Set up separate groups for different ability levels
You probably don’t want to mix a gifted eighth grader with a second grader who writes very little. In a larger school, you could have a beginner group, a more advanced group, and a publishing group. Members can move to more appropriate groups if they are not comfortable in the current one.
Advertise the group in different ways
Send advertisements home with students, and put an advertisement on the school website or in the school newsletter.
The first meeting should be very open
At the first meeting, you should tell the students that this group is all about them. It is not a class, not a grade and not a requirement. Then tell them what some other writing groups do, and ask what they would like to do.
Set up a time to meet once or twice a month
It is important that students bring their writing with them. The group could go in any direction: criticize each other’s work, read your writing aloud, read silently, publish your work in a booklet (小册子), play creativity games or do an online chat with a published author.
It will take a little while to find out what works best for your group
Search for creativity exercises and role plays. You might even be able to set up a special section of your school’s website just for your writing group.
【小题1】The purpose of this passage is to ________.
| A．introduce how to start up a writing group |
| B．offer some advice on how to teach writing |
| C．train highlevel students to start up a writing group |
| D．compare different tips on starting up a writing group |
| A．problem | B．test | C．tool | D．success |
| A．Practice role plays. |
| B．Meet a published author. |
| C．Criticize each other’s work. |
| D．Play creativity games. |
Since my retirement (退休) from teaching music in 2001, I have spent a good deal of time painting as an artist. I actually began drawing again in the summer of 1995 when my father died, so perhaps I was trying to recover from the loss of my father, or maybe it was just that it brought back memories of him. In any case, I drew pen and ink animals and landscapes (风景画) much influenced by Krenkel and St. John for five years.
For some strange reason, I had been waiting until my retirement to start doing watercolours again, but as soon as I walked out of the school door for the last time I picked up my brushes and rediscovered Andrew Wyeth, who quickly became my favourite artist. I had looked through all the art books I had on my shelves and found his watercolours to be the closest to how I thought good watercolours should look. So I painted landscapes around Minnesota for three years and tried out many other types of painting. However, watercolours remained my first choice, and I think I did my best work there, showing my paintings at a number of art exhibitions.
Art is now together with my piano playing and reading. There is a time for everything in my world, and it is wonderful to have some time doing what I want to do. As Confucius once said, “At seventy I can follow my heart’s desire.”
【小题1】The author started drawing again in 1995 because ______ .| A．he hoped to draw a picture of his father |
| B．he couldn’t stop missing his father |
| C．he had more time after retirement |
| D．he liked animals and landscapes |
| A．had been taught by Krenkel and St. John |
| B．painted landscapes in Minnesota for 5 years |
| C．believed Wyeth to be the best in watercolours |
| D．started his retirement life at the age of seventy |
| A．Very enjoyable. | B．A bit regretful. |
| C．Rather busy. | D．Fairly dull. |
Housing swaps are becoming very popular for people who want to travel, but want to stay at a private home instead of a hotel. In this type of exchange, a person swaps his/ her house with another person in an area he/ she wishes to travel to.
In addition to a housing swap, you can choose a hospitality (好客) exchange in which people host guests in their home, and then are hosted later in their guests’ home.
| A．A housing swap is not limited to houses. |
| B．Besides, it is more flexible and convenient. |
| C．There are also some drawbacks of a housing swap. |
| D．You’d better leave the house with a small thank-you gift. |
| E．Leave it in the same or better shape than it was in when you arrived. |
| F．This is a social arrangement that provides the opportunity to have a tour guide if you’re lucky. |
| G．It’s nice to leave a little welcome gift with information about the area and activities. |
One evening, I was in a ward(病房), desperately “hunting” for the final three patients I needed to complete my study. Holding a patient questionnaire, I walked towards a room. A patient called Ms A was lying in bed, clearly still weak. There were no relatives or friends with her. Even the bed beside her was empty. I sat down on a chair next to her bed, and in a low voice I introduced myself and asked if I could gather some additional information from her. She agreed. After I finished, I prepared to leave. Before I could stand up, Ms A said, “I haven’t seen you here before, doctor. Are you new?” “Not really, Madam. It’s just that I don’t come here every day,” I replied. Ms A started talking about herself. She shared her difficulties and sufferings, talked about her husband, who was killed in a car accident, and that she struggled to earn money. All I did was nod my head as a way of showing my sympathy.
Without realizing it, I had begun holding Ms A’s hand. Finally, Ms A stopped talking. “I’m very sorry for keeping you here to listen to my problem, but I feel relieved now. I had no one to pour out my problems to.” Tears fell from the corner of her eyes. Finally, I knew what to say. “It’s OK, Madam. It’s part of my duty.” I stood up and waved goodbye. A few days later, when I returned to the ward, I discovered Ms A had left the hospital as her condition had improved.
Ms A taught me the most important lessons a doctor can learn. Sometimes patients do not need expensive medicine. They just need someone with the patience and willingness to lend an ear and spare a little of their time.
【小题1】Why did the author interview the patients at Dr Sardjito Hospital?
| A．Because it was the duty as a medical student. |
| B．Because she needed medical information for her paper. |
| C．Because she was going to get a good position there soon. |
| D．Because she wanted to learn about the suffering of patients. |
| A．relaxed | B．annoyed |
| C．nervous | D．lonely |
| A．She had lost her husband and kids |
| B．She got hurt in a traffic accident |
| C．she was living in a hard condition |
| D．she didn’t get on well with others |
| A．the author was kind and patient enough to share her sufferings |
| B．other doctors treated her in a cold way |
| C．she shouldn’t talk about her difficulties to doctors |
| D．doctors ought to learn how to cure her psychological (精神上的) problems |
| A．A doctor must learn how to treat each patient equally. |
| B．Her psychological treatment made Ms A recover quickly. |
| C．Listening is sometimes the best thing a doctor can do for a patient. |
| D．It is the doctors’ duty to receive whatever patients say. |
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