Archive for the ‘English writing’ Category

Grading Criteria for English Writing on the 2012 SAT–英文作文 未用書信格式、簽錯名 各扣1分

Saturday, February 4th, 2012

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英文作文 未用書信格式、簽錯名 各扣1分

自由時報記者胡清暉/台北報導〕 (more…)

On 2012 SAT English Essay Writing–英文作文題目爆冷 「寫信勸友別沉迷電玩」

Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=367127

英文作文題目爆冷 「寫信勸友別沉迷電玩」

【聯合晚報/記者劉開元、嚴文廷、喻文玟、施鴻基、徐如宜/連線報導】2012/01/18 (more…)

Two Days Before the SAT (3)–英文╱留意時事詞彙 多練寫作

Sunday, January 15th, 2012

http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=366612

英文╱留意時事詞彙 多練寫作

【聯合報╱記者沈育如/台北報導】2012/01/15 (more…)

An Excellent English Writing Website

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

Today when I was looking for the ten good English essays for the 2009 SAT provided by CEEC, I ran into a fabulous website for English writing. Just take a look at what you can find through it.

http://203.64.159.65/english/writing..htm

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A Picture Story by a Student

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

This is a picture story by a student in Class 311 for Meow-meow practice test Unit 16. The ending is different from many others. Lovely!

writing task picture story

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A Picture Story by a Student for the 2007 SAT

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

The following is an essay for the writing task on the 2007 SAT by a student who graduated from NHSH last summer. The essay was graded a 19/20 by his English teacher and commented as “Almost perfect.”

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Source: 96 SAT English (CEEC)

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A Touching Essay–《取捨》–第五屆聯合盃全國作文大賽 台北市初賽高中職組第一名

Sunday, January 8th, 2012

Although the following is a Chinese essay, the author’s approach to the topic–using personal experience–can be applied to English writing.  The only difference is that an English essay will start with a topic sentence telling its readers its main theme.

http://www.udncollege.com/learning/pages/themeDetail.jsp?themeId=20110153&bulType=7

第五屆聯合盃全國作文大賽

台北市初賽高中職組第一名 2011/12/10

《取捨》中山女高 林子馨 (more…)

Thesauruses & Synonyms of “Delicious”

Friday, January 6th, 2012

Tired of always using the word “delicious” for good food? Consult a Thesaurus dictionary or visit Thesaurus websites, and you can find several synonyms. The following is an example.

http://thesaurus.com/

By keying in”delicious” and pressing Enter, you will find words similar in meaning to the word. (more…)

English Verbs to Describe “Walk”

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

I was shocked to find 101 words to describe “walk and run” on the following webpage:

http://www.eflnet.com/vocab/walk

Of course, we can use “walk” or “run” in all cases; however, using a specific word can create vivid mental pictures.

Listed below are some more often used verbs: (more…)

An Essay by a Student

Wednesday, January 4th, 2012

Remember the picture of a writing task in which a man is standing by his car in the middle of nowhere?  (See http://june.ettachou.com/2011/12/17/follow-the-instructions/#more-4980)  A student in Class 311 saw the picture from a different persepctive and composed the following essay.

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