大学写作课件Chapter5Summarizing.ppt

Thank you for your attention! 5. Summary of 4 types of writing Participating in extracurricular activities helps you in other ways, too. It looks good on college and job applications and shows admissions officers and employers you’re well-rounded and responsible. Specific activities help with specific goals. (to be continued) 5. Summary of 4 types of writing The most basic reason for joining a club or team is that it gives you something better to do than staring at the wall, wandering the hall, or sleeping all afternoon. People who are participating are less likely to pick up bad habits, like smoking or drinking. 5. Summary of 4 types of writing Analysis： This argumentative essay discusses the advantages of participating in extracurricular activities: (1) may help you deepen your interests，(2) break down the barriers， (3) helps you in other way， (4) are less likely to pick up bad habits. In writing the summary, we may express the contents in our own words. For example 5. Summary of 4 types of writing The advantages mentioned in the first 2 paragraphs may be expressed with “ widen social circle and improve communicating skills”; the advantages in the last 2 paragraphs may be expressed with “ prepare for their future and form good habits”. In addition, some attributive clauses and coordinators may be used to link all the information in the summary. E.g. 5. Summary of 4 types of writing 参考范文Summary 5 : The writer argues for the strengths of extracurricular activities, which helps students better themselves in widening their social circle and improving communicating skills, making preparations for their future as well as forming good habits. 5. Summary of 4 types of writing [Sample 6] Although the recent week-long National Day holiday generated an expected economic boom, the “Golden Week” holidays are losing their charms for more and more Chinese people, a natio