Abstract

     Pre-writing activities can not only draw students’ attention to the writing task and get different ideas about it, but also make writing easy. This paper is based on the teaching ideas of “the Process-oriented Writing” and gives an analysis at the usual teaching practice before writing. More importantly, this paper puts forward several effective pre-writing activities and lists some examples of these activities. The author hopes that the teachers can be inspired and the students can get help before they write English compositions.

Key Words: Senior High School English Writing; Process Writing Approach; Effective Pre-writing Activities

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1. Introduction-4

1.1 The research background-4

1.2 The Organization of the Thesis-5

2. Process Writing Approach and Pre-writing Activities-6

2.1 The Need for Process Writing Approach-6

2.2 Process Writing Approach-8

2.3 Pre-writing Activities-9

2.4 The Usual Teaching Practice before Writing-9

3．Effective Pre-writing Activities in Senior High School Classrooms-11

3.1 The Brainstorming.-11

3.2 From Listening, Speaking, Reading to Writing.-11

3.2.1 From Listening to Writing.-11

3.2.2 From Speaking to Writing-13

3.2.3 From Reading to Writing.-14

3.3 The Rapid Free Writing.-16

3.4. Group Cooperation.-17

3.4.1 Arranging cooperative learning groups in writing class-17

3.4.2 Carrying out cooperative learning in writing class-17

4. Conclusion-19

Bibliography-20

Acknowledgements-21