1. Learn to write about a memorable day or event

2. Writing: events in my life Before you start 1.Word learning Read the following sentences and figure out the meaning of the color words according to the context. 1.When you feel tired of working in the garden for ages, it is tiresome. 2. After they angirly argued over the matter, there was an awkward silence between them.

3. This is an awkard question to work out in such a short time. They have to find out a proper way. 3.The audience kept applauding long after the curtain came down. 4. The old man had worked at the computer for so long that he felt a little dizzy and sick. 5. They made a clumsy presentation to the class for both of them were weak at English.

4. 2. Read the three drafts. Which one is the most interesting. The draft C is the most interesting.

5. 3. Let’s read and find out why Draft C is the most interesting. Please find some examples. 1. Outline A. Effective introductory 1. May 24, 2005 will live in my mind forever.( summary sentence) 2. The day started to go wrong the instant I left home. 3. But the trouble was only just beginning.

6. B. Effective sequencing words, phrases or sentences 1. … the instant I left home. 2. After waiting for ages,… 3. …by the time I arrived at school. 4. As I climbed up the stairs… 5. As he quickly passed me. 6. …during the lunch break. 7. When I left the stage…. 8. ….until finally… 9. Even then… 10. As I got to bed… beginning Development.

7. C. Effective concluding sentences. 1.So the day went on until … 2.Even then, my troubles were not over. 3.What a clumsy end to an awful day!

8. ① Attracts the attention of the reader. ② shows the order of events. ③ shares feelings with the reader. ④ used vivid language to make the writing more interesting. 2. Think about how the writer:

9. 1.Addressing the readers directly …and you can imagine how I felt by the time I arrived at school. 2. Questions Results? 3. Suitable adjectives and adverbs or other phrases to make the writing more interesting and vivid live in my mind; for ages; at all; a big mistake; boiling hot; booming voice; keep looking down; tense and dizzy; Tired and shamed; clumsy; awful

10. 4. Some impressive sentences ( think of some other ways to replace them) 1.May 24, 2005 will live in my mind forever. May 24, 2005 will be fixed in my mind in my life. May 24, 2005 has left a deep impression on my mind. 2. But the trouble was only just beginning. This was the first sign of terrible things occurring.

11. 3. The more I looked down, the redder my face became. I was burning with shame. 4. It came as no surprise that I was last in the competition. 5. Even then, my troubles were not over. The final horror came. 6.I heard a booming voice behind me. 7. What a clumsy end to an awful day!

12. *You’d better not use the same word or phrases several times in your writing. Can you find any in Draft C? Can you think of proper ones to replace them? 1.didn’t arrive at all ; arrived at school; got to school; reached the school 2. Climbed up the stairs; climbed into bed went /moved upstairs 3. Left home; left the stage; stepped out of the stage 4. Looked down at my book; the more I looked down glanced down

13. Write about a memorable day or event in your life following the advice given to you. 1. Outline (P97 writing help) Effective introductory Effective sequencing words, phrases or sentences Effective concluding sentences

14. 2. Attract the attention of the reader Addressing the readers directly Questions Suitable adjectives and adverbs or other phrases to make the writing more interesting and vivid not use the same word or phrases several times

15. Word bank words learnt in this unit characteristic of…, feel sorrow and sympathy, admirable, straightforward, gradual, painful, complex, puzzled, confused, disappointed, apparent, uncertain, amazing, awful linking words in narrative writing 时间状语从句 when…/ while…/ as…./ as soon as…/ no sooner…than…/ hardly (scarcely; barely…when… not…until… suddenly, all of a sudden, In a flash, all at once;

16. at that moment, just then, from then on, since then, after that, a moment later, in the end, finally, at last. Sentences learnt in this unit I thought it strange that… It is apprent to me that… It occurred to me that… The day witnessed… Now that… It was the first time that…

17. Homework You can use the ways given to you to make Draft A and Draft B more interesting and vivid.