Writing
Good Morning, class. Today is very special for I’m going to have a lesson in front of so many teachers. Feeling nervous, I skipped breakfast this morning. Have you eaten breakfast yet?
Yes. Good boy. Your mum will be glad to hear that. Though most of you have formed the habit of having top meal of the day, I am definitely sure that some of you may not have breakfast or skip breakfast for this or that reason just like me. Compared with breakfast eaters, the persons who don’t have breakfast regularly are called breakfast skippers.
Yesterday you wrote a short composition based on this topic. Now let’s look at it again.
最近的一项调查表明，浙江大约30%的中学生没有吃早餐的习惯。请你说明此现象发生的原因，并就此发表个人看法，提出相关建议。词数：120左右
According to the description, how many parts should this passage be made up of?
Three. The first part is phenomenon description. In the second part we should list some possible reasons leading to this phenomenon. And the last part should contain our personal opinions and suggestions.
(板书：phenomenon; reasons; comments)
Now let’s focus on the first part. I think one sentence is enough to describe the phenomenon.
Now take out your written work.
First I’d like you to share your writing with your groupmates and choose the best sentence of your group and then show it to the whole class.
(展示几位学生的第一段现象描写的句子)
Which sentence do you think is the best?
Their sentences are concise and to the point, which reflect the principles of writing. Concise means write with no unnecessary words.
(板书：Be concise; To the point ) While writing we should keep them in mind.
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Now I show you some sentence structures and you can refer to them as a reference. (展示教师准备好的句子)
1.最近的一项调查表明.
● A recent study shows…
●According to the recent survey …
●Recently, a survey has carried out, showing that…
●…haven’t formed / developed the habit of having breakfast.
2. Now let’s come to the second part: the possible reasons why middle school students don’t have breakfast.
( 请学生说说他们写的作文中的原因，教师板书：lack of time, be in a hurry, study late and get up late; have no appetite for ( …spoil one’s appetite ); be on a diet ( keep slim; lose weight)
Yes, you have thought of more reasons than I had expected. But can we put all the reasons into our short passage? Sure, we should choose some and leave some out. But how to connect them coherently and smoothly is a big problem. (板书：Be coherent and smooth).
If a piece of writing is coherent, its parts are connected in a clear and reasonable way.
Now please discuss in groups and each group chooses the best written one, which should be concise and coherent.
(学生讨论，之后展示几个好的样本)
Now let me show you some expressions as a reference.
(教师幻灯片展示：表示原因：)
●There are several reasons accounting for this phenomenon.
● A number of factors account for / lead to / contribute to / result in this phenomenon.
●The reasons for this phenomenon can be listed as follows.
●The most common reasons given for skipping breakfast are lack of time, no appetite for food, not being hungry or
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