18 High-Score Tips for Middle School Entrance Exam Essays

Author: Zhang Bohua
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
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Youth students must lay a solid foundation in language skills and focus on technique training to create innovative works. — Zhang Dingyuan, Academic Director of the Secondary School Chinese Teaching Committee of the China Educational Society, poses questions with insight and provides solutions with skill, offering high-level decoding to help students achieve their goals with ease. — Yuan Gao, Chairman of the Youth Writing Research Committee of the China Writing Society,
This book consists of five major aspects:
First, refined techniques. There are many writing techniques, but this book condenses them into "Eighteen Moves," reflecting the requirement of the new curriculum standards that "teaching writing knowledge should be concise and practical" and embodying the teaching philosophy of ancient educators that "less is more, more is confusing."
Second, clever naming. The book draws inspiration from the terminology of traditional Chinese martial arts and combines it with the characteristics of writing instruction, skillfully naming each move with a four-character phrase. This not only highlights the essence of each move but also makes them easy to remember and recite.
Third, fresh content. When guiding writing, it is impossible not to use model essays. New model essays can reflect the ever-changing landscape of society and demonstrate the development of writing techniques in the new era. Therefore, the selected essays must meet the basic criteria of being both excellent in quality and content while also being newly written by emerging authors.
Fourth, strong interest. Writing should be engaging, and writing guides should also be written with a sense of fun. Each move in this book is accompanied by special sections such as "Poetic Interpretation of the Move" and "Storytelling Guidance," aiming to explain the moves in simple and accessible poetry and to spark readers' interest with vivid and entertaining stories.
Fifth, abundant resources. The book not only incorporates many new student masterpieces but also provides a collection of fresh practice materials. These materials include recent current events and famous examples from ancient and modern figures from around the world, both broadening students' horizons and staying close to their actual thoughts and experiences.