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Micro Skills in Continuation Writing
---content prediction and the use of figure of speech
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Christmas Time
Christmas time is a time of glee(happiness),
A time when peace and love run free,
A time for those like you and me
To sit beneath the Christmas tree.
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Paul
Determine
What's the genre of the passage
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Narration
Argumentation
Exposition
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Paul, a street urchin
a day before Christmas Eve, outside his office
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Paul told the boy that he received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present.
event
setting
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Determine--what
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literal reading:
1st surprise: What surprised Paul in paragraph one of the original passage
Paul thought the boy wanted to receive a present like the car, but the boy wanted to be a brother like that.
2nd surprise:Why was Paul wrong again in paragraph two of the original passage
Inferential reading:
personaltiy of the boy:
caring, considerate
personality of Paul:
generous, kind
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Design--
logic
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After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes aglow, said, “Sir, would you mind driving in front of my house ”Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in such a big and expensive car. But Paul was wrong again. “Will you stop where those two steps are ” the boy asked.
Paragraph 1
He got out and ran up to the steps. ______________
__________________________________________
Paragraph 2
Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car._______________________________________
Writing tips:
the last few sentences of the original passage
the first sentence of paragraph 1 +2 (pron. conj.)
personalities of the main characters
theme
The urchin told his little brother what had happened and intended to let his brother ride in the car.
The urchin's brother was very moved. Paul and the two boys had a happy ride together.
content prediction
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Learn more about figure of speech
by appreciating the sentences from the classics.
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What kind of words are powerful
words
Christmas time is a time of glee,
A time when peace and love run free,
A time for those like you and me
To sit beneath the Christmas tree.
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Gone With the Wind
《乱世佳人》
VS.
In spite of you and me and
the whole silly world going
to pieces around us, I love you.
I love you. I really
really love you.
hyperbole 夸张
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Pride and Prejudice
《傲慢与偏见》
VS.
Seeing such extraordinary
beauty, I think every cell in
my body woke up.
I love her. I really
really love her.
personification 拟人
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Forrest Gump
《阿甘正传》
Life is like a box of chocolates.
You'll never know what
you're gonna get.
明喻 simile
（as, like, as if, as though）
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Titanic
《泰坦尼克号》
I figure life is a gift and
I don't intend on wasting it.
暗喻 metaphor
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Design --how
language
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Impressive sentences in the original passage:
White clouds flew in the blue sky like quiet fish swimming in broad ocean. (L2,Para1) _________________________________
He hesitated, whose soft brown eyes held a little sadness. (L10,Para1)
____________________________
The air was alive with chatter and laughter. (L1,Para2)
____________________________
After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes aglow, said, “Sir, would you mind driving in front of my house ” (L1,Para2) _____________________
He has two big dark eyes under a pair of thick eyebrows. He is not very well built, of medium height and with a dark complexion. (L6,Para1) _____________
consistency
personification, simile (surroundings)
personfication (emotions)
personification (surroundings)
metaphor (emotions)
(appearance)
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appearance descriptions
of the urchin's little brother
psychological descriptions of
the urchin's little brother
1. descriptions of the surroundings
2. psychological descriptions of the
three
Build up your word bank/sentence bank
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descriptions of the urchin's brother's appearance descriptions of the emotions (happy/moved) descriptions of the surroundings (sky, sun, flowers...)
little brother
the three
Writing tips--build up your word/sentence bank:
learn from the original passage
learn from the classics
learn from your classmates
Group work (3 min)
Each group is reponsible for one aspect.
Make impressive sentences and choose the best one .
Try to use the figure of speech.
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Design --how
content (logic)+ language (consistency)
02
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Draft/Polish (Time limit: 4min)
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Paragraph 2
Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed elder brother climbed in beside him and the three began an unforgettable holiday ride, looking at all those beautiful things. The sun iwas shining and the flowers were very beautiful. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ That Christmas Eve was the happiest time that Paul had ever spent.
Paragraph 1
He got out and ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled brother.________________________________________________________________________________________________The street urchin sat down on the step and pointed to the car. ”There he is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn't cost him a cent. And some day I'm going to give you one just like it…then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas windows that I've been trying to tell you about”. ____________________________________ ____________________________________________
appearance
emotion of the little
brother
srroundings+emotion
“It’s more blessed to give than to receive.”
Why did the author tell us the story
What was the urchin's Christmas wish
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Theme
Paragraph 2
Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed elder brother climbed in beside him and the three began an unforgettable holiday ride, looking at all those beautiful things. The sun iwas shining and the flowers were very beautiful. ____________________________________ ________________________________________That Christmas Eve was the happiest time that Paul had ever spent.
Paul suddenly came to realize the meaning of a famous saying: “It's more blessed to give than to receive.” He also learned what it meant to be “an elder brother like that.”
It was through this experience that
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Check and polish your own writing (Homework)
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Excellent Good Average
Needs improvement
Logic 内容逻辑性
Coherence连贯性
Accuracy 准确
Richness丰富 (figure of speech)
Handwriting 书写
Christmas Time
Christmas time is finally here.
It only comes but once a year,
And it's a time to spread good cheer,
To those we love and hold so dear.
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
–Winston Churchill
THANK
YOU

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