图画作文写作思路：
第一段：描述图片。这点在题干中也有强调(with a brief description of the picture)。对图画内容的描述可以引用图画中人物的对话。简要描述即可，不用发散或挖掘。
第二段：阐明观点。观点在题干中事实上给得很清楚：the importance of learning basic skills. 因此，第二段通篇论述学习基本技能的重要性就可以了。
第三段：总结观点，给出建议。总结，启发。这一段再次强调学习基本技能的意义。这段的写法无论是图画、图表还是提纲写作、甚至格言谚语型写作，都差别不大。 Model:
The Importance of Learning Basic Skills
What we can see from the picture is that the teacher is instructing the students some basic mathematic skills. However, some students are wondering if it will be outdated in the future. The picture implicitly raises the question of the importance of the fundamental skills we students learn in our classes.
It is worth mentioning that those seemingly basic and elementary skills we have learned in school actually play a significantly indispensable role in our future work. The pervasive undervaluation on elementary skills that we find among current students and even some teachers can largely be attributed to their lack of vision of future and thorough understanding on the knowledge. After all, it is an obvious truth that we could not build a magnificent
mansion without solid foundations; we could not enjoy a long travel unless we make a solid start at first. Those basic skills may look simple to learn, but without them it will not be simple at all to achieve further goals.
To sum up, we should think highly of the importance of basic and fundamental skills that guarantee our wonderful and brilliant future. Furthermore, we should make full use of those elementary skills, consciously applying them in our work and life. Basic skills will never be outdated.
The Importance of Learning Basic Skills
