Question

Helping Students Find Their Writing Voices

One of the most frustrating things for writing teachers is reading papers that simply lack style. When all of the research has been completed and all of the sentences are structured well, but the paper still lacks some pizzazz（活力），it can be boring to grade. If you are searching for ways to help your students find their voices, why not try making students themselves the topic of the writing? 1.

Who are you?

One of the most difficult questions for students to answer is “Who are you?” 2. In doing this, through writing, students will start to see their personalities differently and, hopefully, be able to add a feature to their writing.

Dear John

3. Encourage them to write to a famous person they’ve always admired, and then the one they absolutely hate. Explore how their language changes between the two letters. When students know their audiences, it is much easier for them to add the kind of personality their audience wants to see．

4.

When students write about what matters most to them, they will often give you the best writing you’ve ever seen. You’ll get those when you ask questions that hit home. When students have something to say about a given topic, it can be easier for them to get their ideas down and then work on their writing style.

Get the words on paper, and then edit them

The most valuable lesson students can learn is to write first, and edit later. Have students write for five minutes about their topics. If they can get their ideas down on paper, that’s 90% of the battle.

5. This can help them realize that, once they have the ideas down, the rest is just fine tuning（微调）. Once they have this skill mastered, it’s easy for them to start adding their own personal voices to their papers.

A. What matters to you?

B. What style is taught in class?

C. When they write about themselves, students’ voices often shine through.

D. Writing letters is a great way for students to explore their writing style.

E. Have your students explore who they are and what makes them unique.

F. Voice is that magical quality which is able to make a creative writing idea sing!

G. After that, have them edit these ideas into a really strong introductory paragraph.

Answer 1

1.C

2.E

3.D

4.A

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文给写作老师应该如何帮助学生找到写作的窍门提供了建议

1.C根据前一句，为什么不建议学生写写自己呢，可知此处是说让学生写自己的好处。因为最了解自己，下笔时就游刃有余了。故选C。

2.E根据小标题“who you are”,可知此处是说“让你的学生了解他们自己，并分析什么东西使他们自己和别人不同”。故选E。

3.D根据下一句“鼓励他们给自己钦佩的名人写信”可知此处是说“写信是学生培养写作风格的好方法”。故选D

4.A根据横线下面的内容“当学生写对自己重要的事情的时候，比较得心应手”可知此处是“什么是对于你来说最重要的”。故选A。

5.B最后一条建议是让学生先列提纲，再编辑。上文说的是列提纲，所以空格处应是“编辑构思所列出的句子，使它们成为有说服力的文章”。故选G.

考点：教育类短文