Learning Guide

Continuation Writing

---read comprehensively & echo skillfully

Preparation: Make sure to read all the three continuation writing tests before class！

·Empowering your writing

Test1

A Mother’s Day Surprise

The twins were filled with excitement as they thought of the surprise they were planning for Mother’s Day. How pleased and proud Mother would be when they brought her breakfast in bed. They planned to make French toast and chicken porridge. They had watched their mother in the kitchen. There was nothing to it. Jenna and Jeff knew exactly what to do.

The big day came at last. The alarm rang at 6 a.m. The pair went down the stairs quietly to the kitchen. They decided to boil the porridge first. They put some rice into a pot of water and left it to boil while they made the French toast. Jeff broke two eggs into a plate and added in some milk. Jenna found the bread and put two slices into the egg mixture. Next, Jeff turned on the second stove burner to heat up the frying pan. Everything was going smoothly until Jeff started frying the bread. The pan was too hot and the bread turned black within seconds. Jenna threw the burnt piece into the sink and put in the other slice of bread. This time, she turned down the fire so it cooked nicely.

Then Jeff noticed steam shooting out of the pot and the lid starting to shake. The next minute, the porridge boiled over and put out the fire. Jenna panicked. Thankfully, Jeff stayed calm and turned off the gas quickly. But the stove was a mess now. Jenna told Jeff to clean it up so they could continue to cook the rest of the porridge. But Jeff’s hand touched the hot burner and he gave a cry of pain. Jenna made him put his hand in cold water. Then she caught the smell of burning. Oh dear! The piece of bread in the pan had turned black as well.

注意：

1. 续写词数应为150左右；

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

As the twins looked around them in disappointment, their father appeared. ______________

The twins carried the breakfast upstairs and woke their mother up. ___________________

2021年全国卷Ⅰ

Test2

The Meredith family lived in a small community. As the economy was in decline, some people in the town had lost their jobs. Many of their families were struggling to make ends meet. People were trying to help each other meet the challenges.

Mrs. Meredith was a most kind and thoughtful woman. She spent a great deal of time visiting the poor. She knew they had problems, and they needed all kinds of help. When she had time, she would bring food and medicine to them.

One morning she told her children about a family she had visited the day before. There was a man sick in bed, his wife, who took care of him and could not go out to work, and their little boy. The little boy — his name was Bernard — had interested her very much.

“I wish you could see him,” she said to her own children, John, Harry, and Clara. “He is such a help to his mother. He wants very much to earn some money, but I don’t see what he can do.”

After their mother left the room, the children sat thinking about Bernard. “I wish we could help him to earn money.” said Clara. “His family is suffering so much.”

“So do I,” said Harry. “We really should do something to assist them.”

For some moments, John said nothing, but, suddenly, he sprang to his feet and cried, “I have a great idea! I have a solution that we can all help accomplish（完成）.”

The other children also jumped up all attention. When John had an idea, it was sure to be a good one. “I tell you what we can do,” said John. “You know that big box of corn Uncle John sent us？Well, we can make popcorn（爆米花）, and put it into paper bags, and Bernard can take it around to the houses and sell it.”

注意：

1. 续写词数应为150左右；

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

When Mrs. Meredith heard of John’s idea, she thought it was a good one, too._____________

With everything ready, Bernard started out on his new business.________________________

2020山东高考

Test3

There Are No Vans（货车）

To me, what Thanksgiving really means is giving good thanks, not eating turkey. By the time I was 18 I had created my Thanksgiving ritual (惯例). I would go out shopping and buy enough food for one or two families. Then I would dress like a delivery boy, go to the poorest neighborhood and just knock on a door, and would always include a note saying “All that I ask in return is that you take good enough care of yourself so that someday you can do the same thing for someone else.” I have received more from this annual ritual than I have from any amount of money I’ve ever earned, especially one such experience in New York City.

Several years ago I was in New York City with my newly married wife during Thanksgiving. She was sad because we were not with our family. Normally she would be home decorating the house for Christmas, but we were stuck here in a hotel room. I said, “Honey, look, why don’t we decorate some lives today instead of some trees?” When I told her what I always do on Thanksgiving, she got excited. I said, “Let’s go someplace where we can really appreciate who we are, what we are able to do and what we can really give. Let’s go to the poor neighborhood Harlem and feed some people there in need. We’ll go buy enough food for six or seven families for 30 days. We’ve got enough. Let’s go do it!”

We started by getting a van, but there seemed no vans in all of New York City. The rent-a-car places were all out of vans. My wife was disappointed, and I said, “Look, the bottom line is that if we want something, we can make it happen! All we have to do is take action. There are plenty of vans here in New York City. Look down at the street. Do you see all those vans? Let’s go get one!” My wife agreed and we took action.

注意：

1. 续写词数应为150左右；

2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。

We tried stopping vans as they were driving down the street._________________________

Eventually a van drove up and the driver said yes._________________________________

·Practice

Practice 1: Writing to echo

1. Work in groups and find out the echoing points in the given text of Test 3. Please underline them.

2. Writing practice:

Option 1

To echo point 4: My wife was ready to give up, but I said, “__________________________ is much harder than decorating trees on Thanksgiving, it’s a(n)____________ experience. ”（续写第一段中的呼应）

Option 2

To echo point 4: As the last basket of food was delivered, the night fell and there was no light except for the stars in the sky. Looking up at the starry sky, my wife said softly, “It feels ______________________________________on Thanksgiving Day.”（续写第二段中的呼应）

Practice 2: Writing an ending

1. Find out the echoing points in the given text of Test 2 (2020山东卷).

2. Writing an ending

When Mrs. Meredith heard of John's idea, she thought it was a good one, too. So, they went to the local supermarket together. They bought a bag of corn and some special bags for popcorn. When they got home, they made a lot of popcorn and put it in the special bags. With the popcorn, they went to Bernard's home. They told Bernard how to sell the popcorn. Bernard and his parents were very grateful. And the Meredith family also felt very happy to help this family.

With everything ready, Bernard started out on his new business. He took the popcorn around to the houses and sold all his popcorn. He earned a lot of money. Then, he wanted to be self-dependent. Therefore, he asked Mrs. Meredith to teach him how to make popcorn. After that, not only did he sell popcorn, but he also added cream and salt to the popcorn to make it taste better. ____________

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·Further Thinking

How can we find the echoing points?

The features of the echoing points:_____________________________________________

·Highlight

·Assignment

1. Find out the potential echoing points in Test 1 (2021年全国卷Ⅰ)

2. Use the technique of echoing in your continuation writing.