HowtoTeachWritinginSeniorHighSchoolunderNewCurriculumCriterion

毕业论文〔设计)1.IntroductionWriting is a primary way that individuals can communicate with others,tellingothers what they think and express their emotions,thoughts,hopes,dreams andopinions through writing.According to Erika Lindermama (1987:11),writing is aprocess of communication that uses a conventional graphic system to convey amessage to a reader.Teaching writing can be enormously rewarding and valuablebecause using written English is a form of power.With the development of society and economy,English teaching at senior highschools must be reformed.In accordance with the reforming of basic education,English curriculum for senior high schools calls for reformation,which led to theissue of the New English Curriculum Standards in 2001.And the new reformation ofEnglish teaching in English Curriculum Standards (Ministry of Education,2003)requires different bands of English levels at different stages.And students are requiredto reach the three bands of objectives,from Band Six to Band Eight.Concerningwriting skill,for senior high school graduates,the Band-8 objective requires that thestudents should be able to retell the passages or write summaries according to thetexts read,be able to write paragraphs or reports based on the words or diagramsgiven,be able to write paragraphs with coherent discourses and good structures,beable to write accounts of events or express ideas and attitudes clearly,and be able tocompose fluently with standard formats.The New English Curriculum Standards defines writing as composition in itstrue sense and designs a higher objective for English teaching,which is highlighted in2