The Thanksgiving Day in this year is on November 22nd and it is around the corner. How shall we welcome it? Who shall we give our thanks to? I’d like to share my idea with you.

First, we should clarify why we are expected to learn to be grateful. Being grateful has always been a good quality in China, which can inspire a sense of responsibility in us. And I always think if everyone is grateful to our society, it will be more harmonious. If everyone has got a grateful heart to our parents, teachers and friends, love and happiness will greet us everyday.

Gratitude is so important and necessary that we should take action right away. Gratitude doesn't necessarily consist in how much money we spend or how great our deeds should be. We can just start with small things — give our parents a warm hug or make them a cup of tea, design beautiful thank-you cards for our dear teachers and send thank-you emails to our friends etc.

题目分析：考查半开放性作文的写作。本文的话题是感恩，从为什么要感恩？对谁感恩？感恩的实际行动？重点是实际行动。写作时注意准确运用时态，上下文意思连贯，符合逻辑关系，尽量使用自己熟悉的单词句式，同时也要注意使用高级词汇和高级句型使文章显得更有档次。特别注意在选择句式时要赋予变化。

点评：半开放性作文给出了一个话题，并有部分的文字提示。给考生自由发挥的余地较大。对于考生的综合能力要求较高，要求考生有很强的谋篇布局的能力和组织要点的能力。在完成开放性作文时，首先要选择自己熟悉的短语或者句型，在你的能力范围之内，选择句式时要赋予变化，因为这样你才可以更好的驾驭。同时也要选择合适的连接词，把各个要点组织成一个完整的整体，如besides, further, last but not least等。在发表个人观点的时候，可以使用谚语来提升整个文章的档次和文采，也能增加得高分的可能性。