1、Period Five WritingNonchronological writing：newspaper article本单元的话题是“新闻” ，是对最近发生的重要而新鲜的事件进行报道或评述。新闻报道是应用文的一种。一般分为四部分：标题、导语、主体、结语。1新闻报道的第一句往往是全文的中心句(topic sentence)，因此这个句子中常包含四大元素：what( 事件)，when(时间) ，where( 地点) 和 who(人物)，而在下文则要补充事件的过程和细节，往往包括 why(原因) 和 how(具体过程)等。2新闻报道的关键在于语言客观平实，不必追求过分花哨的词汇和过于复杂的句型。
2、3时态常用过去时和将来时。1Its reported that. /As is reported./According to the report.2Its said that.3Its likely that.4Its a great chance for.假如你是李华，是 China Daily 的一名记者，受政府委托，前往一处希望小学调研，现请你根据调研结果写一篇 100 词左右的报道，报道沙店学校受资助前后的变化。询问内容 资助前 资助后学校名称 沙店学校 希望学校学生情况 很多学生因为家贫辍学。 辍学学生全部复学。办学条件一些危房作教室；操场只是一块空地；教师只有一间办公室。一栋三层
3、教学楼；音乐室、美术室、微机室，体育用品齐全。审题写作要求是写一篇报道。写作时应注意下面几点：1确定文体：这是一篇应用文，写一篇报道，写作中应注意常规格式。2主体时态：因为要描述以前和现在的情况，应以一般过去时和一般现在时为主。3主体人称：由于是介绍一处小学的变化，所以人称应该以第三人称为主。谋篇第一段：总说由于有了希望工程，中国农村学校发生了巨大的变化。第二段：资助前沙店学校的情况。第三段：资助后希望学校的情况。第四段：发出希望：今后学生都能受益于希望工程。必备词汇1多亏了 thanks to2希望工程 the Hope Project3支付他们的学费 pay for their educa
4、tion4有机会使用 have access to5为提供provide.for./offer.to.6配备有be equipped with7迟早 in time/sooner or later8从中受益 benefit from关键句式1一所过去被叫作沙店学校的学校。A school was called Shadian School in the past.2这所学校的很多学生因为家庭贫困付不起学费而辍学。Most of its pupils left school because their families were too poor to pay for their educati
5、on.3有提供音乐、美术和电脑教学的房间。There are some rooms.They are provided for music，art and computer teaching.句式升级1用 used to do.改写第一句。A school used to be called Shadian School.2用 so.that.改写第二句。Most of its pupils left school because their families were so poor that they couldnt pay for their education.3用分词形式和定语从句改
6、写第三句。(1)There are rooms provided for music，art and computer teaching.(分词作定语)(2)There are rooms which are provided for music，art and computer teaching.(定语从句)用适当的过渡词语，把以上词汇和句式，再加上联想内容，组成一篇 100 词左右的英语短文。参考范文Thanks to the Hope Project，great changes have taken place in rural schools in China.A school use
7、d to be called Shadian School.Most of its pupils left school because their families were so poor that they couldnt pay for their education.Some unsafe school houses had to be used as classrooms.And all the teachers shared one room.The playground was nothing but an open land.Things are different now.
8、All the children who left school have access to continuing their studies.In the schoolyards stands a threestorey teaching building.There are rooms provided for music， art and computer teaching and the school is well equipped with sports goods.For this reason，it was named Hope School.It is hoped that in time all the students will benefit from the Hope Project.