Appendix D: diaries
Week 1
Date: Tuesday,May 25,1999
ĦĦAs usual, when I said that we were going
to write something, the students shrug
their shoulders. As if they are going
to have a test. I noticed a little girl
in the front. She frowned. It was Zhou
Ling. She is below average. I told them
the four steps of doing this kind of writing.
I wrote them on the blackboard. I analyzed
a piece of writing. They became understand
and began to write. After they finished,
they looked at the blackboard and began
to correct by themselves. They did what
I said carefully.
ĦĦAnother period of time, I gave the marked
paper to them and ask them to write down
the reasons. After the typical error analysis
by the teacher, they felt much better.
They can understand me. After some remedial
exercises. They can do a good job. I'm
certain that they will never make this
kind of mistakes.
Week 2
Date: Tuesday, June 1,1999
ĦĦI'm very glad that my students become
more active in my writing class and error
correction class. Especially when I ask
them to discuss in groups, check in pairs.
They like what I have done for them. The
whole lesson went smoothly. I found Zhou
Lin was smiling. She did her writing quite
well. I was surprised to see it.
Week 3
Date: Tuesday, June 8,1999
ĦĦThis period of time, I dealt with the
writing of model test paper. Like the
steps of the last two weeks, I ask them
first to correct by themselves, then I
ask some volunteers to come to the blackboard.
To my surprise, they are more active then
I expected. They come to the front, they
correct the mistakes. Zhou Lin cried:"
How time flies! It's so interesting."
They like writing and they are willing
to correct their mistakes. I am more than
happy.