All About English Creative Writing

[oceanicgal]

Joy of Learning 111:

Bluestar86:

Hi Joy of Learning111,


Would you be all to share if there is any structure to teaching primary school children creative writing. It is essential to have many good or bombastic words in the compo to score good grades? Also, do you conduct lessons for primary school children and at which level? Thanks.

There are different approaches with some commonalities. For lower primary, the focus is mostly on helping the children to gain basic language skills and proficiency in descriptive writing. For upper primary, the focus is more on narrative; this usually entails a plot mountain with introduction, rising tension, climax and resolution. For both levels, creative writing should be taught as an iterative process with plenty of rewriting and refinement.

Bombastic or purple prose is a big no. Such over-the-top language draws excessive attention to itself often to the point that the reader loses the thread of the content. Creative writing should be content-led, with vocabulary playing a supportive role only. Unfortunately, many tuition centres, teachers and tutors try to disguise their lack of ability to teach creative writing by resorting to the encouragement of bombasticity (I just made up this noun but it seems plausible).

Good words, however, are essential. By ‘good’ I mean words that are appropriate, precise and effective. For instance, it can be as simple as writing ‘wolfed down’ instead of ‘ate quickly’ or ‘sheepish’ instead of ‘embarrassed’.

Yes, I conduct lessons for primary school children at all levels. I will shortly send you a pm.

Hi Joy, can u PM me your details for the creative class? Thank you.

[ChiefKiasu]

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[oceanicgal]

Hi any recommendations for creative writing holiday programmes for lower primary at the West area?

[Andrea D]

One good tip that was given to me by one teacher was to encourage our kid to write stories at home about the topic that he/she prefers the most. After that you can examine the child's work and highlight the mistakes and some tips for the future, also powered by adding couple vocabulary alternatives in case the kid is repeating the same words too many times.


Next time the kid should write another story but with the previous work presented to memorize the mistakes in order to make the new one better. After repeating this for many times, it can improve really a lot. It takes some time, patience and attention to detail, but definitely works.

If you are interested in helping your kid improve creative writing, here is one helpful article:
https://smiletutor.sg/5-ways-to-prepare-for-psle-english-composition-writing/

[gwlip]

Hi Joy of Learning111, please PM me as I am keen on engaging a tutor for my son P4 next year. Thanks!

[helloteachermel]

Update for those DM-ing me about city centre classes for 2019:


My location in city centre is Waterloo Centre (next to Bras Basah MRT)

I have finally put together a tentative schedule for 2019. If keen, please add me to WhatsApp 8 1 1 8 6 9 4 8 and inform me there with the following details: child’s name, level & school, class interested in.

We also have ongoing classes at my centre in Jurong west - DM me if keen and I will send a schedule.

Waterloo centre 2019 - Wednesday
P2 English: 3-4.30
P3/4 English: 5-6.30
P5/6 (English PSLE prep): 7-8.30 (last 3 spots)

at the moment, no p1 classes in Waterloo centre for 2019

We cover all exam components - compo, situational writing, strong focus on writing and functional writing using various works of literature, both fiction and non-fiction. You can have a glimpse of what we do at http://www.instagram.com/helloteachermel
All students receive individual attention for compo tips, our lessons are highly customised, no class is exactly alike. Feel free to call any time to discuss.

[xxxVxxxCHLOE]

Hi, I am a desperate Mother looking for primary 4 student to form a group. This English tutor has very good experience in Creative writing and specialised in English.


I just need one more primary 4 student to join us.. she need a minimum of 3 to form a class.

http://www.aceenglishtutor.sg/testimonials/

[JJ2]

Anyone tried TLL’s P6 English Composition Excellence Workshop? It’s a 10-weeks programme starting in February. Thinking of letting my girl attend but fees are ex.

New students: $825.00*^ + GST
Existing students (10% discount): $742.50*+ GST

[Marie Lee SNG]

When I tried to help my son writing essays, I just surfed the Web in a search of some kind of list of expressions. For example, this is a very useful article on this topic: https://homework-lab.com/study-tips/transition-words-english-guide/ It will definitely help. Also you can check out their lessons. They help doing homework! So we like to use this service :love:

[pk7677]

i am looking for a english home tutor to teach my p6. pm me thanks.