All About English Creative Writing

[tracychew]

I tried joining a compo writing class at P1 but it was every fortnight not weekly. At 6-7 years old my children were struggling with handwriting and too many commas… learning the stories helped but the teacher spent more time correcting their basics… which is important too.


At the younger age maybe it helps more to find something that covers writing and speaking. I see children who speak English primarily at home seem to do better than mine as we speak half half between eng and chi.

[KanChiongMum]

tracychew\" post_id=\"2072644\" time=\"1656596903\" user_id=\"143434:

I tried joining a compo writing class at P1 but it was every fortnight not weekly. At 6-7 years old my children were struggling with handwriting and too many commas.. learning the stories helped but the teacher spent more time correcting their basics.. which is important too.

At the younger age maybe it helps more to find something that covers writing and speaking. I see children who speak English primarily at home seem to do better than mine as we speak half half between eng and chi.

what is the duration of primary one writing class? 1h 30min?

[sharonkhoo]

tracychew\" post_id=\"2072644\" time=\"1656596903\" user_id=\"143434:

I tried joining a compo writing class at P1 but it was every fortnight not weekly. At 6-7 years old my children were struggling with handwriting and too many commas.. learning the stories helped but the teacher spent more time correcting their basics.. which is important too.

At the younger age maybe it helps more to find something that covers writing and speaking. I see children who speak English primarily at home seem to do better than mine as we speak half half between eng and chi.

I don't know if you have already found a class. Just a couple of suggestions that you (or anyone with kids who are having difficulties with sentences) could try at home:
- try to speak complete sentences in one language, without mixing. The kids will then be able to compose complete sentences for compo purposes.
- read aloud to your kids from storybooks, and get them to read aloud as well. They will then learn the rhythms of the language, and also learn how to use complete sentences, and widen their vocab. Even if they are now older, do some reading aloud - from newspaper articles, snatches of books/articles you think might interest them, etc.
- get kids to do \"leisure writing\" - anything that they want, and not school compos! Letters, diaries, instruction manuals for some game, their own stories. Just getting the practice writing is good, and working on school compos will be easier (but of course more boring, but what to do?)

These are tried and true methods used on my own kids who are both grown-up now.

[tracychew]

slmkhoo\" post_id=\"2074697\" time=\"1657932305\" user_id=\"28674:

I don't know if you have already found a class. Just a couple of suggestions that you (or anyone with kids who are having difficulties with sentences) could try at home:
- try to speak complete sentences in one language, without mixing. The kids will then be able to compose complete sentences for compo purposes.
- read aloud to your kids from storybooks, and get them to read aloud as well. They will then learn the rhythms of the language, and also learn how to use complete sentences, and widen their vocab. Even if they are now older, do some reading aloud - from newspaper articles, snatches of books/articles you think might interest them, etc.
- get kids to do \"leisure writing\" - anything that they want, and not school compos! Letters, diaries, instruction manuals for some game, their own stories. Just getting the practice writing is good, and working on school compos will be easier (but of course more boring, but what to do?)

These are tried and true methods used on my own kids who are both grown-up now.

Thank you so much for this detailed reply! I will forward this to my friends with younger children!! They would love it too!!

For me it was a few years back and I switched between a private home tutor for the personal attention at the start.. and centre (TAS) once my child was more independent.. I did try reading lots of storybooks aloud too! I think my own english improved after that

[EN Parent]

Looking for a P6 writing class for weekdays. 3pm if possible. Any recommendation?

[springin2020]

Hi Parents,


I just ride on this thread, I would like to check if any parents send their child to MindChamps writing class in Junction 10 branch, how is it?

cheers, Mymmy

[Vamos]

Hi everyone. Just to find out which is the best online course for PSLE cohort in terms of their teaching & marking feedback? E.g. Chalkboard Academy, Writing Samurai, Big Ideaz etc.

[manorway]

Vamos\" post_id=\"2109192\" time=\"1684726490\" user_id=\"200806:

Hi everyone. Just to find out which is the best online course for PSLE cohort in terms of their teaching & marking feedback? E.g. Chalkboard Academy, Writing Samurai, Big Ideaz etc.

Best if parents can share examples.

Chalkboard academy class only writes 1 story though parents pay for 6 hours of lessons. Pricey. Give kids model compo to read. But reading model compo does not mean kids can apply in their own writing. If kids can apply from JUST reading others' stories, they would ALREADY have done so by P6.

[Vamos]

Noted with thanks, Manorway.


Hope any parents can share & recommend about online creative writing providers.

[ChiefKiasu]

manorway\" post_id=\"2109201\" time=\"1684731403\" user_id=\"9303:

Best if parents can share examples.

Chalkboard academy class only writes 1 story though parents pay for 6 hours of lessons. Pricey. Give kids model compo to read. But reading model compo does not mean kids can apply in their own writing. If kids can apply from JUST reading others' stories, they would ALREADY have done so by P6.

But isn't the process of learning about learning from others? You read a story, then critique it from various angles to explore the different meaning to the story. Of course, if the tutor only chucks the story to the kids and tell them to memorize it by heart, well... that's rote learning, and it doesn't really do anything for the kids. Maybe combine it with a catchy jingle... that's how I still remember 人之初，性本尚...