Do You Want to Be a Writer?

Here are some tips on becoming a writer.

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Most writers read whatever books they can find because they love to lose themselves in them. They like the sounds of language and the way that reading a good description can feel as satisfying as a baseball game or eating a banana split.

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It's easy to forget a good idea if you do not write it down immediately. If you get in the habit of carrying a notebook with you everywhere you go, you can write down anything you want to remember. When you are talking to friends in the cafe or waiting for the bus, something might spark an idea for a character or scene in a story.

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Nearly all writers agree that writers must write. It doesn't matter if you feel like you have nothing to say; the important thing is that you write every single day. Sometimes, you need to give yourself permission to write things which won't be your best work.

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Do you have any friends who enjoy writing? Think about starting a writing group with other people who have similar interests. It helps to have the support of other writers. You will also receive valuable feedback, or suggestions, about how to make you work better.

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If you decide that you would like to send your work for publication, make sure to do your research. If you are sending your writing to a magazine, look through old ones. Does it seem like your writing fits in with the other stories or articles? That's the homework for you after writing.

Schools change PE classes to help students recover* from COVID-19*.

On March 17, Beijing made changes to the PE test in the 2023 zhongkao: All students will get good scores if they take the exam. 

Some cities such as Taiyuan canceled* the 1, 000-meter and 800-meter runs. Other cities like Wenzhou let students choose if they would like to run in the exam. This is to make it safe for students after recovering from COVID-19.

Knowing about your health

At the start of the term, every student in Xi'an Jingkai No. 3 Middle School did a survey*. 

The questions were:

●Did you get COVID-19?

●How many days did it take you to recover?

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"The school wants to make a plan for the PE classes according to students' health. "said their PE teacher Liu Na. "Students feel differently after COVID-19. Some get tired easily, so we keepan eye on each student's feelings. "Liu said. 

"Students in Grade Nine are happy because they don't need to take the 1, 000-meter run test for zhongkao. Most students welcome this new change. But some students are really good atrunning, they are not happy because they won't have advantages anymore, "Liu added. 

Students now are having easier exercise such as dancing, fun games, sit-ups and walking. So they can improve* their health slowly. What is your PE class like now?

Four Ways to Improve Your Children's Reading Abilities

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⒈Have them read aloud

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Make sure to provide enough books for your children to practice reading. But these books should not be too hard. There shouldn't be too many new words. They should understand at least 90 percent of the words. Otherwise (否则), they will lose their interest in reading.

⒊Talk to your children's teacher

If your children have difficulty in reading, they may need help about how to build their vocabulary (词汇) or how to get the main idea. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. He/She knows better about your children than you in learning.

⒋Re-read to build fluency (流畅)

To get the meaning of a text, your children need to read fast and smoothly—a skill called fluency{#blank#}5{#/blank#}. Reading familiar and simple books again and again can help your children understand them quickly.

A. Provide books at the right level

B. You can have a talk with the teacher

C. They will have enough time to understand

D. These following ways will perhaps help you

E. Your children will love these interesting books

F. Re-reading is a good way to build children's fluency

Charles Dickens was a famous English author. He said that he cone ck down any long street in London and 1 you the name of every shop he had passed. Many of the great man of the world have excellent  2 .

A good memory is a great help in learning a language. At school, it is not so easy to learn a second language, because students have 3 time for it, and they are 4 with other subjects as well. 

The best way for most of us to5 things is to connect them with something we already know, or something that we easily remember 6 we already have a picture of it in our mind. That is  7  it is better to learn words in sentences; or to see, do, or feel what a word means when we first use it. 

The human mind is like a camera, but it takes photos not only of what we 8 , but of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo with a camera, there is much to do  9  ready to show to our friends. In the same way, there is much work to do before we can make a picture remain the photo is taken and forever in the  10 . 

Memory is a diary that we all carry with us. 

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A Recent Survey About Students' Handwriting
 

Nowadays, the computer has become a very important tool to help people to write. 

As a result, students are paying less and less attention to their handwriting. However, when they were asked if they would like to improve their handwriting, most of them answered "No". It is very disappointing. Because they think they can type on the computer and handwriting is useless. 

Actually, handwriting is necessary and important because we need it in our everyday life. To have good handwriting, you need to follow these suggestions:

*Try different styles of pens until you find the right one. 

*Sit up straight but relaxed, with your arms on the table. 

*Practice it for a few minutes each day.