Teaching Children to Write Essays - The First Method to Cultivate Gifted Children

Author: Chu Jin
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: This book provides a detailed interpretation of the methods for "Happy Writing" from the perspectives of middle and primary school writing instruction and application. It employs the unique "Happy Plus Fast" "Dual-Fast Writing" teaching methods, utilizing the latest theories from various disciplines such as pedagogy, educational psychology, creative studies, thinking science, adolescent behaviorology, and writing studies. The primary goal is to shape students' personalities, cultivate their cognitive abilities and creativity, enabling them to enter a writing state autonomously and unconsciously overcome their fear of writing, fostering a strong interest and confidence in the process. This book is suitable for self-study by students from primary to high school, as well as for reference by parents and Chinese language teachers.
From Now On, Fear Not Writing Essays (Comprehensive, Advanced, and Higher Editions) is a condensed work that encapsulates the most representative content of Chu Jin's "Happy Writing Teaching Method." It breaks through traditional writing conventions by introducing a series of revolutionary writing secrets, transcending genre and grade boundaries. Unlike the old routines of decades-long writing instruction in China, it emphasizes the development of students' thinking, observation, experience, and reading analysis skills, while advocating the principles of "the true art lies beyond the poem" and "the true art lies outside the classroom."
What sets this writing book apart is its avoidance of rigid, theoretical writing instruction. Readers feel as if they are entering Chu Jin's "Happy Writing" classroom, where both teachers and students shed all constraints, effortlessly and naturally entering a writing state. Students are amazed to find that writing essays becomes as easy as running or cycling—something they can learn quickly. Every student can achieve miracles in the classroom. Those who previously feared, disliked, or struggled with writing can, in just 30 minutes during the first or second class, quickly produce well-structured essays, thereby unlocking their full potential.
Since its release, From Now On, Fear Not Writing Essays has been reprinted multiple times, gaining widespread popularity among experts, students, parents, and teachers. It has consistently topped the educational book rankings in various bookstores. In early 2003, Chu Jin set a record for the largest number of signed copies sold at Beijing Book Distribution Building, while the simultaneous "From Now On, Fear Not Writing Essays" series lectures also created a sensation across Beijing and many other parts of the country. Many parents and teachers have requested that Chu Jin provide detailed introductions to his writing teaching and coaching methods, further interpreting the secrets of "Happy Writing" from an adult perspective. In response to repeated invitations from the publisher, Chu Jin has finally presented this latest work, revealing for the first time, without reservation, the specific classroom teaching designs and processes of this method, explaining its intricacies in detail. We hope it will serve as timely rain for parents guiding their children in writing, as well as for school and private tutoring teachers.
Let us work together to transform the current state of writing instruction in China, so that all teachers can no longer fear teaching essays, and all students can no longer fear writing essays. This book is suitable for reference and use by parents and teachers of primary and secondary school students, as well as for self-study by upper primary and high school students.