本单元的写作重点是记叙文，描述所发生的事情和经历。常见的形式有：故事、传记、游记、日记、新闻报道等。
一、记叙文的写作要素
1．要交代清楚五要素的内容，即：where，when，what，who，how。
2．事件可按时间或空间顺序叙述。
3．时态通常是与过去有关的时态；如果是当前的经常性事件、自然或社会现象，通常用与现在有关的时态。
二、记叙文的篇章结构
开头(the beginning)——交代必要的背景，如：时间、地点、人物等。
中间(the middle)——交代故事情节(事情的主体)。如：事件的发生、发展和前因后果。
结尾(the ending)——事情的结果、感想、愿望等(the result or feeling)。
三、在记叙文中常用到的连接词
First...Then...Next...Finally；Some...Some...Others；The boys...The girls...；Some...the others...The rest of us/them...
四、时间顺序
Early in the morning/In the early morning；In the middle of the day/At noon；Late in the afternoon/In the late afternoon；Far/Deep into the night；In the past/At present/In the future；First，second，next，then，finally；At first，in the beginning；At last，in the end；Shortly afterwards，at once，immediately，all of a sudden，suddenly，soon；The moment，as soon as，the first time，not until，next time，before，after，etc.
1．One Saturday，our family went to climb the beautiful West Hill.
那是一个星期六，我们全家去美丽的西山游玩。
2．After a long walking，I was as hungry as a wolf and helped myself to the roast beef and chicken.
长时间的步行之后，我很饿，狼吞虎咽地吃掉了烘烤的牛肉和鸡肉。
3．Until late into the night，I couldn't fall asleep，thinking about the happiness I had in the day.
夜很深了，我还不能入睡，想着白天的快乐时光。
