Part I Let''s Go!
Writing is an action.
Chapter 1 Let''s Begin the Journey
Chapter 2 Free Writing
Chapter 3 Response Writing
Chapter 4 Film Review
Part II Writing from Our Hearts
Writing is an art.
Chapter 5 Memoir First Draft
Chapter 6 Memoir Final Draft
Chapter 7 Report
Chapter 8 Imaginative Writing
Part III Coming Home
Writing brings us home.
Chapter 9 Re-creating Our Stories in Chinese
Chapter 10 Public Reading
Chapter 11 The Story Goes on
What could I do? I could only pat her and sigh in my heart. I could not releasethe chains. I didn''t know how, and I didn''t even dare to try.
Was she disappointed? But at least she knew that I cared about herand loved her. I went back to my room and continued to do my homework.Then, all of a sudden, the whining stopped; outside the window, into thewhite snow playground, I saw Bing Bing racing into the white world, withher tail as straight as an arrow pointing at the sky, and I heard her mostjoyful barking declaring her victory to the world: She broke off the chainsherself ! She set herself free!
I clapped for Bing Bing in my heart: wow, Bing Bing, you are a realhero.
But the verdict came. Morn could not stand the trouble broughtby Bing Bing any more; the only way to keep her in our family was tosend her to live with my Dad, who was teaching at a high school in thecountryside. My elder sister and I had to agree. On the day of departure, Iwent to the bus station to see Bing Bing off. She sat quietly on my sister''slap, her black diamond eyes looked around curiously, but she didn''t barkor run away. She trusted us. She and I said good—bye peacefully.
The spring semester started for me and Bing Bing in differentschools. In Ms. Han''s class, I had to learn how to dissect a short essayinto several parts, how to summarize each part and finally, conclude thethesis. I tried my best to learn this boring and inhumane method, but oneday, I just turned in my Chinese assignment with extremely messy andillegible handwriting, which made Ms. Han furious. She had the wholeclass look at my assignment and concluded that I was incorrigible.
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