Continuation Writing
Today we have a new type of lesson, l continuation writing. What does it mean in Chinese? Yes, 读后续写. Just as its name suggests, we are required to first read what happened in a story and then write what will happen after the story.
Ok, let’s first read what happened in the story. I will give you 3 minutes to read the story quickly and find out the basic information of the story, like who, when, where and what. Ok, Let’s check the answer.
Using the basic information, can you summarize the main idea of the story? Who would have a try? Yes, last spring in Yellowstone a photographer was admiring the beautiful scenery, he had an encounter with a bear.
How many paragraphs are there in the article? Can you tell me which paragraph mainly talk about the encounter. In paragraph 3.
Let focus on paragraph 3, 4 and find out the plot of the story. What does plot mean? Yes, a series events in the story. Since I have given you time to preview our learning paper, let check your answers.
1. I walked through the dark forest and admired the breathtaking view. What does breathtaking mean? Impressive, exciting and exciting.
2. I felt that I was being watched. I turned and froze. What does freeze mean? Stop moving. What does the author stop moving? Yes, he was frightened.
3. A bear stared back at me. Time stood still and my legs started shaking. I forced my fingers to press the button.
4. A second later, the bear turned back into the forest.
5. From time to time, I looked at the photo. It’s a reminder to show respect to all animals.
For each event, the author had different reactions. So besides the development of plot, there is a development of emotion.
1. Excited and amazed
2. Shocked and frightened
3. Frightened and nervous
4. Relieved
5. Respectful
It’s not difficult for us to conclude the theme of that article is to call on us to respect the nature.
So our story goes like this. At the very beginning, everything was fine and the author was impressed by the beautiful scenery. Then it comes to the rising part that he felt he was being watched. The a problem arose. What’s the problem? A bear stared at me. How did the story end? The bear
It is a complete story. But we need to make the story continue. How can we do that? I have an idea. Before the story ends, we can give it another problem. So what’s the problem? Let’s look at the requirements for the continuation writing.
So the bear come back again. Wow? It’s frightening, right? If you were the author, what would you do? Here are several questions you can think about to help you continue the story.
You may wonder what information should be included here. Let’s pay special attention to the first sentences of each paragraph. First, it said As I headed for How will we end this part so that it will have something to with the beginning of next paragraph.
Paragraph 1
1. What’s the bear do?
2. What did he do?
3. How did the author feel?
As I headed for the campsite, the bear turned back and follow me behind.
The bear sniffed here and there and wiggled slowly towards me. At first, I was delighted, thinking I could take more photos of the bear. When I held up the camera, it quicken its pace and even roared. Slowly I put down my camera and stood still. The sun was shining brightly. As bear approached near and near, the sweat streamed down my back. I felt I would be the bear’s lunch this time. At that moment, several yards behind the bear came several cries of little cubs.
Paragraph 2
1. What did the bear do when seeing its cubs?
2. How did the author’s feeling?
3. What did the author do?
Seeing its cubs safe and sound, the mom calm down.
It stopped, looked up and gave a gentle shout in respond. Out from the bush ran two little balls of fur. As the two baby bears made their way towards their mom, the big bear dashed to greet its children. With a sign of relief and my eyes still fixed on the big bear, I stepped back slowly. Suddenly, the bear turned its head back and waved its paws at me as if to say, go on your way and don’t come here again. Little by little, the family went out of sight.
