记叙文写作——运用时间顺序 高中英语写作教学设计

Task 1 Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper transitions.

⑴ When he returned an hour later ⑵ Suddenly ⑶ In a matter of

seconds ⑷ When I was five ⑸ As ⑹ Until the moment

______________ we went to Yosemite for our first vacation. _____________ my

mother and father sat outside the cabin reading the newspaper, I played near the river
with the bear, dipping his furry feet into icy water. He was my best friend; I took him
everywhere, could not fall asleep at night without him. ______________ the current
swept him out of my hands. I ran screaming and crying to my father, “Daddy, hurry,
Bear’s gone down the river.” ________________, he’d tossed his newspaper aside
and followed me to the place where I last saw Bear. Leaping from boulder to boulder
he seemed to be flying down the creek, his red flannel shirt billowing like a flag,
finally disappearing from view. ________________, drenched and disheveled, he had
Bear in his hands. ________________ I had never been conscious of loving my father.
I wonder if he realized then just how thoroughly Bear had taken his place. And if he
knew what a disaster it would be for both of us if he’d returned empty-handed.

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Task 2 Read the following passages and identify what type of time order each
passage uses.
(A)
Fortunately, I caught the plane to New York and everything seemed to have
settled down. But only I myself knew what a frustrating and exciting experience I had
early this morning, I almost missed the plane!
I arrived at the airport three hours in advance. Suddenly I was horrified to find that
I had left one of my suitcases at the hotel. Without a second thought, I jumped into a
taxi and explained my situation to the driver. Then we sped off towards my hotel …
…
In the end, we managed to get the suitcase and then raced back to the airport.
How lucky I was that I made it to my plane on time.

(B)
My heart is full of excitement as Dad and I line up for this year’s Charity Run. It
is my first race. I’ve been working out and I feel so great. I know I’m ready. Bang!
We’re off. As we run side by side, Dad is panting, “Coop, don’t forget … how hard
you worked … to get here.”
Yes. Dad and I had started training several months ago. Each day in our early
morning walks, we’d go faster and faster. Slowly, the walks turned into jogging. Then
they finally turned into running. At first, I had a tough time keeping up with Dad, so
sometimes he would slow down for me.
…
Suddenly, I hear Dad panting beside me. He tells me to go on. So I take off like a
racehorse roaring ahead. ... I sprint across the finish line. The big race clock shows
1:57:15. I feel so proud of myself!

(A)
(B)

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Task 3 The following sentences are given in random. Underline the time order
signal words in each sentence and rearrange them in chronological order. The
beginning of the passage is given.
How would you feel if citizens of a rival town stole your town’s records, forever
changing its history?
⑴ Later one night that year, some young Wheaton men broke into the Naperville
courthouse and stole the county records.
⑵ But these were destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Wheaton has been the
county seat ever since that famous midnight raid.
⑶ In an 1867 referendum Wheaton narrowly won the county seat, but the records
stayed in Naperville.
⑷ An alarm sounded and they dropped some of the papers.
⑸ In 1838 Naperville held the county records of the new Dupage County. Naperville
and nearby Wheaton were fierce rivals. Both wanted the County seat.
⑹ Later, fearing another raid, Naperville officials moved the remaining records to
Chicago for safekeeping.

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Task 4 Try plotting the events given below in your narrative in chronological
order. Add things necessary to make it a good story. The beginning sentence is
given.
1:30 p.m. Ben and Paul set off riding their mountain bikes through the woods near
their house.
4:45 p.m. They felt confused when they came to a fork and took a wrong turn. They
got lost.
9:00 p.m. They tried to keep warm and build a shelter with branches to spend a
miserable night in the woods.
7:00 a.m. The next day, they continued to find the way back and saw old railroad
tracks.
8:00 a.m. By following the tracks, they reached the town safe.

Ben and Paul were fond of cycling and one sunny afternoon, they decided to
take an adventure across the woods near their house.
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