英语作文是一项综合能力的考试，主要是考学生对词汇、语法和句子结构以及连句成文的掌握程度。笔者认为，要想让学生在规定的30分钟内写出一篇较好的作文，教师应该在平时的课堂教学中认真指导学生注重审题、切题、连贯通顺、语法正确、语言规范这五个环节。本文旨在谈谈在写出英语高分作文这个方面的具体作法。
一、写作诀窍
总体把握，要点齐全;人称时态，逻辑清楚;
关键词汇，动词第一;组词成句，结构完整;
组句成文，连词增色;此路不通，绕道迂回;
字迹工整，留好印象;从句适量，高分有望。
二、写作步骤
1.认真审题。审题包括要点、格式、词数以及此篇文章要传递给读者什么样的信息，告诫读者什么即写作目的。
2.确定文体和时态。确定文体后，根据不同文体的特点和要求进行组织材料;同时确定出该篇文章的总时态与时态的变化。
3.写完要点，但不随意发挥。
4.先草稿，后抄写。
三、习作点评
[2004年全国中学生英语能力竞赛初赛初三组] 14分
Choose one of your hobbies and write an article for the school magazine about it. tell the magazine readers.
﹒what exactly your hobby is;
﹒when and how you became interested in this hobby;
﹒why you enjoy your hobby;
﹒about your hopes and plans for the future.
写作要求：
1. 根据所提供的内容，适当拓展想象空间，灵活地将提供的信息体现在文章中。
2. 条理清楚，语句通顺，书写清晰、规范。
3. 词数60-80。
[学生习作a]
My hobby is read books. when i was seven years old .
I became interested in reading books. I like needing books
Because there are a lot of useful things in books. I can learn
a lot of knowledge from books. Books also can teach me
how to be a good person . Books even can solve many
problems for me . I will read more good books to improve
myself.
①改为reading books，动词作表语时应该用动名词。
②also的位置应放在can之后。
[点评]：档次9-11分。
①要点不全，漏掉最后一个要点。
②句子基本无误，能正确传递信息给读者但文章不流畅，句子与句子之间过渡不自然，给读者感觉在回答上述① ② ③问题。
③有少量错误。
[学生习作b]
My hobby is reading .reading books is very enjoyable .
When I was young, my mother used to tell me a story before
I went to bed every night .the stories were so interesting
that I always felt they weren't enough . So I began to read
books by myself .little by little I became interested in
reading . I can learn much knowledge and many interesting
things all over the world .when I read books , I can enjoy the
beautiful sentences . At the same time I can improve my
writing . I want to be a writer in the future, so I must study
hard and read more books so that my dream can come true .
