英语写作恐怖故事、构造纸塔学习数学，在学术深邃的探索中，途径可以是多样化的。所谓“纸上得来终觉浅”，在一步步实践中，学术知识得以反复论证，这正是上海燎原双语学校国际课程班开展学习的方式。

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文学创意写作比赛

近期，国际课程班同学们又一次开始为文学创意写作比赛——恐怖故事写作大开脑洞。此次写作主题刚好契合此前的万圣节活动。

Recently, Liaoyuan High School students began brainstorming ideas for the English Department’s Scary Story Competition.The theme of this writing coincided with a previous Halloween event.

学生们需要写100字的恐怖故事来“吓一吓”读者们。获奖作品分别从8年级IEP英文强化班、9年级、10年级和11年级产生，获胜者会获得礼物和获奖证书，以奖励他们的努力和优秀写作能力。

Students had to compose a story ofat least 100 words to chill the bones of the reader. A winner and runner-upwere picked from each grade level; IEP, 9th, 10th and 11th Grade. The winners received a small prize and a certificate recognizing their effort and good writing skills.

让我们读一读获奖作品的节选，前方高能预警!

Havea a read of some excerpts from the winners’ entries, but be warned, they’rescary!

“他走到门上，轻轻地打开门，发出刺耳的声音，他向外看。他看到一个黑色的阴影闪过，形状奇怪。他的心脏快跳动着……”(Vivian，G10冠军)

“He walks to the door and opens itgently, it makes a harsh sound and he looks out. He sees a black shadow flash past, with a strange shape. His heart is beating fast…” (Vivian, winner G10)

“就像他们所说的那样，没有人能走出去，树枝从树上伸出来，慢慢但强烈地缠绕着学生，然后扎根在土壤上，它慢慢地缠着，直到天亮……”(Harelda，IEP冠军)

“‘None of them can get out,’ as he said this,the branches extended from the tree, slowly but strongly winding up thestudents, and then rooted to the soil, it slowly wrapped around, round andround, until dawn…” (Harelda, winner-IEP)

“我很害怕，所以我决定离开。很快我发现所有的门都锁好了。然后我注意到这些画倒挂了–昨天不像这样……”(Lucas，G9获奖者)

“I was scared, so I decided to getout. Soon I found out that all the doors were locked. Then I noticed that the paintings were hung upside down – they weren’t like this yesterday…” (Lucas, winner G9)

“她拿了血淋淋的刀，开始切肉，把锅里的肉切开，开始煮。10分钟后，她将煮熟的肉放在桌子上……“是时候吃饭了”她说。但是没有回复。”(Jennifer，G11冠军)“She took the bloody knife and began to cut the meat, out the meat in the pot and began to boil it. After 10minutes, she put the cooked meat on the table…‘It’s time to eat dinner,’ she said. But there was no reply.” (Jennifer, winner G11)

老师们对收到的参赛作品感到非常满意，学生们也很开心能有机会写出一些充满创意和恐怖趣味的故事。老师们知道同学们喜欢写作。很明显，学生享受了这种乐趣无穷且引人入胜的叙事方式。

Teachers were very happy with theen tries they received, and students enjoyed the opportunity to write something creative and creepy. Teachers know that students love writing for an audience and it was clear students enjoyed this fun and engaging opportunity to write a narrative.

最优化-纸塔比赛

最优化的定义：在有限的资源条件下寻找和完善使某物(如设计、系统或决策)尽可能或有效的方法。在数学教学中，我们把数学求解过程(如求函数的**值或最小值)称为最优化。

Definition of optimization: An act,process, or methodology of making something (such as a design, system, ordecision) as fully perfect, functional, or effective as possible. In mathematics, we refer to the mathematical procedures (such as finding the maximum or minimum of a function) as optimization.

比赛目的：学生需要在有限的资源和时间下，完成一个独立的纸塔。以有限的成本取得利益**化。

Purpose: Students are supposed to complete a paper power with limited resources and time in order to optimize benefits with limited cost.

纸塔比赛

比赛说明：学生们只用两张A4纸和一卷胶带，建造一座尽可能高的塔。学生可以通过这个过程理解最优化的概念，同时也可以锻炼学生的创造力。对于所有年龄段的学生来说，这是一个有趣，有竞争性，和有创造性的活动。针对高年级的学生，纸塔的设计可以运用到更高级别的知识，比如通过工程问题求解，*括使用微积分概念优化单变量设计。

Using only two pieces of A4 paper and 1 roll of tape, students construct a tower that stands as tall as possible ON ITS OWN. Students can understand the concept of optimization through the process and also being creative. This is a great activity for all ages as well as getting students together in teams to work with limited supplies and time to build a freestanding tower of paper. To higher level classes, the design of the paper tower can be extended to engineering-oriented problem solving including optimization of single-variable design using calculus concepts.

老师反馈：

什么可以帮助我们一起**以及作为一个团队解决问题?最优化-纸塔比赛需要学生们分组设计纸塔，使之尽可能高。在竞赛结束时，小组反思他们在活动中的经验，并将解决问题的能力与以后如何解决数学难题起来。这项比赛有助于培养思维、探究、冒险、沟通、思想开放、社交、竞争力和反思能力等技能。

Teacher feedback: What can help us to work together and solve problems as a team? The class works in groups to design paper towers that will be as tall as possible. At the end of the competition groups reflect on their experiences with the activity and make connections to the types of problem solving they will be doing for the math class. This competition can help develop skills and attributes such as thinking, inquiring, risk-taking, communication, open-minded, social, competitiveness, and reflective.

学生反馈:

非常考验团队合作精神，创新精神，和不放弃的精神。需要根据小组的讨论，尝试各种新的搭建方法。时时反思与感悟。(11-1 Gino, Avril, and Jason)

The project challenged our teamwork, creativity and resilience. We had a lot of group discussions and tried all kinds of methods. We reflected and rethought about our ideas all the time.

比赛非常有趣，需要很强的团队合作精神，需要不断探究各种设计然后选择比较好的设计方案。(11-2 Kelly and Ivan)

The project was fun. It required strong team work. We spent time on different designs and finally decided on the best one.

搭建桥梁模型比赛

这学期，国际课程班的所有年级的同学们都要参加科学课上的一项挑战活动。他们以小组为单位，搭建一个桥梁小模型，看谁的桥最坚实。

This fall semester at English Division, students in all grades took part in a challenge in their science classes. Working in small groups, the students were given the task of building a small-scale bridge that would hopefully be the strongest in their class.

他们用互联网的资源以及科学课上学到的知识，设计并进行组建。科学老师们给他们的搭建材料有限且不容易操作。高年级的同学们拿到的材料是意大利面，低年级的同学们使用的材料容易操作些，例如牙签或巴尔沙木。

Using resources from the internet and their knowledge of science, the students designed and built their bridges from limited and difficult to use materials given to them by their science teachers. Our most senior students received a very difficult material to use, spaghetti, while lower grades used materials that were easier to work with, toothpicks and balsa wood.

同学们利用课余时间努力搭建桥模型，并完成了模型，很期待看看自己的桥能承受多大的重量。老师们在同学们的桥模型上不断加多砝码直到桥的**承重。大多数同学们都设计和搭建了他们的桥模型，不过只有一些同学的桥模型承重能力强，特别是老师们用光了所有的砝码，桥依然坚如磐石。

Working hard during their free time, our students finished their bridges and were excited to see how strong they were. We tested their bridges by placing eachend of the bridges on supports and incrementally added masses to the bridges until the structure broke. Most students designed and built good bridges but a few students built exceptional ones. Ones that we ran out of masses to add and couldn't break!

虽然每个班只能有一位冠军，但是所有同学们都很喜欢科学课动手项目，让他们把好奇心和知识应用到实践中。

While each class could only have one winner for having the strongest bridge, all students enjoyed the opportunity to apply their curiosity and knowledge in one of many of our school's hands-on science activities.

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