Helping Students Find Their Writing Voices

One of the most frustrating things for writing teachers is reading papers that simply lack style. When all of the research has been completed and all of the sentences are structured well, but the paper still lacks some pizzazz（活力），it can be boring to grade. If you are searching for ways to help your students find their voices, why not try making students themselves the topic of the writing? 1.

Who are you?

One of the most difficult questions for students to answer is: “Who are you?” _ 2.__ In doing this, through writing, students will start to see their personalities differently and, hopefully, be able to add a feature to their writing.

Dear John

3. Encourage them to write to a famous person they’ve always admired, and then the one they absolutely hate. Explore how their language changes between the two letters. When students know their audiences, it is much easier for them to add the kind of personality their audience wants to see．

4. When students write about what matters most to them, they will often give you the best writing you’ve ever seen. You’ll get those when you ask questions that hit home. When students have something to say about a given topic, it can be easier for them to get their ideas down and then work on their writing style.

Get the words on paper, and then edit them

The most valuable lesson students can learn is to write first, and edit later. Have students write for five minutes about their topics. If they can get their ideas down on paper, that’s 90% of the battle. 5. This can help them realize that, once they have the ideas down, the rest is just fine tuning（微調(diào)）. Once they have this skill mastered, it’s easy for them to start adding their own personal voices to their papers.

A. What matters to you?

B. What style is taught in class?

C. When they write about themselves, students’ voices often shine through.

D. Writing letters is a great way for students to explore their writing style.

E. Have your students explore who they are and what makes them unique.

F. Voice is that magical quality which is able to make a creative writing idea sing!

G. After that, have them edit these ideas into a really strong introductory paragraph.

 

1.C

2.E

3.D

4.A

5.G

【解析】

試題分析：文章給寫作老師應(yīng)該如何幫助學(xué)生找到寫作的竅門提供了一些建議。

1.前面說到為什么不建議學(xué)生們寫寫自己呢？因?yàn)樽盍私庾约海鹿P時就游刃有余了。選C。

2.第一條建議審視自己是什么樣的人，什么使自己是獨(dú)一無二的。選E。

3.下面說到建議給自己欽佩的人寫信。因?yàn)閷懶攀清憻拰懽黠L(fēng)格的一個很好的方法。選D。

4.下文提到當(dāng)學(xué)生寫到對自己重要的事情時，比較得心應(yīng)手，因此小標(biāo)題是什么對于你是最重要的。選A。

5.最后建議學(xué)生先列提綱再編輯構(gòu)思，使之成為一篇有說服力的文章。選G。

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