Yifu Middle School Miss Wang

Writing Revision Part 1

Answer the following questions

• What happened to the bird in the end?

• Why does the bird have nowhere to live?

• Like the bird, there are more and more wild animals in danger, the number of these animals is getting smaller and smaller. As a student, what can we do to help these wild animals?

I think we should take the following actions: • Ask the government to build more reserves( 保护区）

• Encourage people to protect the animal reserves

• Write about some endangered animals to newspapers and magazines and tell them all about these problems

a report

I think we should take the following actions: • Ask the government to build more reserves

• Encourage people to protect the animal reserves

• Write to newspapers and magazines about some endangered animals and tell them these problems

• Ask your parents not to buy clothes made of animal fur.

• Write to the Wild Animals Club to be a member of the club and tell him what you can do to help the club.

a report

an application letter

How to write a report about endangered wild animals?

Title: _________ are in danger!

Paragraph 1 Appearance

Paragraph 2 Ability

Paragraph 3 Character

Paragraph 4 Danger

Paragraph 5 Conclusion

Appearance※very big; Blue or grey body; small head and big mouth; have no teeth in the mouth

Ability ※good at swimming and hunting( 狩猎）

Character※like to swim around the sea; often hurt people or small animalsFood※small fish…

Dangers※people kill them for their meat , fur, fin （鳍）, bones; no food to eat

Blue whales are in danger! Blue whales are the biggest animals in the world. Their bodies are blue or gray. Their heads are small and flat. Their mouths are big but there are no teeth in the mouths. Blue whales are good at swimming because they live in the sea. They are also good at hunting. They all like to swim around the sea.

Sample:

They like to eat small fish and other things in the sea. Sadly, lots of people kill the blue whales for their meat, fur, fins and bones. If people also hunt small fish, they will have no food to eat.

If we don’t take actions to protect them, they won’t survive in the world.

Do you know how to write an application letter （申请信） ?

DateNameTitleGreetingSubject

Main body

ClosingSignature

Paragraph 1. Purpose

Paragraph 2. Self-introduction

Paragraph 3. Reasons

Paragraph 4. Conclusion

how to write an application letter

Dear Mrs. Zhou,APPLICATION TO JOIN THE RISK CLUB I read an article about the Adventure Club and I would like to become a member of the Adventure Club. I am a student at NO.5 Middle School and I am in Grade 9. My favorite subject is P.E. and I like English, too. I am very interested in running. I usually run twice a week. I also like reading and taking risks. I would like to become an adventurer because I like the forests and the nature. I like studying the nature and do something exciting very much. I think it is very important for me to know more about the things and the animals in the nature and tell people more about them. I can come to club activities on Sundays. I will be very happy if I can become a member of your club. You can call me at 0574-83477940 or e-mail me at snow@yahoo.com.cn. Yours, Li Li

Self-introduction

Reasons

Conclusion

Purpose

Purpose: I would like to be a member of the ______ club.Self-introduction:Reasons: I would like to be a ____ because ___________.I think it is important for me to do something to protect___. I want to learn more about_____. I can come to club activities from ____to ___ /on ____.Conclusion: I will be very happy if I can become a member of your club. You can call me at _______ or e-mail me at ______. (phone number) (e-mail address)

flood

earthquake

typhoon

drought

fire

snowstorm

tornado

lightning

tsunami

sandstorm

How to write an article about a natural disaster

Choose the topic

A fireAn earthquakeA floodA tornadoA typhoonA snowstormA sandstorm

Choose a topic

What to talk about

introduction

during the ___

after the ___

Where were you ?What did you do?What did you hear?What did you see?What happened to you?How did you feel?

Where were you?What did you hear?What did you see?How did you feel?

Where did it happen?

When did it happen?

1.About the introduction:

It happened in Beijing, on 13th December.

A snowstorm hit Beijing on 13th December.

It was in Beijing. It happened on 13th December. ---

Some useful expressions:

2. What happened? 1. be trapped/be frightened 2. lost my umbrella 3. walked/drove/rode---slowly/hard 4. fall down/over 5. crashed into---

3. How did you feel? 1). frightened/excited/terrible/in fear /worried/sad… 2). screamed/shouted/calmed down/happy/thankful ( 感激的 )…

4.You can use these words to describe:First,Then,Next,Finally/At last

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write an article about a natural disaster

Tornado ( 龙卷风 )

On April 21st, a tornado hit Hengyang in Hunan. At the beginning, it became dark. Everyone could hear a strange noise. They were very frightened. But nobody knew what was happening. A few minutes later, it came. First , people heard thunders and saw lightning. Then, everything began to move. It rolled up paper and sticks, cars and houses into the sky. It was very terrible. At last, it stopped suddenly. The great noise disappeared. Everything was in a mess. About 7 people died. Over 2400 houses fell down.

Help the wild animals It is reported that the number of endangered animals is becoming smaller and smaller. More and more wild animals are losing their lives. Hunters kill them for their fur to make more money. Farmers keep taking their living areas to make more space for their farms and buildings. If people keep doing this, there will be no wild animals in the world. We should do something to protect them. First, we should build more nature reserves and make them bigger. Second , People should stop killing them. Third, we need more people to help them survive in the wild. Let’s take more active actions to help them.

Sample5th JuneDear Mr FanAPPLICATION TO JOIN THE SAVE CHINA’S TIGERS CLUB I would like to become a member of the Save China’s Tiger Club. I am a student at Sunshine Secondary School and I am in Grade 9. My favorite subjects are PE and English. I am very interested in playing basketball. I also like singing and painting. I would like to become a member of the club because I like tigers and nature very much. I think it is important for me to do something to protect tigers. I want to know more about tigers, too. I can come to club activities from 5.00 to 6.00 on Sundays. I will be very happy if I can become a member of your club. You can call me at 55557112 or e-mail me at Amy@163.com.cn Yours sincerely Amy

28th AprilDear teachers,Our class is planning a day out on 10th May . We want to inviteyou to go to Qixia Mountain .This is the plan for the day:We will meet at 7:00 a.m. at the school gate. Then we’ll go to QixiaMountain by coach. It will take about an hour. At about 8:30 we’llstart to climb the mountain. On the top of the mountain we’ll have a party. Many students will sing and dance at the party. we’ll stay there for about two hours and have a picnic there. After lunch we’ll visit the temple there. We’ll leave at 4 o’clock in the afternoon.We will make it a really fun day for everyone. If you want to come,please let us know as soon as possible. We hope you can join us.Best wishesYours students

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