The following is an essay by a former NHSH student who graduated this summer. He was not in my class. However, his English teacher spoke highly of his writing. So, last month when I happened to see him on campus, I requested him to share some of his essays. He generously agreed. Here is one.
Thank you, Ching-wei. (more…)
Yesterday, about three minutes before the class was dismissed, I gave Class 311 a reader’s problem in the RD advice column “Dear Aunty” as follows:
Dear Aunty,
I have a best friend who has a serious problem with body odour. I never told her because I don’t want to hurt her feelings. It’s bothering me since people know and talk about it behind her back. I think she’s unaware of it. What’s the nicest way to tell her?
Troubled Best Friend (more…)
The following are two essays by students for the writing task on their practice test Meow-meow 6. The essays have been roughly modified.
Writing task:
提示:請根據本圖寫一篇短文說明圖中情境為何，第一段描述圖中發生的意外，第二段寫出接下來可能發生何事。 (more…)
I had the students read a Chicken Soup story, “The Girl in the Fifth Row,” around two weeks ago. Most of the students rated it as their favorite among the four stories they have read by the end of last week.
I encouraged but didn’t force the students to write a summary of the story. The following is one by a student in Clas 311. (more…)
The following are some essays by students in Class 301 for 2011 SAT.
The writing task can be found on the following webpage:
http://www.ceec.edu.tw/AbilityExam/AbilityExamPaper/100SAT_Paper/02-100學測英文試卷定稿.pdf (more…)
Here are more essays for 2011 SAT. They were written by students in Class 303.
The writing task can be found at the following webpage:
http://www.ceec.edu.tw/AbilityExam/AbilityExamPaper/100SAT_Paper/02-100學測英文試卷定稿.pdf
The following are three essays written by students in Class 311 for the 2011 SAT. To see the writing task, please click on the URL.
http://www.ceec.edu.tw/AbilityExam/AbilityExamPaper/100SAT_Paper/02-100學測英文試卷定稿.pdf
The following is the essay which scored the highest among the nearly 70 essays I graded. It is the original. There are only a few mistakes, which were underlined. You might like to guess why I marked some words blue.
提示: 如果你有機會和任何一位中外的歷史人物對話，你最想和誰交談？請寫一篇英文作文，文分兩段，第一段描述你想和誰對話，為什麼？第二段說明你希望和他/她談些什麼。 (more…)
The following is an essay by a student in Class 314 on the topic “My Favorite Book.” She read the original and fell in love with it. In the essay, she describes the content of the book and explains why it is fascinating. (more…)
Today in Class 314 we discussed Unit 8 “No Rainbows, No Roses.” It’s a sad but beautiful lesson.
First I had the students brainstorm what rainbows and roses symbolized. Then we moved on to the article. The students were challenged to find out by the end of the article why it was entitled “No Rainbows, No Roses.” Then I read to them paragraph by paragraph, stopping to ask them questions at the end of each paragraph. (more…)