四年級寫作系列的前傳（轉(zhuǎn)貼）

Posted on 03/08/2012

這個媽媽還貼了這個戲里的前傳,，寫的這個牛娃在一二三年級的閱讀和寫作,。經(jīng)過三年的積累，才能在四年級爆發(fā),。羅馬不是一日就建成的,。。,。,。娃毋庸置疑是甜菜娃，老師教的真是用心,，這個媽媽也是無比的認真細致,，It takes a village to raise a kid。

一年級

寫作要在4年級開始學,，4年級前也就是造句,，練練手。兒子一年級的老師要求的是另外的一種造句,。就是把一周學的所有生詞湊在一起寫一篇小文章,。大潭里置頂?shù)膍ax的坐家媽媽也提到過這種寫法。
我把兒子一年級時寫的小文,，整理了一下,，沒做任何修改，除了大小寫,?？纯此菚r寫的小文，還挺有意思的,，雖然羅嗦,，但想像力很豐富,，可能跟他讀書多有關(guān)系。兒子的寫作水平在班里可能也就是中等偏上,，因為沒有考試,，這個比較是我猜的，因為他們班上貼著很多同學寫得作文,，我看別人都寫得又整齊又長。但兒子的閱讀水平是數(shù)一數(shù)二的,。

• 2/11/09 — bookshelf,took,cook,crook,football,hook,good,look,shook,moonlight,balloon,valentine’s day

I saw a crook at a football stadium on valentine’s day.He took all of the balloons around the stadium.
He tied them to a picture that he stole when he was 36 years old. The picture could fly after he tied balloons on it.
A man saw the flying picture, he threw a football on it.He found the picture was a picture of a good cook.It was famous.
He liked it so much. Before he returned the picture to the musem, he drew a same picture. After he finished he put it on his bookshelf.

• 3/4/09 — catterpiller,chrysalis,clown, crowded, down, evening, found, house,metamorphosis,out, pounch,shout,snout

One day I went to the park,I found a caterpillar in the bush. A few weeks later the caterpillar turned into a chrysalis.
I wanted to bring the chrysalis to my house. I asked my mom, she said yes. That evening I found the chrysalis in my pencil pouch.
I told to my mom, my mom said it was my sister. She got in the trouble that night.Next day I got down from my bed, I looked the chrysalis,
it turned in a butterfly.

• 3/25/09 — adventure, beaches, brushes, classes, dresses,fishes, repaid, unloaded, unpack,washed,widhes

There was a boy who wanted adventure, but he couldn’t.He packed up to have an adventrue but he rather unpacked because he knew he would get in trouble. He asked his mom to go to live in beaches, she said no.
He asked his father to take him to the lake to catch fishes, he said no.
He asked his grandma to take her dresses to the landary, she said no.
At night he had lots of wishes, all of them were adventure wishes. He hoped one would come true.
Next day after breakfast he went to school, he took all of the classes. At last class the teacher gave him something that only be used at home and
tought him that his home was just a little, but better than adventure.

• 4/21/09 –thirsty,third,chirp,swirl,hurt,turn,perch,stars,nurse,bark,yard,barge,journey

At night I looked at the sky filled with stars. I looked at the yard where my dog is. I was thirsty, but I was too tired to get out of the bed to get a drink.
I went to sleep and had a dream about a journey. I had a dog who loves to bark and a bird who loves to chirp. I got hurt in the dream, but I found a cave.
I saw gold but a monster saw me, he was ready to attack. Then I woke up. I went to the kitchen and told my mom what had happened in my dream.

• 5/6/09 — because, different, friend, should, shadows, second, minute,vacation,although,again, mavelous

Today is the last day of winter. My friend went on vacation, he is coming back when it is spring. I should send a post card to him because he is my friend although he made me mad.
One time we were supposed to met at the park, but he came an hour and a second late. Now I saw two people’s shadows, I waited some more and I felt some melted sown, it took a minute to realize.
That spring is here, then my friend came back.

• 5/12/09 –money, mostly, visit, pockets, chores, children, sailor, clothes, finish, fabulous

Today I am going to visit my grandma’s house. She has two children.
The bad part is I have to do chores, the good part is that she gives me money. When I got there she gave me gloves. I asked her what it was for. She said it was for digging holes in the garden.I thought it was boring until she pulled out 5 dollars from her pocket. After I finished she gave me the 5 dollars. Then I thought the visit was going to be fun.

這些都是一年級是寫的,，明天我再貼一些2年級寫的。明顯不那么羅嗦了,，看文也能看出來長大了,。3年級沒有開始這么寫作文，可能是詞匯太難了,。

二年級

要說我兒在學業(yè)上有一點小成績,，主要歸功于老師，兒子還上K時老師就把我難住了,。一天兒子拿回一張作業(yè),，上面有8，9個單詞,，要求造句,，但下面有一行小字，每句話的第一詞不能重復(fù),。我想這可有點難,，小孩造句就愛寫’I'什么什么，人稱代詞就那么幾個,，都用過來也不到8,，9個。這時,，我兒告訴我,，媽媽不能光寫“I am”，要寫“Am I”,，還要也“Why am I”,。我明白了，貌似簡單的造句可是有大學問呀,?？刹皇牵荒昙壚蠋熡謥砹藗€混合詞造句,。大家都看過了就是我兒子一年級的作文,。二年級又是什么呢? 二年級沒有換老師還是同一個老師,，也就沒有什么新鮮的，還是混合詞造句,，大家失望了吧,，先別急，我還是發(fā)現(xiàn)了不同,，就是要求變了,。還是先看看我兒子二年級的作文吧。這次我加了一些自己的點評,，大家給看看是不是這個理,。

• 9/10/09 –生詞：advertisement, commotion,crate, crumbs,difficult, discuss, disguise,dispose,disruption divulge, drastic,enough,hasty,imitation, improvise, irritable,neighbors, protect, slurp, surprise,taught,trouble

  作文（引用8個詞）：Once there was a man who got a crate with a pig inside. The pig didn’t behave. The man taught him manners but he still didn’t listen.
  The pig liked to slurp, he ate cookies, crumbs were everywhere. He made many troubles, their neighbors discussed about it.
  Finally the owner said to the pig "enough!" Then the pig was behaving very good.

  我的感覺：
  1）單詞很難，但孩子寫文章時,，都是挑簡單的寫,，這就是說明認識的字和熟練地運用的字是有差距的。
  2）這篇小文是完整的敘述了一件事情,，有開頭,，結(jié)尾中間情節(jié)，跟一年級的天馬行空的文有一點不一樣,。而且語言比一年級時簡練,。寫作是有過程的，應(yīng)該是從充滿想象的make up story 開始向敘述文過渡,。

• 10/6/09 –生詞：cartoons,describe,family,heroes, hospital, illustrator, imagine,night, respect, rhyme, rhythm,stanza, stories, storytellers, volunteered,writes

  作文（引用8個詞）：One day at night my family was doing things. My sister was a volunteer working in the hospital , my brother was a storyteller telling stories, my dad was a illustrator drawing cartoons, but I was doing nothing.

  我的感覺：
  這篇小文很不起眼,，我看就是文字的堆積，但是老師給了好的評語,。為什么呢,？因為結(jié)尾一句話是畫龍點睛之筆。一句“but I was doing nothing‘就讓人覺得有故事了,。我覺得老師開始強調(diào)寫作技巧了,。
  還是看看小孩寫make up story 和敘述文有多大的區(qū)別。 這是兒子上課寫得一個故事,，沒有要求引用的單詞

  One day I went to Mexico, I was having fun until I saw a bear in the hotel. I was so scaled, almost peed in my pants. I fainted, when I work up I was in my underwear.
  Suddenly I saw my pants was in the bear’s month. I ran, but I bumped into the wall. I ran the other way but bumped my head again.
  Then I called zoo, they came, but got eaten by the bear. I called police, they got eaten again.
  The bear was coming to me, he was getting to eat me up. HELP! Oh, No—, I punched, I punched him 100,000miles of the ground!!!! Then the bear went to the hospital.

• 10/12/09 –生詞：Backpack,beautiful,campfire,comping,doe,fawn,hike,lanterns,quiet,sappy,shiver,starlight,tender,tent,year

  作文（引用10個詞）： One day of last year , I carried my backpack to the car, we were going to camping. On the trip, we would build a tent,，have a campfire, a hike and something else. When we got there, I was shivering because It was too cold. I took my lantern to see in the dark. I watched the starlight, it was so beautiful. Then I went to sleep, It was a quiet night.

  比較這兩篇小文，可以看出孩子編故事還是很有想象力的,。但是寫道敘述文就比較平淡,。這是肯定的因為敘述文難呀。不能靠情節(jié)取勝,，只有筆頭的真功夫,。
  所以如果覺得孩子寫作平淡，也別奇怪，就是火候還沒到唄,。這不是一天2天能練好的,。
  這也是我說我兒子寫作在班里只是中等的原因，他不滿意他的敘述文寫作,，他覺得他寫起來沒有make up story順手,。所以任重而道遠呀。
  二年級時,，還練習寫了寓言,。
  這是一篇上課寫的，沒有要求引用的字,。

  Once there was a bird that was flying,，but she didn’t look where she was going, then she bumped into a tree and fell down.
  When she woke up, she thought she was a squirrel and tried to climb a tree,but she fell again.
  Now she thought she was a human, she walked like a human, but she bumped into a house.
  Now she thought she was a fox, she tried to trick someone, but she got hit on her foot.
  Now she thought she was a bird again. Once again she was flying ,she bumped into a tree. She said:“Here we go again."

  我問過兒子你這是什么moral呀，他說就是如果沒有方向,，你怎么努力怎么變都沒用。我想這也太狠了,，一點希望都不給人家,。不管怎么樣，孩子在思考“理”了,，
  “文”是什么,，我覺得文就是不僅要漂亮地敘述一件事情，而且要寓一個“理”在里面,。孩子好像又向前走了一步,。
  下面是他寫的龜兔賽跑。

• 11/16/09 –生詞：argument astonished bark bridge challenge clamped dialogue fable flattery force genre gust lesson marvelous moral reflection sly splash traveler

  作文： I read a fable which has a lesson and a moral. It is called The Hare and The Tortoise. It is about a tortoise and a hare have a argument to see who is faster.They decided to race. The next day the challenge begun. READY SET GO, the hare was out of sight. He was so sure of himself, then he took a nap.
  But the tortoise never stopped. When the hare woke up, he was just in time to see tortoise win the race.The lesson is that slow but steady may win a race.

• 還有就是詩,，我記得從一年起,，老師就讓孩子們背一些詩，二年級閱讀理解里會專門講到詩,，寫詩可能是提高語言技巧的最好的方法吧,。看看我兒子寫的2 首詩,。不論他寫得怎么樣,，我還是很喜歡他的選材的，忽略teal這個詞用得對不對,，合轍押韻這點是做到了,。另一首是情人節(jié)時寫給爸爸媽媽的。當然了,，這首太經(jīng)典了,，我問他哪是抄的，哪是自己寫的，他說都是他寫的,，就算是吧,。

  One day I went to art,
  I saw a big heart.
  I wondered if it was real,
  I thought the color was teal.
  I wondered if I could punch it,
  Maybe I should wear a mitt.
  I needed to ask,
  Maybe I should wear a mask.

  Roses are red,
  Violets are blue
  Candy is sweet
  Just like you
  Your smell like flowers
  and honeydew
  You love me
  I love you
  You both care about me as I do too
  I wish you could be beside me too

  今天在大家面前班門弄斧，點評了一下兒子2年級的作文,。 總結(jié)一下就是
  1）寫作的過程是從編故事,，到敘述文，到議論文（還沒有寫到,，但是應(yīng)該是吧）一步一步進步的,。也就是從開始的趣味性，到完整地敘述一件事情,，到寓“理”于文慢慢地過渡的,。
  2）寫不同文體的文章，能提高不同的寫作技巧,。像寫寓言,，即能編故事，又能闡述道理,。寫詩提高語言的駕御能力,。
  3）單詞記得多，學得深不一定就能寫得好,。認識的詞和能運用的詞還是有差距的,。孩子運用已經(jīng)掌握的詞匯，也能寫出耐看的文,。

三年級

兒子上的是公校fulltime gifted class,，有一半多的孩子是reading gifted（IQ測試的結(jié)果），我感覺教得比較深,，而且進度快,。reading就像無底洞，怎么學也填不滿.看看他們這周的作業(yè),，

1. 單詞 sorrowful, sighs, harsh, triumphant, escort, comrades, draft,invaders, scrolls,endured,disobey,assure, exhale,campaign,destroy,
   platform,slogan,vise
2. 成語 ace up his sleeve, achilles’heel,fuel to the fire,air their dirty laundry in public, ants in your pans, apple of my eye, I’m all ears,at the drop of a hat,end of my rope
   18個單詞9個成語,，星期一解釋，星期2造句（成語不用）,，星期3寫同意詞和反義詞,，星期4復(fù)習，星期5考試,，考試不要求拼寫,，就像選合適的詞填空。這18個單詞和9個成語混在一起選合適的詞填空,，真夠我喝一壺的,。

這才是單詞，還有閱讀理解，一天一篇文章,，讀后回答一篇問題,，來自spectrum reading,有興趣可以買這個練習題看看。一天還要有至少45分鐘的閱讀,，學校有AR test,，每人要完成自己的AR goal, 以前我在大潭講過AR, 不知道的可以去考考古。

我經(jīng)常感慨,，native speaker的英語是這樣從小學出來的,，我們外國人怎么比。

兒子從小喜歡讀書,，遇到特別喜歡的他還會抄下來,，曾經(jīng)抄過The Lightning Thief，Diary of a Wimpy Kid等系列,，他有一個本子,，高興地時候會拿出來，抄一些他喜歡的,，我家不買書,，因為兒子說借來的書他會想把它抄下來。我也不過問他抄什么,，就是他興奮地要念給大家聽。其實也沒看他費多長時間,，也就是10幾20分鐘的事,。

還有我兒子在家心血來潮時會寫一些歸類的詞，比如有時寫一天的動詞,，他會回憶他一天從起床起的所有動作的動詞,，要滿滿地寫2頁紙，有時他要寫動物,，也要寫 2頁,，寫國家名，寫pokemen的名字,，寫形容好的,，形容壞的形容詞。反正寫什么他都要絞盡腦汁想得實在沒有了為止,。字典上有的也要抄在他的寶貝筆記本上,，有空了還翻一翻。

兒子做事出人預(yù)料的時候多,，前幾天他還在課堂上寫了一篇中英文混合作文,。作文的骨架是英文的，他把文中的一些英文詞置換成了漢字了。但因為他知道的漢字不多,，他要把會背寫的漢字先寫出來,，再組織文章，為了把盡可能多的漢字寫進文章中,，他說他費了一番心思,。

我覺得這些方法可能對寫作和詞匯量都有幫助，但這些都得孩子自己愿意干才行,，像寫一些歸類的詞我覺得很枯燥,，但我兒子自己津津樂道，得找出孩子自己愿意干的方式,。

四年級老師教的寫作（轉(zhuǎn)貼）

Posted on 03/06/2012

網(wǎng)上看到一篇講兒子四年級的老師怎么教的寫作,，感覺非常有啟發(fā)。作者還沒寫完,，我已經(jīng)忍不住轉(zhuǎn)過來和大家分享,。小娃家長們不要著急，這是四年級的要求,，對一二年級的小娃,，感覺是把事情說清楚，說完整,，能準確表述出自己的觀點就已經(jīng)非常好了,。老大三年級開始，老師對他們的寫作要求提高,，寫不同題材,，不同角度的，但是沒有下面那個老師這么有條理,，有層次的,，從遣詞造句逐層遞進的訓練過。

兒子4年紀,，今年正式學寫作,。今天拿回了一些work sheet，我大概看了一遍,，對老師們細致地教寫作的過程還是頗有感觸的,，特意把這些work sheet的內(nèi)容寫出來和大家分享。因為內(nèi)容很多,，我只能摘要一些,，再加一些兒子的練習便于理解。一次不能完成,，我還是寫個系列吧,。今天先寫文字的訓練,。我以為寫作就是教怎么寫文章，開頭,，中間,，結(jié)尾，其實不然,，寫作要從用詞開始,。實際上也好理解，要蓋房子先備磚,。

1. 文字的訓練的基礎(chǔ)
   • 寫作首先是文字的訓練,，學習用 high vocabulary，不用簡單的詞,。
     • 例如簡單的顏色的詞,，yellow， blue等是preschool word,，寫作要用college colors,如bule有azure,，indigo，purple是plum,，fuchsia,，lavender，magenta,，lilac,。白色是 ashen，ivory,，綠色是chartreuse,，olive等等大概20幾個詞吧。
     • 下面是兒子的練習–要求：Use vivid vocabulary to describe a sunset at beach
       I was watching the sunset from our vacation house. The wavy clear ocean licking the golden sand. On the calm quiet beach nobody was walking. The white seagulls hovering above the vacation house. It was the most perfect sunset ever.
     • 這是寫作的第一節(jié)課,，可以看出孩子的vivid vocabulary還不夠豐富，整個一年的寫作就是圍繞著vivid vocabulary做文章,，看到最后你會發(fā)現(xiàn),，經(jīng)過老師的訓練，孩子還是很有進步的,。
   • 文字游戲 alliterations 合轍押韻
     • 例如 The clouds moved like wispy waves across the sky.其中wispy waves,。一些經(jīng)典名字也是alliterations，像Mickey Mouse,friend or foe, rough and ready等等20幾個,。
     • 下面是兒子寫的練習
       • 要求-something associated with summer,，autumn，winter,，spring
         兒子寫到: sizzling summer Saturdays,，lovely leaves lying low,，freezing frortg sunflowers, sunny sunflower sprout
       • 要求 Using state names, create your own alliteration sentences. 一共要求寫20個，選幾個兒子寫的例子,。
         • Alaska’s astronauts always asks about after life.
         • Canada’s cool cupcakes come from curious cows.
         • Washington washes whales on Wednesday.
       • 象聲詞 Onomatopoeia：例如drip sound made by a drop of water,， whish sound made by something moving quickly through air，Squek sound made by a mouse 等等20幾個詞吧 要求：Write a paragraph using examples of Onomatopoeia
         Boom!! The microwave exploded and crash!! the dished fell. Scream!!! the people were running because a hurricane was in progress. Fling!! the nails flew it was aiming my way. Then poof, the things went away and I realized it was a dream.
2. 特殊的寫作方法
   • Idioms:strange saying  成語
     • 這個好理解,，英語里成語也很多,，需要多讀多看。例如：fly off the handle means to lose one’s temper, egg on your face means embarrassed, in a pickle means in trouble, go to bat for means defend, bury the hatchet means forgive 還有像 a penny for your thoughts,，That’s the way the cookie crumbles等等通過上下文才能理解的成語,。兒子他們好像學了有50，60個成語吧,。
   • Similes 比喻能Striking it rich!所以非常重要,。這也就不解釋了。
     • 例如 happy as a clam, thick as pea soup, mad as a wet hen, sly as a fox等等太多
     • 下面是兒子寫的比喻的練習,，選幾個有意思的,。
       • sad as a singer who lost his voice
       • bright as day light to a vampire
       • laughs like a mad scientist
       • scared as a girl in a hunted house
       • grows like a magic bean
       • The actor was nervous as a man knowing that the world is going to end.
       • Her blue eyes are like a mixture of the ocean and the sky.
       • Grandpa’s laughter sounds like horse choking on a wrecking ball.
       • Success tastes like a all you can eat sushi buffet.
     • 比喻的寫法非常重要，是重點,。他們練了很多.還有一種比喻的寫法是直接寫成is,are.
       還是看看我兒子寫的練習吧,。
       • A raindrop is a miniature ocean in the sky.
       • Mom’s hug was a cup of hot chocolate.
       • Rock music is a bad headache.
       • The winning point was happiness bursting into fireworks.
   • Hyperbole 夸張
     • 例如 It was so hot you could fry an egg on the sidewalk. The program was so boring that even the flies went to sleep.
     • 下面是兒子寫的一些夸張的句子。
       • He was so strong he could lift the Eiffel tower with his pinky.
       • I was so tired I could sleep in World War 2.
       • He was so hot with fever I could cook lasagna on his face.
3. 描寫的方法
   • personification 擬人的寫法
     • 例如：用描寫人的動詞寫wind,可以用whisper,， howl,， race, 寫成句子就是 The wind whispered through the tree branches.
     • 看看兒子寫的練習 –要求：List three human actions for each item,use personification to write a sentence for each item.
       • rain: sad, tapping, knocking, roaring, screaming–句子：The rain was knocking on the windows
       • river:rushing, dancing,runs –句子：The river was rushing through the forest like a cheetah.
       • waterfall: roar,rumbling,tumbles,screaming –句子：The waterfall was roaring until my ears fell off.
   • Using sense words.
     • Sense words tell how something looks, sounds,smells, feels, or tastes. 例如without sense words的句子是：The stars shone in the sky. with sense words就變成：Bright yellow stars sparkled against the black sky. 這部分最難，就是用恰當?shù)腶djectives描寫,。這部分老師強調(diào)的還是vivid vocabulary,。
     • 兒子的練習 — 要求：Write sense words to describe each one
       • a snowflake: delicate, falling, beautiful
       • walnuts: nutty,hard,scrumptious
       • the seashore: refreshing, relaxing, cool
       • a fish dinner: satisfying, fishy, spicy
       • hiking boots: sharp, indestructible, hard
       • lettuce:inedible, disgusting, vile (一看就知道我兒子討厭吃菜吧)
     • 總之就是要寫好文章，詞是關(guān)鍵,。
4. 擴展句子(Make boring better)
   • 前面學的一直是詞匯,，現(xiàn)在開始延伸到句子。簡單的敘述句很boring,，要在這些句子中加入形容詞把句子擴展開,，生動化，make boring better,。
     例如：The cat fell asleep. 很boring,，把它改成 The tired cat drifted quickly off to sleep.
   • 看看兒子的練習 — 要求：Rewrite the following sentences so that they are more interesting for readers.
     • Stan jumped into the pool. –Friendly daredevil Stan double front flipped into the cool relaxing crystal-clear pool and made a glamorous monstrous splash.
     • My best friend is a nice person. — My loyal best extraordinary amazing friend is unbelievably kind.（看了這句話我怎么有一種夸死人不償命的感覺。）
     • The dog wagged his tail. –Joyous labrador wet dag happily wagged his over length furry tail and sprayed everyone with ginormous incredible amounts of water.
     • we watched the man during the jump. — Everyone excitedly watched the scrawny man scared scream during the jump into a ring filled with ferocious lions.
     • The sun shone in the sky. — The ginormous lemon sun brightly shone in the clear blue sky creating a beautiful sight.
     • Birds were in the tree — Newborn birds hungrily watched as their tired mom brought back the delicious worms in the oak tree.
5. 瞬間的擴展描寫
   • 學完了擴展句子,，老師又教了magnify the moment,。我暫且把它翻譯成瞬間的擴展描寫。就是要把一瞬間或一個狀態(tài)擴展開寫,，要show not tell.老師非常強調(diào)show not tell,，要求寫作時要給讀者描繪什么東西,，而不是告訴他是什么。
   • 還是用兒子寫的練習做例子吧,。
     • 要求：magnify the moment 1）The pizza was delicious. 就是在文章中不能直接寫出pizza was delicious,，要描繪出一個狀態(tài)，讓讀者感覺到pizza太好吃了,。這就是show not tell,。
       Sticky, gooey, cheese was hanging from my lip. Tomato sauce smeared all over my face. Pizza crust was being chewed by my mouth. Boy ,this is the best thing I ever ate.
     • The streets were crowded.
       Large gangs of people were clustered together. Billions of posters and signs were flying in the air. The sound was as loud as a helicopter. Boy,everybody had come to see this rock band.
     • 下面這是一個標準的magnify the moment練習。要求寫那尷尬的一瞬間,。記得兒子他們寫了很多這樣的練習,，但我只能找到這一個。
       3) As you leave the grocery store you realize that the ice cream that you just purchased melted.It is slowly sliding down your left leg! You see the cutest(boy/girl)in school coming your way!
       I was as nervous as a deer in alligator territory. My heart was racing with thoughts like "What if she sees me?" All I could think of was what to do. Ding! An idea suddenly popped into my head. As quick as a cheetah chasing his prey I bent over and lapped it up, even though everyone was glaring at me like I was a maniac."Oh no," I exclaimed she was coming closer! I ducked behind aisle 14 which sold glass bottles and hid behind them. Suddenly I started to itch and I reached my arm to scratch my foot. Crash!! The whole aisle of glass fell over one by one. Every spot on the crimson floor was covered minuscule shards of glass. All of the intricately cups were shattered in a million pieces! The sound could be heard 10 miles away! But then the worst part happened, She hurried over to see what the commotion was and then she saw me and the million pieces of glass. "Oops" I said my cheeks blushing. She suddenly laughed!"HA HA HA” she giggled again then we went to the nearest amusement park and have a blast!!
6. 跟蹤兒子學寫作的心得

先說說我為什么比較關(guān)注兒子的寫作,。我自己是個寫作非常差的人,，高中時很少能在作文課上交作業(yè)，課下費好長時間也憋不出一篇讓老師滿意的文章,，寫作是我不折不扣的軟肋,。而我這個兒子和我相反，從沒把寫東西看成負擔,，從K開始我就看他下筆神速,，還頭頭是道，我認為自己會的東西,，兒子也會那是理所應(yīng)當?shù)?，基因?可是自己不會的，兒子比較擅長我就奇怪了,，重申他爹也比我好不了哪去,。所以我很感興趣，比較留意他的寫作,。

再回答一些媽媽的問題,。我們州4年級州考有寫作，因為一篇作文需要2個老師閱卷,，閱卷時間比較長,，所以州考安排在2月底，從去年8月底開學持續(xù)到2 月底,，整整半年，學校的語文課天天教作文,。所以我說是正式學寫作,。我這個寫作系列和我以前寫的一些關(guān)于兒子寫作的文章都是說他在學校里學習的事，不是校外的補習班,。

很多人都知道我兒子上的是家門口的公立學校的Full Time GT班,，所謂的Full Time GT就是所有的功課（語文,，數(shù)學，科學,，社會）都是GT課程,，全班都是GT生，老師是有資格的GT老師,。沒見他們用過整本的資料,，都是老師發(fā)的復(fù)印紙，所以我也不知道有沒有成品的參考書,。

言歸正傳還是說說我跟蹤兒子學寫作的心得吧,。從去年8月底開學到2月底，整整半年的時間里,，兒子他們天天有寫作課,，天天有練習作業(yè)，從練詞開始,，擴展句子,，短文（magnify the moment），命題作文,，輪番上陣,，把世界上的萬物萬物差不多都要寫遍了，強度之大,，大家可以想象吧,。面對這么強大的訓練，如果沒有4年級前的文字積累,，是不是得抓狂,。試想老師天天教導學生，寫文章要用生動的詞匯,，可是如果腦子里沒有那么多生動詞匯,，怎么辦呢？我自己很知道那種感受,，真是強人所難呀,。所以寫作的基礎(chǔ)一定是詞匯的積累。

詞匯的積累又從哪里來呢,？肯定是書中,，從READING中來。下面分享一個兒子他們班reading課的生詞表,，看看對怎么學單詞是不是有一些啟發(fā),。
文章是Finding the Titanic(文章我沒有讀過，看到這個名字應(yīng)該能猜到是什么內(nèi)容吧)

可見他們reading的時候就把詞分得很細,，Vocabulary words和Vivid verbs還分開,，一些特殊的寫作方法,，像成語和比喻都會講到，詞匯就是這樣有秩序地積累起來的吧,。

寫作絕對是一個持續(xù)的過程,，不能因為4年級才學寫作，4年級前就什么都不做,。

兒子學校一,，二年級的時候，練的是混合詞造句,，就是把學過的單詞混合到一起寫一小段文章,，訓練的應(yīng)該是詞和文的結(jié)合吧。三年級的時候,，學習的內(nèi)容主要是以reading為主,，這一點我前面的3年級的reading 單詞的貼子里有提到。所以大段的文章寫的不多,，但還是寫了很多漫畫書,，就是老師給只有畫，沒有字的漫畫,，讓孩子們自己寫漫畫中的對話,。感覺強調(diào)的是趣味性和幽默感。

有了文字的積累和系統(tǒng)的訓練就夠了嗎?我感覺還少了一樣,，就是寫作源于生活,，話說起來有點酸，確實是這樣的,，這一點將來我會在寫作系列–命題作文中和大家分享,。據(jù)兒子講，老師要求寫一篇 time management的文章,，他寫了他下chess的經(jīng)歷,，得了滿分6分。下棋是要用表計時的,，輸贏也許就在幾秒鐘之內(nèi),，真是一個time management的好例子。 還有寫一次難忘的field trip,，兒子把我們?nèi)衣糜蔚慕?jīng)歷寫了進去,，也是得了滿分。生活中發(fā)生過的事情經(jīng)過潤色寫出來,，才有血有肉吧,。