English Writing Made by Xu jun Part One

I. Some Problems You Often Meet in Your Writing and the Way Out. 1. Having too few vocabularies 2. Do not know if the sentences are correct 3. Translate the sentences in a Chinese way

The way out In order to write out good sentences in English, you must try you best to learn the sentences you have learned before by heart. Read the texts again and again, use the sentences you have met in your text books, do not make a sentence in a Chinese way.

4. Do not know how to make a beginning of the text Step 1: catch the main idea Step 2: create outlines Step 3: make out the introduction paragraph Step 4: write out the topic sentence of each paragraph

My first day in school main idea Introduction paragraph 1st paragraph Topic sentence Develop sentence 1 Develop sentence 2 Develop sentence Paragraph 2 Topic sentence Develop sentence 1 Develop sentence 2 Develop sentence

Conclusion Headline Introduction Body Text Ending

5. While writing, unable to continue Learning how to write a development sentence will help you. 6. Do not know where to make another paragraph Learn how to connect with the paragraphs 7. Do not know how to end the text Learn how to make a concluding sentence and concluding paragraph 8. Do not know how to check the composition The more you go over your writing, the less mistakes you will have.

II.The Key points of texts  Word  Sentence  Paragraph  composition T p1 p2 p3 p4... s1s2 s3 s4... w1w2w3w4...

III. The types of compositions 1. exposition 2. argumentation 3. narration 4. description

IV. The chief methods of writing 1. time order 2. space order 3. definition 4. cause & effect 5. comparison & contrast 6. example & illustration

V. Notes to your writing 1. Use direct, simple and short sentence e.g. ×It is frequently her custom to come and see us on Sunday. √She frequently comes to see us on Sunday. √It is her custom to come and see us on Sunday. 2. Avoid too many pronouns e.g. Tom and Rose are classmate. He likes swimming, while she likes skating. One day she and he went out together, she talked much but he said no words.

3. Use more active voice sentences and less passive voice sentences e.g. × English is being learned by us. The text is read every day. √We are learning English, and we read the text every day. 4. Try to take in the sentence patterns and idioms, do not use too many slang words. ×I’ve walked so much today my dogs are really killing me. √ I’ve walked so much today that my feet are really hurt.

5. Make use of quotations properly “Never too old to learn”, we have so much to learn in the future. 6. Avoid the short form of the words × I don’t know. (informal) √I do not know. (formal) 7. When practice writing, use double space for your easy correcting. ×I was much disappointed not to be able to went to the jazz concert on last Friday. √I was very disappointed not to be able to go to the jazz concert last Friday.

VI. How to make a good sentence 1. Unity: one idea in one sentence ×Shakespeare is perhaps the world’s greatest dramatist, and married when he was only eighteen. √On the evening of Monday, the 15th of September, three days before the date of examination, Mr. Lee received a letter from his father.

2. Emphasis We will never surrender. We will NEVER surrender. We will never, never surrender. Never will we surrender. My name is John. Jone is my name.

3. Coherence ×We saw many dead soldiers riding across the battle field. √Riding across the battle field, we saw many dead soldiers.

4. Use sentence patterns and idioms e.g. There is (are)... ×China has a large number of beautiful places. √There are a large number of beautiful places in China.

VII. Steps for ABC writers  Be sure to catch the topic and main idea. e.g. The Advantages of Travel  Collecting the writing materials 1. Seeing strange and different people 2. Meeting people with different interests 3. Different food 4. Practicing a foreign language

5. Other people’s customs 6. Seeing big cities like New York, London. 7. Seeing places read in books 8. Making me understand how people live 9. How things are made in fig factories 10. Beautiful scenery 11. Making me less narrow-minded 12. Gaining knowledge of geography 13. Gaining other knowledge

 Make outlines According to the time order, space order to arrange the paragraphs. (1) Introductory paragraph 1. Place of interest 2. People and their habits (2) Places of interest 1. Seeing places read in books 2. Seeing big cities like New York, London.

3. How things are made in big factories 4. Beautiful scenery (3) People and their habits 1. Seeing stranger and different people 2. Meeting people with different interests 3. Different food 4. Practicing a foreign language 5. Other people’s customs 6. Making me understand how people live

(4) Conclusion 1. Making me less narrow-minded 2. Gaining knowledge of geography 3. Gaining other knowledge  Writing the body part in details. topic sentence development sentences paragraphs compositions  Correcting

Practice  Topic: Mountain climbing Materials: Seeing a beautiful sunset on the top of the mountain. Singing in the beginning Preparing the equipment Planning to climb the mountain Deciding to go on Sunday morning

Reaching the top of the mountain Getting tired half-way Returning after sunset Rain pouring down while arriving home Being lucky  Write out the outlines according to the above materials

Possible answer to the practice  Introductory paragraph --- mentioning the processes of climbing a mountain 1. Planning and preparing. 2. On the way to the top 3. Returning home  Planning and preparing 1. deciding the date --- Sunday 2. Preparing the equipment needed

3. Starting on Sunday morning  On the way to the top 1. Singing in the beginning 2. Getting tired half-way 3. Reaching the top of the mountain 4. Seeing a beautiful sunset on the top of the mountain

 Conclusion 1. Returning after sunset 2. Beginning to rain while arriving home 3. Being very lucky

Good Handwriting Little Star Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky!

End of Part One