新标准大学英语综合教程3第二版GuidedWriting

1、guided writingplanning an essay guided writing1. decide the main purpose2. research a topic3. take notes4. organise an essay5. write an essaydecide the main purposemoreguided writingbefore starting to plan, we need to know: l what type of text we need to write;l what the main purpose is.decide the m

2、ain purposematch the passages in this unit with the text types and their main purposes.guided writing catching crabs we are all dying3. rites of passage(b) (iii)(c) (i)(a) (ii)main purposes(i) to persuade(ii) to inform(iii) to entertaintypes of text(a) essay(b) narrative(c) opinionguided writingl yo

3、ur own textbooks and reference booksl the internetl the libraryl the medial friends and familyl others such as a bookshopdont waste time, or plagiarise.use the following resources:research a topictake notesmoreguided writingl take notes only on those issues which are directly relevant to the subject

4、 in question. l write only those few words of the source material which will be of use and later write them up as sentences.when taking notes from any source:take noteswrite up the notes about bar mitzvah ceremony as one or two sentences.moreguided writingbar mitzvah: jewish / religious ceremony, fe

5、ast / children responsible for actions / 13bar mitzvah is a jewish religious ceremony and feast which is held when children become responsible for their actions at the age of 13.take noteswrite similar notes about the american prom.guided writingend of high school / dance / formal clothes / limousin

6、e / behave like older adultsa very different rite of passage is the tradition of the prom at the end of american high school. this is a dance with a difference. students have to wear formal clothes many for the first time in their lives and it is usual to hire an expensive limousine to arrive at the

7、 prom. it is as if, for one night, they behave like adults twice their age or at least look older than they really are.moretake notesguided writing6 months in wilderness / follow ancestral songlines / heart of culture, discover themselvesperhaps one of the most interesting rites of passage is the wa

8、lkabout of australian aborigines, when adolescents would be required to spend about six months walking alone through the wilderness, following the paths of their ancestors along the age-old “songlines” which mapped out the country. in so doing they penetrated the heart of aboriginal culture the olde

9、st continuous culture in the world and, in the process, discovered themselves too. organise an essaymoreguided writingthink about:l how much time to spend on an introduction;l how many examples to refer to;l how to link ideas; l how to introduce the topic;l how to conclude the essay.organise an essa

10、y read the passage in reading across cultures and answer the questions.guided writing how is the topic introduced? how much of the passage is introduction? at what point is the concept rite of passage defined? how many examples of rites of passage are used? how much of the essay do they take up? how

11、 does the essay end?organize an essay guided writingparas.1-2 introductionparas. 3-5 body paras. 5 conclusion a quotation2 questionsa final thought from the third exampledefinition 3 exampleswrite a short essay to describe a rite of passage in china. guided writingsemi-controlled practice think abou

12、t what is the event, and where does it take place? in what way can it be seen as a rite of passage? who takes part in it? what happens afterwards?1. has the event changed at all in recent years?tipsguided writingl look at model essays to get ideas about content and structure;l choose a rite of passa

13、ge; l research it; l follow model essays to write.moreguided writingsample 1 from the sui and tang dynasties until the end of the qing period, examinations in china were rites of passage to the gates of success for civil service employment, status, wealth and power, often known as “thorny gates”. wi

14、th variations at different times, exams marked the transition from study to work or stage-by-stage progression from local to provincial to metropolitan and national levels.moreguided writingsample2 there were rituals for candidates to prepare for these important selection exams. students had read, r

15、ecited, and memorized the classics and learned to write particular kinds of poems and essays by strictly using a particular script, writing special texts and counting the exact number of lines and characters. depending on the level, this could take many years.moreguided writingsample3at the examinat

16、ion halls there were special rituals to take the exams. guarded by soldiers, candidates waited in line at dawn for their names to be called. they bowed to the examiners and were searched to make sure they had only brushes and ink with them. they were given a place to sit in a small hut where they re

17、ad the questions and wrote their answers for perhaps three days, talking to no one. none of them was allowed to leave until the exam was over. the examiners had to go through similar hardships to mark the papers.moreguided writingsample4there were further rituals to announce the results. candidates

18、would gather outside the exam halls, perhaps wearing special robes, bow to the examiners, and with the sounds of bells hear the announcements and receive their results, written on large sheets of paper. later, successful scholars would have a feast to celebrate with officials and past degree holders. they put banners outside their homes and could use special titles according to their local, pr