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sharePenname:O.HenryRealname:WillianSydneyPorterOccupation:ashortstorywriterNotableWorks:TheLastLeafTheGiftoftheMagiTheFurnishedRoomYouaregoingtowriteacontinuationofthestoryTheLastLeaf.WritingTask

ThestorywassetinNewYorkinthelate19thcenturywhenPneumonia（肺炎）wasadeadlydisease.AyounggirlbythenameofJohnsyhadfallenillandwasdyingofpneumonia.

Shewatchedtheleavesfallfromavineoutsidethewindowofherroom,anddecidedthatwhenthelastleafdropped,shetoowould"drop,"anddie.WhileSue,Johnsy`ssistertriedtotellhertostopthinkinglikethat,Johnsywasdeterminedtodiewhenthelastleaffell.

AnoldFrenchman,namedBehrman,wasanartist(andaverybadonetoo)wholivednearbyandwasSue'stutor,andwhohadbeenclaimingthathewouldpaintamasterpiece,eventhoughhehadneverevenattemptedtostart.

Suewenttohim,andtoldhimthathersisterwasdyingofpneumonia,andthatJohnsyclaimedthatwhenthelastleaffelloffofavineoutsideherwindow,shewoulddie.Behrmanlaughedatthisasfoolishness,butdecidedtoseeJohnsyandthevine(藤）.Inthenight,averybadstormcameandwindwashowlingandrainwassplatteringagainstthewindow.SueclosedthecurtainsandtoldJohnsytogotosleep,eventhoughtherewerestillfourleavesleftonthevine.JohnsyprotestedbutSueinsistedondoingsobecauseshedidn`twantJohnsytoseethelastleaffall.

Inthemorning,Johnsywantedtoseethevine,tobesurethatalltheleavesweregone,buttotheirsurprise,therewasstilloneleafleft.WhileJohnsywassurprisedthatitisstillthere,sheinsisteditwouldfallthatday.Butitdidn`t,nordiditfallthroughthenightnorthenextday.Johnsybelievedthattheleafstayedtheretoshowhowwickedshewas,andthatshesinned(犯罪，犯過失）inwantingtodie.Sheregainedherwilltolive,andmadeafullrecoverythroughouttheday.

Intheafternoon,adoctorcameandtalkedtoSue.ThedoctorsaidthatMr.Behrmanhaddiedofpneumoniaanhourago,andthathewasillonly2days.Ajanitor（看門人）hadfoundhimhelplesswithpain,andhisshoesandclothingwerewetandicycold.Thejanitorcouldn'tfigureoutwherehehadbeenonthatstormynight,thoughshehadfoundalanternthatwasstilllit,aladderthathadbeenmoved,somescatteredbrushes,andapalette（調(diào)色板)withgreenandyellowcolorsmixedonit."LookoutthewindowSue,doyouseethatlastivy（常春藤）leaf?Darling,thatwasBehrman'smasterpiece-hepaintedittherethenightthatthelastleaffell."TearscametoJohnsy’seyesassheknewwhatMr.Behrmanhaddoneforher.________________________________________Tenyearslater,Johnsybecameafamouspainterduetoherdedicationandhardwork._______________________________continuationwriting

Readandexplore

Readthestoryquicklyandanswerthequestions.1.Whoarethemaincharacters?ThemaincharactersareSue,Johnsy,MrPneumonia(personified),thedoctor,andMrBehrman.2.Whenandwherewasthestoryset?ThestorywassetinNewYorkinthelate19thcenturywhenPneumoniawasadeadlydisease.3.WhathappenedtoJohnsy?ShegotPneumoniaandhadlittlechancetolive.Readandexplore4.Bydoingwhat,whosolvedtheproblem?MrBehrmanpaintedthelastleafonthewall.5.Wastheproblemsolved?Whathappenedtothemaincharacters?Yes,Johnsywasaliveaftershesawthelastleaf.MrBehrmandiesofpneumoniabecausehepaintedanivyleafforJohnsyintherain.Readandexplore6.WhydidMrBehrmangetpneumonia?MrBerhmangotpneumoniabecausehewasoutsideinthecoldrainpaintingtheleafonthewall.Readandexplore7.Ifthestorywerenotnamed“THELASTLEAF”,whichofthefollowingwouldbeitsbesttitleinyouropinion?Themasterpiece.Analysethecharacters

CharactersPersonalityExamples(Evidence)Johnsypessimisticstubbornwaitedtodie;mindwasmadeupSueconsideratekind,patient

encouragedJohnsyconstantlyandtookcare

of

JohnsycarefullyBehrmanambitiousselflessbraveForfortyyearshehadbeenabouttopaintamasterpiece.HesacrificedhislifetosaveJohnsy.ReadandexploreReadthestorymorecarefully.Completethetimeline

withwhathappenedinthestory.ReadandexploreInNovember,Johnsy______________________.Thedoctor____________________________.Johnsycountedtheleavesontheivyvineandthought______________________________________.BehrmanandSuelookedoutthewindowandfound___________.Thenextmorning,Johnsy____________________________________________________.Thefollowingday,Johnsy________________________.Thedoctor______________________________.MrBehrman_____________.Thenextday,MrBehrman______.Thejanitorfound__________________________thedaybefore.gotsickwithpneumoniasaidshemightnotgetbetterthatshemustdiewhenthelastivyleaffallsoneleafleftaskedtolookoutthewindowandsawsawtheleafwasstilltheresaidshewouldliveandgetbetterwassickwithpneumoniadiedMrBehrmaninbedwithpaintheleafwasstilltherePrinciplesofcontinuationwriting1.Consistency

of

the

gist（主旨大意）2.Consistencyoftheplot（情節(jié)）3.Consistencyofthelogic（邏輯）4.Consistencyof

the

emotion（情感）5.Consistencyofthestyle（風(fēng)格）2.Consistencyoftheplot（情節(jié)）Plot-relatedmistakes1.Notfollowingthegivenhintswhenorganizingtheplot（情節(jié)沒有跟著文章提示走）Thenvividmemoriescamefloodingback.

SomeSsfailedtomentionwhatmemoriestheywere.2.Overuseofdialogues（過度使用對話）Toomanydialoguesbetweenthetwomaincharacters,Jennyandhermother.Asaresult,theirstoriesarelonganddull.3.Wronguseofperson（人稱使用錯誤）

WhenIgotupat6o'clock,Ihaveseenmymotherbusycookinginthekitcheneveryweekday.Plot-relatedmistakesMistakesinexpressions1.Spellingmistakes（拼寫錯誤）Clam(calm)Down!…h(huán)ermotherturely(truly)lovesher..Hermotherpreparedalotofsnakes(snacks)forher.The

seller

smailed(smiled).Don’t

leave

me

along(alone).Jennychocked(choked)Mistakesinexpressions1.Spellingmistakes（拼寫錯誤）Clam(calm)Down!…h(huán)ermotherturely(truly)lovesher..Hermotherpreparedalotofsnakes(snacks)forher.The

seller

smailed(smiled).Don’t

leave

me

along(alone).Jennychocked(choked)2.Wronguseofcollocations（詞組搭配介詞亂用）Sheshared

happiness

to(with)

her

mother.Jenny

approached

to(/)

her

mother

and

hugged

her.She

thanked

to(/)

the

seller

and

left

quickly.Mistakesinexpressions3.Mistakesinpartofspeech,tenses,voices,etc.（詞性、時態(tài)、語態(tài)）take

a

deep

breathe(breath)Iwanttomake

an

apologize(apology).Whatever

you

had

met,

I

will

always

standing(stand)

behind

you.

I

shouldn’t

shouted(shout)

to

you.Nobody

can

heard(hear).Thedoorwasn’tbeen(/)closed.

Shealwaysrememberedthesmellofthemealwhich(was)cookedbyhermother.MistakesinexpressionsMistakesinexpressions4.Mistakesinsentencestructures（句子結(jié)構(gòu)）Notuntildidshehearwhatthesellertoldhershecametorealizethat…Sothankfulshewasthat…Whenhermotherseeingher,shejumpedtoherfeet.They

hugged

each

other,

understood

other’s

heart.Mistakesinexpressions5.Chinglish（中式英語）But

she

rushed

to

the

kitchen

with

no

words.You

are

OK

just

enough.Thinking

here,

Jenny

made

a

decision

to

apologize

to

her

mum.Mom

is

the

best

person

in

the

world,

a

man

is

like

a

treasure

who

has

mother.WonderfulexpressionsandbeautifulsentencesExpressions:1.Vividwords&variousexpressions（生動的詞/多樣的表達(dá)）2.Verbsinaction（表動作的詞）3.Variedsentencepatterns（句式多樣）4.Plotscorrespondingtothegivenpassage（情節(jié)緊扣）5.Properstatementofthetheme（主題升華恰當(dāng)）TearscametoJohnsy’seyesassheknewwhatMr.Behrmanhaddoneforher._______________HowdidJohnsyfeel?

WhatdidJohnsydo?WhatdidJohnsysay?Shefeltmoved,heartbroken,grateful…

ShewenttoseeMr.Behrman.Shegavethanksandwasdeterminedtosucceed.PlotConstructionTenyearslater,Johnsybecameafamouspainterduetoherdedicationandhardwork.____________Howsuccessfulwasshe?WhatdidJohnsydotorememberMrBehrman?Whatdidthepaintingmean?Herworks…ShedrewthesamepaintingasMrBehrmandid.Hope.PlotConstructionVocabularyforcontinuationwriting動作：stareat(注視，盯著看),take…aside(把…叫到一旁),claim(聲稱),inanattempttodo(嘗試做某事),raise/liftone’sspirits(振奮某人的精神),hearof(聽說),makeupone’smindtodo(決心做某事),fetch(拿來；請來),longtodo(渴望做某事),slipaway(消亡，死去；溜走),holdon(在困境或危險中堅持住),wonder(好奇，想知道)情緒：betiredof(厭倦),withdisbelief(不可置信地),helplessly(無助地)狀態(tài)：wetthrough(濕透的),icycold(冰涼的)時序：thenextmorning,thefollowingday,intheafternoon,thenextday時序表達(dá)補充：allofasudden突然earlyinthemorning一大早oneSundayafternoon一個星期天的下午theotherday=afewdaysago幾天前thenext/followingday第二天justthen=justatthatmoment正在那時afterthat=lateron然后afterawhile一會兒以后intheend/atlast/finally/eventually最后fromthenon從那以后surprisingly令人驚訝的是withouthesitation毫不猶豫地Hearingthis,…聽到這個，…Afterwhatseemedages,…在過了似乎幾年的時間后，…（夸張）Afterseeminglyalongtime,…在過了似乎很長一段時間后，…VocabularyforcontinuationwritingVocabularytodescribepersonality

pessimistic悲觀的optimistic樂觀的

stubborn固執(zhí)的flexible靈活的

considerate體貼的，考慮周到的kind寬容的，友好的patient有耐心的ambitious有抱負(fù)的selfless無私的brave勇敢的VocabularytodescribepersonalityTearscametoJohnsy’seyesassheknewwhatMr.Behrmanhaddoneforher.Lookingoutofthewindowandstaringatthelastivyleafthatnevermovedaninch,Johnsycouldn’