All About English Creative Writing

[Blue Pearl]

Personally, i prefer pupils to complete the compo in class rather than at home because, parents can help to complete the compo at home. By doing so in class, they become more disciplined and thus easier during exam. This is my personal opinion.

[KL28]

Blue Pearl:

Personally, i prefer pupils to complete the compo in class rather than at home because, parents can help to complete the compo at home. By doing so in class, they become more disciplined and thus easier during exam. This is my personal opinion.

Hi, Blue Pearl
Thanks for sharing.

[TheWriter]

KL28:

Hi, parents

For creative writing class, some teachers let pupils complete the compo in class, some write at home n submit next week, which way is better?

Hi KL28,

I think I may be a little late in responding to this, but from a teacher's perspective, I do try as best as possible to let students finish the composition in class, albeit more for preparing them for exam conditions (planning, application of techniques and writing within a 50 minute timeframe).

That said, when students are newly exposed to new writing techniques, or vocabulary/phrases for a new context, I will sometimes allow them to bring it home and have time to try out these skills/phrases; it's quite daunting for students to be guided and taught something new for half an hour and be expected to churn stellar work in an hour.

Of course, this is my personal opinion, and not intended to be representative of all centres/teachers.

[KL28]

TheWriter:

KL28:

Hi, parents

For creative writing class, some teachers let pupils complete the compo in class, some write at home n submit next week, which way is better?

Hi KL28,

I think I may be a little late in responding to this, but from a teacher's perspective, I do try as best as possible to let students finish the composition in class, albeit more for preparing them for exam conditions (planning, application of techniques and writing within a 50 minute timeframe).

That said, when students are newly exposed to new writing techniques, or vocabulary/phrases for a new context, I will sometimes allow them to bring it home and have time to try out these skills/phrases; it's quite daunting for students to be guided and taught something new for half an hour and be expected to churn stellar work in an hour.

Of course, this is my personal opinion, and not intended to be representative of all centres/teachers.

Hi, the writer
Thanks fr yr reply.

[taobaby]

Hi,


I am looking for a creative writing private tutor for my daughter. Location: Sengkang.

Does anyone have any good tutor to recommend?

Thanks.

[mummy168]

Hi Karin


You were mentioning the creative writing centre in AMK. Could let me have the centre contact?

I’m keen to explore.

tks

[AtoZ]

Hi parents, any recommendation for good/experience English tutor in Pasir Ris area? My gal is P6 this year, and we are looking for 1-1 home tution.

[ashleywells]

Yeah speech and drama classes will help also but you can try this http://brainychild.net also, I hope this can help you.

[Blue Pearl]

May i know which level would you start your kid for creative writing? Is starting at P1 too early or wait till she start to write creative writing… pls adv. My gal is P1 this year and have not started creative writing yet. I am in dilema whether to send for one or not. Any adv pls.

[TheWriter]

Blue Pearl:

May i know which level would you start your kid for creative writing? Is starting at P1 too early or wait till she start to write creative writing..... pls adv. My gal is P1 this year and have not started creative writing yet. I am in dilema whether to send for one or not. Any adv pls.

Creative Writing requires a set of skills and maturity that I would never expect P1s and P2s to have. At that level, they are just beginning to have a feel for the language and simple sentence structures, and I go through some simple synonyms with them when it comes to writing exercises and that's about it. Any comparative literary devices such as similes has to be tied down to the concrete level.

Understanding metaphors, similes and other figurative language and creating their own comes, in my experience, at about P4. They'll need to be slowly guided through the comprehension passages and readings to appreciate why a particular literary device was used/why certain comparisons make sense.

My sincere advice is to let her enjoy school first, and get the hang of stringing sentences together into a simple, 4-paragraph story of about 100-120 words.

TheWriter