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Please read the following paragraph, which was written by an ESL student about a teacher who was nominated for a community service award. This the paragraph, the writer describes her teacher and explains why she repsects and admires her; she sum up by noting how her teacher has influenced her life. In this assignment, you will compose and revise a similar paragraph about a person you know, respect and admire.

A teacher who earned my respect and admiration

One of the people I most respoect and admire is Eliana Todorov. I met Eliana soon after I arrived in the United States and began my junior year of high school. Eliana was my English teacter. Because of her background as an immigrant and her teaching style, she impressed me very much. First, even though I could understand very little English and speak only a few words at first, Eliana was always pateint and encouraging. For example, she promised me and the other students that she would help us speak, read and write English well as long as we worked hard in class and at home.

She fulfilled her promise by speaking slowly and clearly, by repeating things when we coudn't understander her, by giving us plenty of practice, and by inspiring us to learn. Second, in our English classes, she led lively and interesting discussions about the stories we read. Often, the students did talking, while she smiled and listened carefully. Usually, we didn't even realize we were learning so much because we were so interested in the stories and what they meant.

Third, Eliana never corrected our mistakes in class; instead, she held private conferences with us to let us know about our progress and how we could improve our speaking and writing skills. Her words were always positive, and she told us often that she was proud of our improvement and hard work.

Finally, I admire Elina because she showed us every day how important it was to believe in our abilities, even when we were discouraged. She told us of her experience as an imigrant from Russia who struggled with English through high school and then university in the United States. She found English very difficult at first and couldn't speak it at all, but she learned the langguage so well that she was able to become and English teacher.

In fact, she is the best English teacher I have ever had. Even though I am now in collge, I remember her inspiring words and actions because they give me confidence that I will continue to improve my skills and enjoy my learning.

Now, think of a person who has influenced you in a similarly positive way. Imagine that this person has been nominated for a special award and that have been asked by the committee to write a statemet of support for him or her. The committee has sent a list of items to mention and questions to answer. Draft a paragraph in which you respond to these items in the order which they appear. In preparing for the second draft, you may wish to rearrange the imformation.

1) Name one of the people you most respect and admire.

2) When and where did you meet this person?

3) What was this person's profession or job when you met him or her? What was your relationship to him or her?

4) Describe at least two reasons for which you respect and admire this person. Try to give specific details or examples.

5) State one of this person's qualities that you try to imitate in your life. Describe why this person is still influential in your life. 

主题句可以是细节描写吗?

写作过程

L1/L2 writing and writing strategies

• L1 writing ability provides the foundation for l2 writng
• Writing stratrgies could be transferred from L1 to L2

            --planning

            --reviewing

            --revising

writing process

• invention: coming up with your topic   →brainstorming  
• collection  汇集想法

          gathering ideas

          locating and evaluating research

          conducting interview

• organization: putting information in an outline

1. introduction

A. grab attention

B. state thesis

2. body

A. build points

B. develop ideas

C. support main claim

3. conclusion

A. reemphasize main idea

• drafting    打草稿

give yourself ample time to work on your topic

find a comfortable place to do your writing

avoid distraction

take breaks

• revising: reviewing ideas   修改

clear communiation od ideas

organization of paper

paragraph structure

strong introduction and conclusion

语法词汇、标点符号、拼写、是否吸引读者、结尾写得zen'me'y

• proofreading

task of the teacher in writing

demostracting

content for writing instruction

writing skills→ topic sentence & outlining

阅读教学启示：读1-2理解，2-3思考语言；根据outline笔头/口头复述课文

writing strategies

description spatial order

narration chronological order

process

comparison and contrast

classification

definition

motivating and provoking

supporting

④Dictogloss-词汇、语法、写作教学

• students re-create a text or story that the teacher reads to them. one purpose is to focus the studens' attention on specific items of language by getting them to analyze the difference between their written recreations and the original which they have heard.
• talk about grammar

⑤jigsaw activities

• pictures or passages
• a special form of information gap in which each member of a group is given some specific information and the goal is to pool all information to achieve some objective
• work in pairs in the class for idea generation of draft

⑥writing poems

• poetry writing may allow students to exress themselves in a way that no other genres does.
• poetry writing could allow students to play with new vocabulary in a way that other genres do not.
• pre-established patterns are often necessary.

Acrostic poems字母诗→词汇组成意思→有意义的训练

the first letter of each line, when read downwards, form a word

examples!

at low levels, students might just be asked to come up with one word for each letter

at highter level, students could be aske to write a "my favourite things" alphabet poem with the patten "A is for ... that ..."

stem/ frame poems 结构诗

students are given sentence or phrase stems or frames to complete"I like ... because ... "

Model poems

learn to write poems as we do in Chinese

Emulate our elders by writing the same theme or using the same postic forms

⑦rewriting/expanding sentences

⑧directions, rules, instruction

写作的任务和活动

Writing for writing

Guided composition

①Model

• give students a model essay or paragraph
• analyse the model text together

(telling and showing)

情景搭设（写作内容&写作目的）→问题引导（支架supporting）→学生回答问题（作文提纲）→课下润色文章（连接词）

②

• give studets part of the story and ask them to continue the text. you could ask students to use the words you apply.

③First lines, last lines

• students could e give either the first line (or opening paragraphs) of or the last line (or closing paragraphs) of possible stories
• students then work in pair or group discuss and write down their stories
• students read their stories to the class when they finish their stories

④

⑤

tasks for L2 writing 

1 Writing for learning：reinforcement writing

• writing as a means of reinforcing language that has been taught
• writing as a support

如造句练习

2 Writing for writing：

writing on an assigned topic

writing on a theme

九年级复习与写作训练

 主题：Health

Step 1: Brainstorming

              Topic:  health and fitness

Step 2: Build word map (mark the positons on textbooks)

• watch your diet
• take exercise
• rest up
• stay happy          

Step 3: Choose suitable functions

• related to the topic
• novel and unique; complex structure
• suitable for writing

Step 4: Find out some proverbs

Step 5: Practice

Step6:

T: Conclude functional sentences

1. suggestion

2.conjunction words

3.comfort/sympathy 

Step 7: Homework

1. write down all the words and functional sentences of "health"

2. finish off the letter, trying to use the expressions of "health" as many as possible.

不妨借鉴一下优秀的语文老师的教学

Writing Process

The role of L1 writing  competence and strategies:

• L1 wriiting ability provides the foundation for L2 writing.
• Writing strategies could be transferred from L1 to L2.

Writing process

1. Invention
2. Collection
3. Organization
4. Drafting
5. Revising
6. Proofreading

Invetion: coming up with your opinion

Collection:

• gathering ideas;
• locating and evaluationg research;
• conducting interviews

Organizaiton:putting information in an outline

eg. Introduction: grab attention; state thesis

      Body: build points; develop ideas; support main claim

      Conclusion: Reemphasize main idea     

Drafting

• give yourself ample time to work on your topic
• find a comfortable place to do your writing
• avoid distractions
• take breaks

The tasks of the teacher in writing

• Demonstrating
• Motivating and provoking
• Supporting
• Responding
• Evaluating

Content for writing instruction

Writing skills

-Topic sentence (主题句)

1. is the most important sentence in the paragraph because it makes a first impression on the reader

2.indicates organization

3.shows the direction the paragraph will take

-Outlining (文章构造)

  It is a writing skill that forces organization. By taking notes the writer can organize the work in chronological order.

Writing strategies

• Description
• Narration
• Process
• Comparison and contrast
• Classification
• Definition

• Dictogloss

Teacher: Reads a story (if your oral English permits)

Students:

1. listen and get the main idea

2. listen and take notes

3. reconstruct the story based on the notes

Teacher: Show the original one

Students:

Compare the two compositons.

• Jigsaw

A special form of information gap in which each member of a group is given some specific information and the goal is to pool all information to achieve some objective.

Work in pairs in the class for idea generation or draft.

Teacher: Prepare pictures

[showing more ,teliing less]

《红楼梦》对王熙凤的描写，通过不同的细节来展现王熙凤的性格。

• Poems

1. Acrostic poems 

2. Alphabet poems

(Actors

Business women

Chemist...)

(A is for armchair that make me comfortable

 B is for butter that I spread on my bread

 C is for children that laugh...)