摘 要:讀后續(xù)寫高考新題型在高中寫作課堂中缺乏高效的教學方法,本文以一節(jié)基于讀后續(xù)寫任務而開展的高一學生師生合作評價寫作研討課為例,探討如何通過閱讀課與寫作課結合以及教、練、評有機融合使得寫作課貼近教學、貼近課堂、貼近學生,從不同維度促進學生英語讀寫能力提升。
關鍵詞:讀后續(xù)寫;師生合作評價;高中英語寫作
作者簡介:徐丹(1995.01-),女,安徽銅陵人,南京市第十二中學,教師,碩士,研究方向:英語教育。
一、引言
讀后續(xù)寫是近年來高考英語新題型,在教學界引發(fā)廣泛關注。該題型要求考生基于一篇350詞左右的閱讀材料及段落開頭語等提示信息進行寫作,使所寫文本(150詞左右)與所讀材料形成銜接合理、情節(jié)連貫、結構完整及風格統(tǒng)一的連續(xù)體,讀后續(xù)寫在發(fā)揮學生主觀能動性和創(chuàng)造性的同時要求學生充分理解閱讀材料,從語言、情節(jié)和篇章等多個維度延續(xù)閱讀文本。讀后續(xù)寫理論依據為王初明教授提出的寫長法,寫長法具有三大促學優(yōu)勢:激發(fā)表達動機、凸顯語境作用、借力互動促學。
適當的課堂評價是重要的教學策略和學習方式,有著激發(fā)學生學習興趣、引導學生思維發(fā)展和助力學業(yè)發(fā)展的關鍵作用。“師生合作評價” (teacher-student collaborative assessment) 是產出導向法(production-oriented approach)團隊提出的新評價形式,指基于學生已產出的寫作文本進行課前教師典型樣本詳批、課內教師提示學生評價重點、課內學生評價典型樣本、練習鞏固評價重點知識等步驟,旨在有效補充各種評價方式。這一評價方式最早旨在提升大學英語教學質量,但越來越多研究將其運用到中小學英語教學并發(fā)現它對中小學生英語寫作、口語能力的提升有顯著作用。
高一學生面臨著初高中銜接跨度大、英語知識技能儲備薄弱等問題,對英語寫作普遍有畏難心理。在當前高中英語教學中,英語寫作未受到足夠重視,存在教學理念陳舊、形式化等問題,學生普遍存在不敢寫、寫不出、寫不好等問題。針對以上問題,筆者就譯林版高一必修一第二單元拓展閱讀“Mama and Her Bank Account”設計并開展了一節(jié)寫作研討課,課堂內容為基于閱讀課的讀后續(xù)寫任務進行師生合作評價。
二、課堂內容
(一)任務布置
在寫作評價課之前,筆者就高一必修一第二單元拓展閱讀“Mama and Her Bank Account”進行常規(guī)教學,重點引導學生掌握以下重點內容:
文章體裁:Short story
故事背景:A family living in the US in the early 1900s
人物:Mama, Papa, Nels, Katrin, Christine, Dagmar
情節(jié):
1.開端:We gathered around the table to watch Mama allocate the money earned by Papa to daily expenses.
2.發(fā)展:Family members offered their own helps to solve pr-
oblems related to money for Nels, Christine and Dagmar, all with the thinking that we did not want to draw from the bank account.
3.結尾:I found out that Mama made up the bank account to make the family members feel secure.
4.主題:A mother has deep love for her children and does whatever she can to protect them.
在閱讀課結束時,給學生布置以下讀后續(xù)寫任務:
請根據拓展閱讀內容和所給段落開頭語續(xù)寫兩段,使之構成一篇完整的短文,續(xù)寫詞數應為100左右;
Only at this time did I realize that Mama had made a white lie to protect us, so I decided to be as strong and successful as she had wished for us.
When I became a parent with my own child / children, I also made some necessary white lies to them, which originated from nothing but my deep love.
(二)確定評價典型樣本
筆者在收到學生作文后快速瀏覽,按照典型性、循序漸進性和可教性原則標注作文中存在的共性的典型問題。本篇拓展閱讀是記敘文,一般過去時是其語言形式上突出特點,續(xù)寫任務的段首提示語也限制了續(xù)寫內容也應為一般過去時。高一學生在時態(tài)一致方面常常犯錯,在本次寫作任務中39份樣本里有32份都存在一般過去時和一般現在時混用的情況,因此確定評價焦點為一般過去時時態(tài)一致。
根據這一典型問題筆者確定一篇典型樣本如下:
Only at this time did I realize that Mama had made a white lie to protect us, so I decided to be as strong and successful as she had wished for us. I became more hardworking. Sometimes I wrote novels very late and didn't sleep until I was very sleepy. But their are still less people buy my novels for a long time. Because of my Mama's white lie, I understand a lot. So I never lose heart and always look on the bright side. Everything comes to him who waits. Finally, my novels were very famous, and a lot of people bought my book all over the world. Then I built a real bank account for my Mama and Papa.
When I became a parent with my own child / children, I also made some necessary white lies to them, which originated from nothing but my deep love. We moved into a small house, and often tell him this: “We are a poor family, so you can't cost much money.” When he grew up, he said: “I will say thanks for my Mama because she taught me when I face a problem, don't always think I can use the money to solve it. And my Mama made me develop a good habit: save money. She is very love me.”
筆者在對樣本進行詳批后了解了作文中時態(tài)誤用情況,課前為每位學生打印一份樣本并標注提示評價焦點。
(三)師生合作評價
師生合作評價課堂教學步驟如下:1. 寫作課前給每位學生分發(fā)一份典型樣本,并對學生進行分組;2. 提示學生續(xù)寫的成功在于內容、形式、主題上的統(tǒng)一,重點引導學生就語言形式進行組內討論;3. 比較中英文謂語動詞,引導學生總結中國學生在謂語動詞時態(tài)一致上犯錯的原因;4. 指出評價焦點為時態(tài)一致,點明寫作任務所限定的一般過去時; 5. 學生在討論中對典型樣本中一般過去時時態(tài)一致問題進行批改; 6. 教師給出課前準備的修改意見,并讓學生比較與自己的修改異同之處。
最終師生共評所得出的修改稿如下:
Only at this time did I realize that Mama had made a white lie to protect us, so I decided to be as strong and successful as she had wished for us. I became more hardworking, so much so that sometimes I wrote novels till very late and until I was quite worn out. But there were still few people who bought my novels for a long time. Because of my Mama's white lie, I understood the life a lot. So I never lost heart and always looked on the bright side: everything comes to him who waits. Finally, my novels were very famous and a lot of people bought my book. Along the journey I built a real bank account for my Mama and Papa.
When I became a parent with my own child / children, I also made some necessary white lies to them, which originated from nothing but my deep love. We moved into a small house, and I often told him this: “We are not a that rich family, so you can't spend much money.” When he grew up, he would say: “Thanks, Mama, because you taught me when facing a problem I ought not to think I could use money to solve it. And you have made me develop a good habit: to save money. You love me so much.”
(四)學生自評
筆者將學生所寫作文及包含30道一般過去時的選擇題試卷分發(fā)給學生,學生完成試題和作文自評與修改后上交。學生試卷總體正確率達到87%,修改稿中僅存在個別時態(tài)一致錯誤,表明絕大多數學生在師生合作評價后能夠準確掌握謂語動詞時態(tài)一致這一知識點。
(五)學生反思
教學完成后要求學生寫反思日記,結果顯示學生能夠更好地參與課堂、提高語言意識。例如,學生12在反思中提到讀后續(xù)寫對語言學習意識的提升的幫助作用:
以前我總習慣性讀課文,甚至覺得課文很簡單。但是老師布置了讀后續(xù)寫的任務之后我才意識到課文有很多博大精深的地方,包括語言和內容各個方面的東西,只有寫出來才能知道,想要和課文保持一致需要精心研讀。
讀寫結合的方法能夠大大提升學生的語言學習意識,讓語言學習更加主動、高效及有目的性。教師可多在教學中嘗試從聽說讀寫譯等多種不同維度讓學生深度參與課文拓展學習。
學生25在反思中提到師生合作評價能夠提升課堂參與度:
老師讓我們批改一個同學的作文,一起探討作文中存在的問題,我覺得很有參與感。改同學的作文讓我更加覺得改作文、學英語是我自己的事,我應該主動地去學。
師生合作評價能夠增強課堂趣味性、提升學生的參與感、有效地調動學生積極性,讓學生深度參與寫作課,提升學生語言學習意識,學生在互動中由“傾聽者”變成“參與者”。
三、課堂教學反思
讀后續(xù)寫作為高考英語寫作新題型,消除了以往命題作文的模板化而采取半開放寫作模式。學生要在閱讀材料和段首提示語的限制下有限地發(fā)揮創(chuàng)造力,銜接連貫與創(chuàng)造性缺一不可,因此學生在剛接觸該題型時往往無從下筆。筆者聯(lián)系學生最為熟悉的課文:譯林版高一必修一第二單元拓展閱讀“Mama and Her Bank Account”,這讓學生能夠較為容易地延續(xù)經過閱讀課已掌握的文本材料。通過閱讀課,讓學生在教師的指導下具象化原本要求由學生獨立完成的閱讀任務,以閱讀課、寫作課融合的方式為讀后續(xù)寫中的獨立閱讀理解提供了樣板,讓閱讀輸入最大限度地服務于寫作輸出,在一定程度上為學生提供了適當的“腳手架”,讓學生能夠在熟悉的環(huán)境中在讀后續(xù)寫上完成由“不會”到“會”的轉變。
盡管譯林版高一必修一第二單元拓展閱讀“Mama and Her Bank Account”是一篇典型的記敘文,故事情節(jié)通俗具體、主題明確、人物個性鮮明,十分適合讀后續(xù)寫這一寫作任務,但故事背景卻設置在20世紀的美國,對學生來說背景較為陌生,個別學生容易脫離這一背景,代入自己現有身份。因此教師在首次向學生布置讀后續(xù)寫時要重點提示讀后續(xù)寫在情節(jié)、主題、語言等多種維度上的延續(xù)性,提示學生剝離自身身份,從故事本身出發(fā)進行續(xù)寫。也可反向出發(fā),在選擇續(xù)寫題目時盡量做到貼近學生身份,借力他們從自身出發(fā)進行寫作的慣性,選擇貼近學生日常生活的讀后續(xù)寫話題,讓學生有話可寫,再循序漸進,通過話題推進更迭讓學生逐漸學會剝離自身身份,從故事本身出發(fā)進行讀后續(xù)寫,逐漸學會在語篇上實現概念功能、人際功能和語篇功能的統(tǒng)一。
從寫作課而言,讓學生深度參與到寫作評價中能實現教學過程貼近學生、以評促學。在新課程理念下,師生合作評價使得“以學生為主體,教師為主導”的寫作模式成功落實,實現了多元評價融合的教學目標。師生合作評價這一新型評價模式讓教、練、學有機融合,在學生深度參與教、練、學過程中實現教學過程貼近學生,課堂不再是教師的“一言堂”,教師不再是課堂權威,學生成為課堂的主人和積極建設者。此外,本次課程設計使強調輸入作用的讀后續(xù)寫任務與強調輸出作用的師生合作評價有機結合,證明了兩種教學方法并不沖突,實際上是從不同維度出發(fā)致力于促學。在教學過程中,教師可采取包容開放的態(tài)度,多探索如何有機融合不同教學理念、教學途徑和教學方法,使它們能夠形成合力,共同助力教學。
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