英国小学写作说明性报告类的Sentence Openers

不同于直接记忆的单词拼写和语法规则，孩子的英文写作是一件复杂得多的事。和阅读一样，写作是一种最最基础的，影响孩子学业，也关系未来生活的能力，而且两种能力相辅相成，互相促进。

对于孩子们来说，写作本身就是一件棘手的事，想要写好作文，不仅仅要求书写、拼写、语法和标点， 还有写作本身的人物、故事等等。

在英国统一的教学大纲中，Key Stage 1-2，也就是英国小学的1-6年级，写作课被分为两个部分：Transcription抄写和Composition写作文。这两部分同等重要，相互补充，在英国小学的写作课中缺一不可。老师教会学生如何提前规划、修改和评估自己的作文，在作文课的同时，也会强调拼写和书写，而流畅的写作也需要依靠熟练的拼写。

说明性报告类的Sentence Openers：

说明性报告类Sentence Openers 

It was first thought…

After some time…

It was found that…

As the investigation came to a close…

After some consideration…

A likely reason…

Evidence was obtained…

Allegedly…

…Withholding information…

It is thought that…

It is believed that…

It was first thought that…

Experts agree that…

A poll showed that…

It is claimed that…

After much consideration…

Having witnessed…

Experts have explained…

Witnesses at the scene

或者是按照描述故事发生的时间：

Past Tense

Due to the fact that

Previously

Some time ago

A year ago

It was clear to me that

It was just a little while ago when

Back then

Looking to the year ahead

A while ago

Present Tense

Today

At this very moment in time

Currently

It is clear to me (now) that

At present

Since then

During that time

Whilst the year has gone on

Future Tense

It is hoped that

Hopefully

Looking forward

In the near future

With the year ahead of me

Shortly

Soon enough

With next year gradually approaching

Before long