讀了那么多原版書后，該如何啟蒙寫作

現(xiàn)在很多家長都知道，英語閱讀需要從小啟蒙。閱讀了之后必定要有輸出，除了流利的口頭交流之外，更重要的是寫一篇英語作文。無論中考高考還是申請(qǐng)美國的大學(xué)，一篇出挑的作文至關(guān)重要。

我們家并非英語家庭，雖然兒子讀雙語學(xué)校，可是每天只有8點(diǎn)到3點(diǎn)的7個(gè)小時(shí)在學(xué)校里，如果再加上休息放假的日子，在家里的時(shí)間遠(yuǎn)超過在學(xué)校的時(shí)間。家里沒有英語環(huán)境是個(gè)很大的不利因素。所以更應(yīng)該盡早啟蒙，用各種方法有計(jì)劃地練習(xí)。我能夠做到的，是幫助兒子搭好文章的骨架，也就是正確的文章結(jié)構(gòu)、語法、句式。

畫畫階段

按照美國的教學(xué)理念，小學(xué)K階段（相當(dāng)于國內(nèi)大班）開始就會(huì)布置學(xué)生每天20分鐘以上的閱讀任務(wù)。不管是自主閱讀還是親子閱讀，讀完書之后會(huì)要求學(xué)生畫一幅畫來表達(dá)“讀后感”。不要小看這幅畫，是訓(xùn)練孩子開始表達(dá)的好工具。

通過畫畫練習(xí)如何表達(dá)之后，一般孩子會(huì)不滿足于此，想要用語言來更準(zhǔn)確得表達(dá)。這樣就引導(dǎo)到了“寫”。

亂涂亂寫階段
 

接著，兒子4、5歲左右開始畫火柴人的同時(shí)，還要i胡亂配一些文字。對(duì)于這個(gè)行為，我一直很鼓勵(lì)他。因?yàn)榇藭r(shí)“寫出來”這個(gè)行為要比拼寫、語法正確來得珍貴得多。

很長一段時(shí)間，我任由兒子亂寫亂畫。漸漸地，他寫的句子越來越長，越來越像樣。

命題寫話階段

再后來，等到兒子6歲時(shí)候，我開始教兒子圍繞一個(gè)主題，寫4、5句連貫的句子。擔(dān)心一般的命題寫作太抽象，我選擇看圖寫畫。有時(shí)候也會(huì)等他看完一本書后，寫一個(gè)相關(guān)的小故事。

例如有一次看完《the rainbow fish》，我叫他也寫一段關(guān)于分享的故事。

不斷地練習(xí)之后，兒子寫故事的時(shí)候如何在開頭交代人物，如何讓事情發(fā)展，再如何收尾 ，已經(jīng)頗有心得。他也常常自由發(fā)揮，寫一些小故事。比如這個(gè)《Four Balloons on vacation》

The Four Balloons on Vacation

Blue, red, and yellow were three balloons that are triplets. One day they were stuck on a tall tree with their Mom Balloon. When it was just the time that they were almost awake---Suddenly , a storm came, and the four balloons started to wiggle...... Then PLOP,PLOP,PLOP,PLOP, the four balloons started to fly. First they reached a skyscraper, then they reached the clouds. At last the were stuck on a plane that leads to U.S.A. So the balloons all agreed to go on a vacation.They stayed on the plane's wing and fell asleep.

The next morning, as they woke up, they were not on the plane's wing any more! They were floating on New York City! They were all excited but a little bit worried, cause how would they get down any way?  Suddenly a plane passed by, and they got stuck on the plane again. Ha,Ha, Ha! It took a few hours until the plane landed and some security guards took the four balloons off and gave them to some kids. One gave to William, the second one gave to his sister, others gave to his Mom and Dad. But the families did not want them.

The next day, the family woke up, and the first thing they did is throwing the balloons out the window. Then the four balloons took a few hours to arrive at China again. When they were at China, they stuck on a tree gain and they got a drink and slept. ZZZZZZZZZZZ in a loud voice.

有一天，我突然有一個(gè)靈感，把牛小寫的小故事，做成漂亮的“繪本”，一定能讓他高興得蹦起來，讓他更有動(dòng)力多寫一些。雖然只是簡單得配一個(gè)插圖，我們兩個(gè)一起設(shè)計(jì)，一起排版，一起畫。比如上面寫的這個(gè)《Four Ballons on Vacation》，最初想把小故事打印出來，然后在空白處畫畫，嘗試之后效果并不好。我們還是決定先畫草圖，再畫到素描紙上，最后再把文字抄寫上去。

這是抄寫好之后的效果。牛小寶果然對(duì)這個(gè)自己做的繪本得意地不得了，到處拿給朋友看，宛如自己已經(jīng)是諾貝爾文學(xué)獎(jiǎng)得主了。這個(gè)工作我們至今還在繼續(xù)，積攢多了之后，可以裝定成冊(cè)。