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One of your deadly poor relatives owes you money, and he cannot repay it. What would you do
Module 3
Workbook
Unit5 My Uncle Jules
Story Continuation Writing
Things you need to do before continuation writing
Read the plot: personalities of main characters and theme(author’s writing purpose)
Read the last sentence: logical development of your passage
Read the language: characteristics and tense
Read quickly and match the headings to each paragraph.(Two headings which you do not need to use)
Body 1
Body 2
Body 3
Expect Jules
Hate Jules
Praise Jules
Meet Jules
Thank Jules
Read the plot (paragraph 1:Beginning)
Tip 1: We can learn about the traits of a character according to what he says and does
Expect Jules
Who When Where What
My family
My parents
My sister
Every Sunday
Sea
All put on our best clothes
go for a walk
walk at the back with great dignity
stride ahead, hoping to attract the right people
What were my parents and my sisters like
Why did they do so
Praise Jules
Who When What Parent’s remark on him
Jules
Before setting forth for America
After arriving at America
Squandered his and my father’s inheritance
Set up a business
black sheep
hopeless case
good and honest
What were my parents like
Read the plot (paragraph 2:Development)
Mercenary, dislike the poor but favor the rich.
What were my Uncle Jules like
Before: wast money, being poor
Now: conscientious, rich
Meet Jules
Who met Jules
My parents and I
What did they do when they met Jules
My parents wanted to keep it that way.
I gave him a tip.
What did Jules do when they met us
Jules thanked me.
What kind of person they were
What does “keep it that way” mean
They wanted to keep their previous life, and pretended not to meet Jules. And they didn’t want to be recognized by Jules
Read the plot (paragraph 3:Climax)
Read for the theme
What do you think of the personality of the main characters
What kind of personality does the author prefer Why
What is the writing purpose of the passage
Criticize the overemphasis on the importance of the society and people’s indifference to their relatives.
What do you think the ending Happy ending or bad ending
Bad Ending
Read the last sentence
My father pointed at his son-in-law. Everyone feel silent. As we drew closer to Jersey, I wanted desperately to see my Uncle Jules again and to console him with tender words but he had long disappeared blow the deck.
If in the first act you have hung a gun on the wall, then in the following act it should be fired. Otherwise don’t put it there.
Tips for writing:
Find out the guns and fire them!
(Respond to the details mentioned in the given material.)
Read the last sentence
Read the last sentence
My father pointed at his son-in-law. Everyone feel silent. As we drew closer to Jersey, I wanted desperately to see my Uncle Jules again and to console him with tender words but he had long disappeared blow the deck.
What words might the author say
Will the author find his uncle
Read for language
Tips for writing:
Make sure the tense is consistent with (与…一致) the given material.
Read for Tense
Then I was......
My uncle Jules was....
A few years later, one of my sisters got married to a clerk....
Read for characteristics of language
“That man looks....,” my father muttered to my mother.
The captain said, “He’s a tramp whom....”
“It’s he! What should we do ” moaned my father.
.....
Tips for writing:
Use the direct speech
Write your story!
As we drew closer to Jersey, I wanted desperately to see my Uncle Jules again and to console him with tender words but he had long disappeared blow the deck.
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direct speech—“…” she said.
Simple Past
What words might the author say
Will the author find his uncle
Theme(bad ending)
Character consistency
Homework
Polish your language and pay special attention to the transition to make your story develop smoothly
I have enough money to secure my family and that is all I care about.