作文教学是语文教学的重要组成部分，它主要担负着培养学生写作能力的任务。新课标明确指出：“七至九年级，学生能写一般的记叙文，做到内容具体；写简单的说明文，做到明白清楚；写简单的议论文，努力做到有理有据。”要实现这一目标，在作文教学中必须利用好课外活动这一环节。 课外活动是作文教学的有机组成部分。除课堂教学外，要让学生接触大自然，接触社会，把语文教学引向广阔的社会生活大课堂。教育家陶行知说：“我们要了解孩子的空间，让它们去接触大自然中的花草、树木、青山、绿水、日月、星辰，以及大社会中之士、农、工、商，三教九流，自由地对宇宙发问，与万物为友，并且向中外古今三百六十行学习。”这启示我们要让学生到大自然中去，运用课内学到的观察方法去广泛地观察大自然，从 Composition teaching is an important component of Chinese teaching. It is mainly responsible for the task of cultivating students’ writing ability. The new curriculum standard clearly states: “Seven to nine grades, students can write general narratives and be specific in content; write simple explanatory texts so that they are clear and understandable; write simple argumentative essays and try to be reasonable.” This goal must be used to make good use of extracurricular activities in composition teaching. Extracurricular activities are an integral part of composition teaching. In addition to classroom teaching, students should be exposed to nature, contact with the society, and introduce Chinese language teaching to a broad class of social life. Tao Xingzhi, an educator, said: “We need to understand the children’s space and let them come into contact with nature’s flowers, trees, mountains, green water, sun, moon, and stars, as well as people, farmers, workers, and businessmen in the big society. Three religions and nine streams, freely questioning the universe, being friends with everything, and learning from ancient and modern Chinese and foreign cultures.” This enlightens us to let students go to nature and use the observation methods learned in class to observe a large audience. Naturally, from