This Year's SAT Chinese and English Writing Samples

The CEEC posted this year's good SAT writing pieces by the examinees, ten for Chinese and English respectively, with some comments for each piece. Click the URL and you can read them.  These essays can serve as a benchmark of what good writing is like. 

To enlarge the English samples so that you can see clearly, click on them once.

http://www.ceec.edu.tw/GoodWritingPieces/100SatGoodWritingPieces/100學測國英佳作.htm

If you cannot get linked, try the following.

http://www.ceec.edu.tw/

Or download the file I produced as follows. I download all the English and Chinese essays and their comments in case some day the webpage might be removed from the website. 

57451-10 SAT English Writing Samples--2011.doc

57452-9 SAT Chinese Writing Samples--2011.doc

Here is an English writing sample, followed by its comments:





一、以第三人的角度敘寫本文。故事中男主角不知在舞會中令他心儀的女子竟是他的前任女友。前任女友設局讓他在告白時當眾出醜，但最後兩人破鏡重圓。

二、佈局精彩，文筆流暢，表達得宜。