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!
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A Picture Story by a Student
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012A Picture Story by a Student for the 2007 SAT
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012The 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)
An Essay by a Student
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012Remember 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.
“Ask Aunty”–Advice from Students
Monday, January 2nd, 2012Two weeks ago, I had students read several “Ask Aunty” passages from RD. On the back of the paper were three sticky situations and students were invited to offer advice. A week later, I gave them the advice from the RD so that they could make a comparison. Here is one of the thorny problems, followed by five students’ advice and the response from the RD.
ASK AUNTY
Sep. 2009, RD
Dear Aunty,
I have a good friend who’s a foodaholic. When the front door opens, he heads for my fridge and eats whatever is in sight. He weighs over 130 kilograms. I never raid his kitchen. I have told him his behavior bothers me, but he laughs it off. What can I do to keep from getting angry each time?
Buffet Buddy (more…)
One More Writing Sample for the 3rd Mock Exam
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011This morning while I was reading the mock exam compositions by Class 303, I found one of the stories so intriguing that I couldn’t wait to share it with all the three classes. Then I decided to make some modifications to it and post it on my blog.
More Writing Samples for the 3rd Mock Exam
Monday, December 26th, 2011
A Picture Story–a Writing Sample for the 3rd Mock Exam
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011The following is an English essay written for the 3rd mock exam. I gave it a 17. If you haven’t seen the four pictures on the test, you can try reproducing the first three pictures after reading the essay, leaving the fourth frame blank with a quetion mark inside. Quite a challenge! (more…)
“Proud of You”–a Lovely Song
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011Today I had Classes 301 and 311 listen to a lovely song “Proud of You” at the beginning of the class. While listening, they were asked to write in English anything that came into their mind. When the song was over, they handed in their paper. (more…)
Students’ Definition of a Good Teacher
Monday, October 24th, 2011After my students read the artilce “Best Teacher I Ever Had,” they had two missions to complete. One is to write a summary of the story; the other to give their own definition of a good teacher.
Here is one of the summaries by students followed by students’ definition. (more…)
2011 1st SAT Mock Essay Samples
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011Attached to this entry is a file of nine writing samples for the 1st SAT mock exam. They are the originals and comparison can be made.
