专四作文：学校应该开设书法课？

【审题】分析标题和提纲可知，应写一篇议论文。在结构上，根据提纲分三段行文。根据提纲，写作时首先

讲述正方的观点，然后阐述反方的观点，最后提出自己的观点并说明理由。

【思路一】第一段：指出有些中小学开设书法课这一现象，并指出正方的观点：

    第二段：指出反方的观点，即开设书法课毫无用处：

    第三段：分三点分析自己支持开设书法课的原因。

        Should Schools Offer Handwriting Lessons?

     (1) Nowadays, some primary schools and middle schools have offered handwrit- ing lessons to their students, (2) which has lead to a heated debate among people from all works oflife. (3) Some people believe that it is the schools' obligation to cultivate all-round individuals. Therefore, handwriting lessons should be made a compulsory course.

        (4) However, there are still some people who hold the belief that it is useless for students to learn handwriting at all. With the development of the computer age, the chances that we use pens are becoming slimmer. Since almost all documents are typed, we only need to learn typing.

         (5) As far as I'm concerned, learning handwriting is (7) of essentialimportance to youngsters in three aspects. (6) To begin with, being able to write Chinese charac- ters is a basic ability as a Chinese, since the language is an (7) indispensable element of the Chinese culture. (6) Moreover, the practice of handwriting can help develop many capabilities, such as the capability of concentrating. (6) Last but not least, as the Chinese characters have an aesthetic function, handwriting can be a (7) crucial way to  show the differences ofindividuals. 

    【点评】

(1)引出文章主题

(2)非限制性定语从句

(3)引出正方观点

(4)转折，引出反方观点

(5)引出自己的观点

(6)分三点阐述自己的观点，

  层次分明

(7)“重要”的不同表达法，

  词汇富于变化

【思路二】第一段：指出有些中小学开设书法课引发热议，并指出正方的观点：

    第二段：指出反方的观点，即在电脑时代没有必要开设书法课：

    第三段：指出自己的观点，即应设书法课作为选修课而不是必修课，并分两点给出理由。

[范文二]

                 Should Schools Offer Handwriting Lessons?

           (1) In recent years, a number of primary schools and middle schools are offering  handwriting lessons to their students. A heated debate arises over whether it is reason-  able to make handwriting a compulsory lesson. (2) Some people hold the opinion that  the schools need handwriting classes in order to cultivate all-round talents.

         (3) Other people, however, tend to believe that handwriting is of little use to the students nowadays. In this computer age, (4) all the students need to do is having a good knowledge of computer programs. Kids today needn't bother t0 1earn the out-of-date handwriting.

         (5) In my view, the schools should open up handwriting lesson as a selective course rather than a compulsory one. (6) On the one hand, the burdens that the kids are un- dertaking are nearly unbearable, thus we shouldn't make things worse by adding hand- writing lessons into their curriculums. (6) On the other hand, some students who are interested in handwriting can choose to attend the course in their free time or during the holidays. 

    【点评】

(l)开门见山地提出现象

(2)引出正方观点

(3)转折，说明反方观点

(4)定语从句

(5)引出自己的观点

(6)从两方面阐述理由