课余生活的话题范围比较广泛，除家庭作业外，还有一些娱乐活动，如看电视、散步、参观旅游、探亲访友等活动的描述和讨论，以及日常活动中的一些收获、困惑及感受。
介绍课余生活的记叙文以叙述事件的发生、发展、经过和结果为重点。在写作时要注意以下几点：
时间：the end of the term, a long time ago,
before he came home
地点：at the end of the street, at the foot of the mountain,
in the middle of the park
感受：excited, tired, unbelievable, nervous,
enjoyable, surprised
因果：as, because, since, so, for, because of, as a result
•Through this activity, I learned much about honesty.
•I’ll never forget the days that we spent in the summer camp.
•They had an unusual experience during their visit to New York.
•I was so excited that I couldn’t fall asleep on the night before I started.
•Although we were very tired, we learned what we couldn’t learn in school.
•As soon as I arrived home, I showed the pictures I took in Nanjing to my parents.
假如你参加了你班在寒假组织的班级旅行，在温州进行了为期两天的旅行。英语老师要求你们用英语写一篇短文，记述你们的温州之旅。
内容：旅行经历
文体：记叙文
人称：以第一人称为主
时态：以一般过去时为主
