Lead: English writing has always been a weakness of junior three students, and writing makes junior three students struggle in English learning. The following are the English writing skills I have carefully arranged for you. Welcome to refer to them!
First, the examination and conception stage
When examining questions, we should first pay attention to determining the style. Style will determine the tense of the article, and grasping the tense of the whole article is the key to getting a higher grade score.
Second, we must identify people. The composition of the senior high school entrance examination will have detailed settings for the situation, and the writer's name and background are clearly explained. So it is very important to know what kind of identity you are writing. Be sure to write in strict accordance with the requirements and settings of the topic. Never make up your own name or school. Such a paper, even if it is not named, will usually be treated as cheating.
Finally, pay attention to the main points and the number of words, and write an outline on this basis. According to the different levels of students, the composition of senior high school entrance examination in different places will generally give several points, and in the end, students will usually be required to give full play, which is also a point that students can easily miss. There are also some areas that are particularly demanding, such as Shanghai, where only topics are given and the whole article is mastered and played by students themselves. After determining the main points, you can make an outline according to the number of words required by the topic. Students sometimes count while writing in order to collect the number of words. In fact, you can plan when you write the outline. If the average sentence is 8 words, 80 words will be about 10, and then several sentences will be assigned to each point, and more sentences will be written for important points or points that can be played. After you have an outline, you can write your composition with confidence and ease, and you can also avoid writing too long and ending in a hurry. For a composition that only gives the title and no main points, it is even more necessary to give an outline.
Here are some writing skills of different styles.
The most common style of senior high school entrance examination is narrative. The most commonly used tense in narrative is the past tense, because narrative usually needs to describe what happened in the past. For example, in the composition of the senior high school entrance examination in Xianning, Hubei Province in 2008, it is required to describe an unforgettable Children's Day in the disaster area after the Wenchuan earthquake according to the pictures given. There is also a narrative written in the simple present tense, which is usually a description of social status, life, hobbies and learning. For example, in 2008, the senior high school entrance examination in Nanjing was entitled My English Learning, which introduced my English learning. When talking about one's plans or plans, the narrative will also use the future tense. For example, in Xiamen, I will share your summer vacation plan with you.
Another common style of senior high school entrance examination is expository writing. The purpose of expository writing is to provide information, which is usually used to introduce the characteristics and nature of things, which is more objective. For example, the essay "Welcome to Gong Liu Island" for the senior high school entrance examination in Weihai, Shandong Province requires a description of the general situation and traffic situation of Liu Gongdao, which is a very typical expository article. The most commonly used tense in expository writing is the simple present tense.
The requirements for argumentative essays in the senior high school entrance examination are also at the key level, usually giving arguments and arguments, and then putting forward some personal opinions at the end of the article. For example, in the composition of Lianyungang senior high school entrance examination in 2008, the harm of "white garbage" was discussed and personal suggestions were put forward. Argumentative essays are usually used to express their opinions, which are usually expressed in the simple present tense. If there are some existing situations, the argument also uses the general present tense, but if it is necessary to quote past events, it is necessary to use the corresponding past tense. In argumentative writing, it is easy to make a mistake in examining the topic, that is, some students often ignore the requirements of the topic after describing the opinions and arguments given by the topic, and finally put forward some own opinions, which leads to the incomplete views of the article.
The most common practical writing is letters. The content of the letter is narrative. For example, in the composition of Henan senior high school entrance examination in 2008, I asked to write to Miss Li, describe some problems in her study and life, and ask her to make some suggestions. And a letter of explanation. For example, in 2008, the composition of the senior high school entrance examination in Yancheng, Jiangsu introduced the traditional folk art of Chinese paper-cutting to foreign friends. There are also argumentative essays, which express opinions and opinions on certain things or situations through letters.
Diary is also a kind of practical writing, mostly narrative writing, but because diary also involves personal feelings, feelings and ideas, we should be particularly careful in the choice of tense. Generally speaking, the past tense is used to describe events, the present tense is used to describe personal thoughts and feelings, the future tense is used to express determination and so on.
A speech is generally an argumentative paper, and the purpose of the speaker is to persuade the audience to accept their own views. But there are also narrative or explanatory speeches, whose purpose is to provide information or introduce something to the audience. For example, in 2008, the essay topic of Anhui senior high school entrance examination was to introduce our school's group cooperative learning and autonomous learning to the American middle school students' delegation.
The senior high school entrance examination sometimes has the style of proposal, such as the composition of the senior high school entrance examination in Qingdao, Shandong Province in 2008. The purpose of the proposal is to call people to action, so modal verbs such as can and may are often used to express suggestions and imperative sentences. The end of a proposal is usually a slogan or an appeal, which must be concise and powerful and can touch people's hearts.
Second, the language tempering stage.
After the outline is listed, our exam steps are basically completed, and then writing. The process of writing is the use of language expression. However, in the annual composition evaluation of senior high school entrance examination, we can find that there are still many problems in students' language expression.
1. Influenced by China people's thinking, write in Chinglish.
Some students don't know how to express it, and the words don't convey the meaning. Many times, they use the method of directly translating China's thinking. For example, long before friend means "a friend of a long time ago". Although old friends are very simple things I learned a long time ago, many students can't reflect the correct phrases in the exam. For example, when expressing "We will go there by bus", some students will write a sentence similar to "We will go there by bus". The correct expression should be that we will go there by bus. These examples can clearly show the serious influence of China's thinking on students' English learning.
2. You can't express your meaning in complete sentences
Although some students have not directly translated Chinese thinking, they are also worried about how to express it. They can't use complete sentences, so they can only write some phrases related to their ideas and put them together. For example; I think I will read all the subjects, a few days in the eighth grade and other days in the ninth grade. As you can guess, I will spend a few days reviewing the subjects of Grade 8, and preview the subjects of Grade 9 in the remaining days. But he didn't organize his meaning correctly in English.
3. Only sentences with a single structure can be used
Sometimes, students can express their meaning accurately in relatively complete sentences, but the sentence structure is very simple and unchanged, and the whole article lacks bright spots and is boring to read. For example, I will do my homework in the morning. I will go swimming in the afternoon. I will watch TV or play computer games in the evening. This student can write the main points and his own ideas clearly, but from the sentence patterns he uses, it can be seen that his language is poor and he can only use a simple structure, and he doesn't know how to change the sentence patterns to make the article more colorful.
4. The learned sentence structure cannot be used freely in writing.
Looking back at our textbooks and teaching process, we can find that students have actually repeatedly come into contact with many sentence structures with great writing value, such as: so ... that ...; So ... that ...; It was not until … that … was not enough, and there were many conjunctions and clauses. Students should be familiar with these sentence patterns. If they are asked to do sentence pattern conversion questions, most of them can be easily completed, but in writing, these sentence patterns seem to have nothing to do with them.
Third, the stage of revision and improvement.
Students are now in the third grade, facing nervous preparation for the senior high school entrance examination, and there is not much time. The improvement of writing level is a process of accumulation. Is there any way to effectively improve the writing level in a short time? Of course there is. After all, writing in the senior high school entrance examination is different from our usual writing practice, and there are certain routines and rules to follow.
Students can collect the written expressions of the senior high school entrance examination in 2008 and their own written expressions of the senior high school entrance examination in the past three years, and then write a composition according to one of them every week. After writing, think about the difference between Fan Wentong's one-point expression and his own, whether it is a good model essay or his own. At ordinary times, you can also look at the compositions of the students around you and learn their advantages. See what complex sentences or higher-level vocabulary they use when expressing a question, and how they understand and grasp the main points. In this way, there will be obvious progress in writing.
In addition, students can keep their own articles and take them out for revision after a period of time, such as two weeks or a month. In a word, students should form the good habit of revising their compositions after writing them. Only in this way can we improve the accuracy, fluency and appreciation of writing.
;