Shanghai Middle School Entrance Examination Essay Review | Senior Teacher Zhang Ren of Yan'an Junior High School Chinese Language School: Good Learning, Happy Thinking, Promoting Growth Exam | Meaning | Essay
Today, the 2023 Shanghai Junior High School Academic Proficiency Examination will begin. There are 17 examination areas, 198 examination centers, and more than 4200 examination rooms in the city, with approximately 230000 candidates taking the exam, including approximately 110000 third year and 120000 second year candidates.
From 9:00 am to 10:40 am, take the Chinese language exam for the first time. As of now, the Chinese language subject exam has been successfully concluded, and all examination areas and points are orderly and stable. The writing questions for the Chinese language subject in the 2023 Shanghai Junior High School Academic Level Examination are as follows——
After the first Chinese language subject exam, a reporter from Liberation Daily and Shangguan News immediately interviewed Zhang Ren, a senior teacher and deputy director of the research department at Yan'an Junior High School in Shanghai, and asked him to give feedback on this year's Chinese composition questions.
Zhang Ren said that this year's Shanghai high school entrance exam essay question "The Joy of Understanding" is a complete proposition form composed of a biased phrase. There is currently a prompt sentence in the question. "Huixin" was originally a verb, interpreted in the Modern Chinese Dictionary as "understanding the meaning that others did not understand." "Xin" is a noun that refers to "heart meaning" or "meaning". "Le" is also a noun, meaning "happy" or "joyful". The title can be understood as: happiness or joy that arises from understanding or comprehending a deeper meaning or intention.
The proposer, in order to help candidates clarify the meaning of the question, provided a more detailed explanation of the word "understanding" in the prompt section: "Understanding" means understanding the truth from learning and life, or understanding the meaning of others that have not been explicitly stated, or can also refer to the compatibility of emotions between each other. This is equivalent to pointing out three paths for candidates to choose materials and ideas, which objectively greatly reduces the difficulty of question review and helps broaden their thinking on material selection.
Path 1: "Understand the truth from learning and life.". The implied subject is "oneself". This requires thinking: in what kind of learning experience and living environment, in what way did I understand what principles? It is necessary to specifically describe the process of "the joy of understanding", which can involve the development of interests and hobbies, the cultivation of good habits, the cultivation of character, and the inheritance of culture... The selection range is very broad. The ending can be written in the style of a prominent chapter, with the main idea focused on the word "music", clearly indicating the joy of "comprehending a certain principle". The proposer aims to guide students to cultivate a spirit of "learning well and thinking happily".
Path 2: "Understand the meaning of not explicitly speaking to others." The main body of the article includes "myself" and "others.". Need to think: What did "others" say to me? What opportunities did I encounter, how did I understand the underlying meaning behind their words, and what pleasure did I gain after understanding the underlying meaning behind others. Although it is also characterized by "happiness", it focuses more on writing about others' perceptions and inspirations towards "me".
Path three: "Refers to the mutual emotional connection between each other." Here, "knowing the heart" can also be understood as "knowing the heart". Candidates can either continue the approach of path two and focus on writing about people, or broaden their thinking to write about their own reading experience. For example, during the process of reading classics, they may only focus on the plot of the story in the past, but after careful investigation or guidance from the teacher, they may discover that the protagonist's growth and transformation have also gone through the process of life growth. I am deeply inspired by reading and feel the joy of growth.
In short, this year's Shanghai essay questions have a wide range of options for candidates to choose from. They can focus on personal growth, express their efforts to overcome difficulties and achieve a certain goal or wish, and express the joy of understanding the truth; You can also write about paying attention to others, such as parents, teachers, classmates, craftsmen, etc., empathizing with others, and writing about the "pleasure of understanding the underlying meaning" of others; You can also write about the "joy of knowing one's heart" when interacting with a "confidant". Looking at the recent Shanghai high school entrance examination essay questions, the 2023 Shanghai high school entrance examination essay questions are stable, seeking change and novelty, with both continuity and breakthrough. This year's Shanghai high school entrance examination essay questions highlight self growth, guide candidates to pay attention to society and life, and emphasize critical thinking, fully exerting the positive guiding function of "cultivating virtue and nurturing people".