main characters?
Q2:Is there any conflict between them?What is it?
Q3: What will happen next?
1 Text
Analysis
Key Elements
When
Where
Who
What
Why
How
One dayduring this past year
To help me out of Jeep trouble
A Maxican family helped me fix my Jeep and refused my dollars.
I ,a Mexican family
On the said of the road
By helping me fix the car
Follow “5Ws1H”guidline to map out storyline.
Story Mountain
Build-up
Beginning
Climax
Resolution
Ending
Storyline
Emotions?
What happened?
How did the person feel?
How does the plot develop and feel?
What is the plot and what did they feel?
Story Mountain
Build-up
Para.1 My Jeep broke down.
A Maxican family helped me fix the Jeep .
Climax
The family wouldn't accept my $20. Then I gave the
wife and talked to the girl. (Para. 4)
Resolution
When I was about to say goodbye, the girl asked if I'd had lunch. My response & the little girl getting me the food/20dollar/tool...
After they left, I got into my Jeep and opened the paper bag. To find the food & money, my reflection)
Ending
Read for the plot
Beginning
Disappointed
Overjoyed
Relieved
Tip 1: To make the image of a character more vividly presented, we shall have a detailed description of his/her actions, feelings and even speech.
Tip 2:Always be positive !
2 Plot
Design
When I was about to say goodbye, the girl asked if I'd had lunch.
What was my reply?(About lunch)
What did the girl do? ( About the paper bag)
How did I react?
How did they leave?
No.I wondered why she asked such a question.
Went back with a paper bag.
Rawkward/embarrassed, grateful
I---waved goodbye
Car---disappear into the distance.
After they left, I got into my Jeep and opened the paper bag.
1.What did I find in the paper bag?What was my reaction?
2.What was my attitude towards strangers before I met the Mexican family?How did I change my opinion towards strangers?
3.What does the story intend to convey to readers?
Food/fruit/20dollar/tool...
moved/grateful/thankful
It eventually dawned on me that kindness and love do make a difference.
We are going to pass the kindness on to create a friendly world.
I was sick of the way most people hadn’t bothered to help.
3 Language
Expression
1. be touched to the heart 内心深受感动
2.be moved to tears 感动得流泪
3. Deeply moved by...,I...被……深深感动,我·…
4.Touched deeply/immensely,I...深深感动,我……
5.I brimmed over with gratitude when...当··…,我心中充满感激。
6.I nodded in gratitude, eyes glistening with held-back tears.
我感激地点了点头,眼睛里闪着泪花。
7.I dissolved into tears of gratitude.我流下了感激的泪水。
8.I was deeply affected by her kindness.她的善良深深打动了我。
9: Words cannot express how thankful I am.言语已不足以表达我对你谢意。
10. With my thumb up, I expressed my thanks/gratitude again and again/repeatedly.我竖起大拇指,一次又一次地表达我的感谢。
Use self-evaluation list to help you revise your work.
Is the tense (时态)used correctly?
Are some adjectivesused properly?
Are some conjunctions or proper adverbials used in almost sentences?
Is the first word in each sentence capitalized?
Are three writing rules used in your work?
Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.
—E. L. Doctorow
好的写作应该唤醒读者的感觉,不是说明正在下雨,而是要说明被雨淋到的感觉。
Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
—Anton Chekhov
别告诉我月正亮,给我看破碎玻璃上闪烁的光。
Show,Not Tell
Practice Makes Perfect!
基础作业:
Polish your writing;
提高作业:
Know well and can use the phase/sentences in the class.
挑战作业:
Analyze given materials for continuation writing after class , using the skills we’ve learned today.
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