欣蓉的教學網誌

This is a news report about an amazing young man in mainland China. He got a full score in writing on the entrance exam. Though his total score on the exam was not high, disqualified for admission to any college, a college would take him, as an exception.

http://udn.com/NEWS/MAINLAND/MAI2/4997122.shtml

Yesterday the Life Type system crashed again. The following is the entry I posted on my WordPress blog.

A gadget I like to carry around is my camera. With it, I can capture beautiful views, record interesting scenes, and even save the effort of taking notes.

Writing task: 你曾經說過謊嗎？說謊的感覺是什麼呢？說謊究竟是好還是壞？人為什麼要說謊呢？請同學寫一篇跟謊言有關的文章，沒有預設道德立場，全憑同學自由發揮，題目自訂。

Here are two essays on “An Unforgettalbe Class” by my students.

An Unforgettable Class by Han-wen and Howard.doc

To my surprise, some students I chatted with this aftenoon didn’t know that they have to write their answers on the UEE answer sheet with a 0.5~0.7mm blue or black ball point pen. Here are some reminders from the CEEC (大考中心) :

I came across a news report. What’s special about this report is that the reporter is Ken (王慶剛), a student gradauted from NHSH. Ken is a junior majoring in jouralism at Chengchi University now.

http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=200637

http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=200733

Here is another essay on “My Favorite Word.” Short, but quite good.

My Favorite Word-3.doc

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http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=200567 (閱讀全文)

http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=200568 (閱讀全文)

Yesterday's United Evening News provided some test-taking skills for the UEE examinees.

http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=200569

The following is an essay by a student on "Travel is the Best Teacher." When writing the 1st paragraph, many students didn't pay attention to the two words "Best Teacher" in the topic and just wrote about the advantages of travel, for example, how travel releases pressure from school or work, or what can be learned on a trip. In fact, more focus should be put on how travel teaches more or better than other kinds of teachers, such as books or human teachers. The following essay is one of the few that mention this point.

Writing Task:

請以"Travel Is the Best Teacher"為主題，寫一篇至少120個字的英文作文。第一段針對文章主題，說明旅行的優點，並在第二段舉自己在國內或國外的旅行經驗，以印證第一段的說明。(93 UEE)

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The following is another essay on the topic "What I Need Most for Life" by a student. The student approached this topic in a different way. Quite creative!

While I was surfing the Net for some information, I came across a good article about writing "Ten Tips for Better Writing."

http://www.accepted.com/college/tenwritingtips.aspx

All the tips in the article are important points I mentioned in class, except the 10th one, which seems to promote a book, and the 8th.

The following is a copy from the web page. I put some brief Chinese explanations for tips 1~9. They are not word-for-word translations; however.