在SSAT考试中,虽然写作不计分,但有三点家长和考生一定要注意:1. 每位考生的写作卷子会被直接投送到指定的私校手上,让私校老师自行评估写作水平。2.写作水平在招生官看来非常重要,甚至有些私校在校园面试申请人时仍旧安排写作考试。3.在申请人正式投递申请资料时,如果申请文书中的写作水平与私校手中申请人的写作内容不一致,那么会招来诚信危机。
SSAT写作考试要求考生在25分钟内写完一篇记叙文或者议论文,但官方并无具体字数要求。作文字数太少显得没内容,字数太多又容易出错,我们该怎么办呢? 虽然没有官方答案,但从文章的结构和语言表达角度来看,Kate老师建议大家字数控制在300-400为好。低于300很可能记叙文的细节描写空洞,故事情节发展缺乏铺垫;议论文就体现在论据不够有说服力,或者句与句子间缺乏逻辑连贯性。在结构上Kate老师建议考生写出3段(记叙文)5段(议论文)的结构。平时练习就形成自己的风格和写作习惯,才能在有限的25分钟内完成构思加创作。同学们应该养成每日一文的习惯,这样不仅可以练习学术写作,纪录生活感悟,又能在考试时构思迅速,逻辑连贯。
1. 谚语(proverb) 2. 陈述话题(statement) 这两类题目类似,需要考生写essay。题干都含有topic和assignment。要求考生:针对话题回答agree or disagree;然后采用1-2个具体的例子支撑观点,例子可以来源于考生的个人经历,他人经验,时事,历史及文学的引用。 例: [谚语类]Topic: Ends justify means Assignment: Do you agreeor disagree with the topic statement? Support your position with one or twospecific examples from your own experience, the experience of others, currentevents, history, or literature。 [陈述话题]Topic: Students shouldwear uniforms to school Assignment: Do you agreeor disagree with the topic statement? Support your position with one or twospecific examples from your own experience, the experience of others, currentevents, history, or literature。
3. 半命题 给出一个不完整句子,要求考生以此为开头继续写下去。往往该类题目需要写记叙文(故事) 例:His hand shook as he tried to unite it…… ESSAY类 Two heads are better than one (三个臭皮匠顶一个诸葛亮) Great minds think alike(英雄所见略同) Action speaks louder than words(事实胜于雄辩) One learns a skill by practice; not by watching others use the skill. Describe a book that makes you rethink your situation.
CREATIVE WRITING类 That was the first time of its kind. Looking down, she realized no one in his/her ownshoes, how does she get there. Why it doesn’t work? He wondered. No one believes what happened. He looked at his face and found out he was different from others.
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SSAT专业高分指导,请同学们在以上10个历年真题中任选其一,计时25分钟完成创作,添加Kate老师微信号:Kateteacher发送你的作品,获得专业评估及练习提高指导。
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